Dr Stephen Ashford

Presenting our poster today at the British Society of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine (BSPRM) on community outreach provision for specialised rehabilitation for those with severe acquired brain injury.

Identifying complexity and supporting more complex needs.

Prevention in Practice: How Neighbourhood Health Services Can Transform the NHS Speaker imgaes and titles: Matthew Taylor, CEO, NHS Confed (Chair) Stephen Kinnock MP, Minister for Care Rob Yeldham, Director, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Kamila Hawthorne, Chair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners Julia Worthington, Integrated Neighbourhood Lead, Greater Manchester Council Date: Monday 29 Septermber, 11:00-12:15, Meeting Room 4A, AAC

Prevention in Practice: How Neighbourhood Health Services can Transform the NHS

📍We're hosting a Fringe event at the Labour conference, with a panel including:
@skinnock.bsky.social
@robyeldham.bsky.social

📍 Mon 29 September, 11:15
Meeting room 4A, AAC

#RightToRehab
#Lab25

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Meta-Analysis of Goal Setting and Physical Treatment Categorisation for Focal Spasticity Following Stroke or Other Acquired Brain Injury - Stephen Ashford, Jorge Jacinto, Klemens Fheodoroff, Lynne Tur... Background: Setting goals and planning treatment to attain those goals is often integral to rehabilitation practice, particularly when managing spasticity follo...

New paper out - take a look! Meta-Analysis of Goal Setting and Physical Treatment Categorisation for Focal Spasticity Following Stroke or Other Acquired Brain Injury - Stephen Ashford, Jorge Jacinto, Klemens Fheodoroff, Lynne Turner-Stokes, 2025

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Adult social care funding pressures: 2023–35 We project the costs of meeting growing demand for adult social care in England and making some improvements to care up to 2034/35.

The #SpendingReview's £4bn overall increase in funding for adult social care by 2028/29 is only enough to prevent a further deterioration in services.

Our analysis from May projects costs of meeting growing demand for care in England and making improvements up to 2034/35 ⬇️

Stephen Ashford on X: "New paper out today - take a look! Meta-Analysis of Goal Setting and Physical Treatment Categorisation for Focal Spasticity Following Stroke or Other Acquired Brain Injury - Stephen Ashford, Jorge Jacinto, Klemens Fheodoroff, Lynne Turner-Stokes, 2025 https://t.co/eoxehKAMWI" / X New paper out today - take a look! Meta-Analysis of Goal Setting and Physical Treatment Categorisation for Focal Spasticity Following Stroke or Other Acquired Brain Injury - Stephen Ashford, Jorge Jacinto, Klemens Fheodoroff, Lynne Turner-Stokes, 2025 https://t.co/eoxehKAMWI

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Prof Anand Pandyan on X: "It was a blast @StephenAshford3 @drpaulwinston and Mahdis - thank you for the opportunity to have this event." / X It was a blast @StephenAshford3 @drpaulwinston and Mahdis - thank you for the opportunity to have this event.

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CANOSC on X: "Please join this deconstruction of spasticity outcomes with @AnandDPandyan @StephenAshford3 @drpaulwinston and Dr Mahdis Hashemi. Colourful cases, debates and new frontiers https://t.co/2uzgEhU6hM https://t.co/gMqMoOCauF" / X Please join this deconstruction of spasticity outcomes with @AnandDPandyan @StephenAshford3 @drpaulwinston and Dr Mahdis Hashemi. Colourful cases, debates and new frontiers https://t.co/2uzgEhU6hM https://t.co/gMqMoOCauF

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Biological markers and psychosocial factors predict chronic pain conditions - Nature Human Behaviour Fillingim et al. show that biological and psychosocial factors jointly predict conditions associated with chronic pain.

🔥 Most important paper I've read all year🔥
👉 Injury/disease doesn't reliably predict pain
👉 Biomarkers alone can't explain pain
👉 PSYCHOSOCIAL factors reliably determine chronic pain
👉 Painful conditions can be predicted from the SYNERGY btwn bio + psychosocial factors
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Understanding development of contractures in people with stroke: formulation of a logic-model to inform care and prevention Contracture is stiffness and reduction in how much a joint and muscle can move and may impact on self-care and functional ability. We outline the development of the first comprehensive Logic-Model ...

Full article: Understanding development of contractures in people with stroke: formulation of a logic-model to inform care and prevention www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

See our latest paper.
Pain Reduction with Repeated Injections of Botulinum Toxin A in Upper Limb Spasticity: A Longitudinal Analysis from the ULIS-III Study mdpi.com/3206880 #mdpitoxins via @Toxins_Mdpi

Key challenges and opportunities @ij_higginson @CSI_KCL

@ij_higginson Presenting on Better Health & Care Futures Palliative Care. Currently discussing the increase in complex multi-morbidity with opportunities and challenges for palliative care. @CSI_KCL

Try this!
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See our new paper. Treatment of leg spasticity (stiff, tight, and difficult to control muscles due to a neurological injury such as stroke) with a physical rehabilitation programme supported by botulinum toxin administration.
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A quick overview of muscle activity during running 🏃🏼‍♀️

#Running #RunningGait #Physio #Physiotherapy #RunningInjury

Cochrane rightly pointed out that their own review of exercise therapy for ME was “based on a research question and a set of methods from 2002, and reflects evidence from studies that applied definitions of ME/CFS from the 1990s" and convened a panel for an update. The update was then cancelled

Frontiers | A concise practical clinical guide to identifying spasticity in neurological shoulder dysfunction

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#spasticitymanagement This consensus guidance provides practical recommendations on identifying shoulder spasticity to support clinicians in their management of people with neurological shoulder dysfunction. @BSPRM_UK @rehabresearchuk @CSI_KCL

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#ResearchResources Information to help with Thesis and Research Writing from University of Wollongong @UoW. https://buff.ly/42p5USm #PhDchat #acwri

A really concerning report from the RCN. Particularly for acute care, but it feeds into all areas of the system.

#SRR2025 R-Speak: Empowering communication for indiviwith aphasia through knowledgeable AI
@rehabresearchuk

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PhD Studentship: Dementia Care / Diagnosis Project Options Funded PhD Postion available within the Alzheimer's Society Dementia I-Care DTC at Queen Mary University of London, choice of projects available

The I-Care #Doctoral Training Centre has invited applications for #dementia #PhD students starting in October 2025. We have one fully funded 4-year studentship at QMUL www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-stud...

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##SRR2025 PPIE Involvement and Inclusion

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News: NIHR HRC Fellowship funding announced to support research capacity building in brain injury.