Jonathan Marsden

Academic profile

Professor Jonathan Marsden

Professorship and Chair in Rehabilitation
School of Health Professions (Faculty of Health)

The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Jonathan's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 03: SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

About Jonathan

To lead and develop research capacity in the field of rehabilitation

Supervised Research Degrees

I currently supervise 6 postgraduate student 2 PhD students as 1st supervisor, 3 PhD students as second and an 1 Mphil student as 1st supervisor

  • 2015 MPhil E Compton Factors affecting stiff knee gait in Cerebral Palsy
  • 2015 PhD Thesis L Sawle The Development and Evaluation of a Dynamic Elastomeric Fabric Orthosis to support the management of Athletic Pelvic/ Groin Injury
  • 2015 PhD H Gunn Accidental falls in Multiple Sclerosis
  • 2012 PhD Thesis J Ofori Effect of short term stretching on ankle stiffness and rnge in people with Multiple Sclerosis
  • 2011 PhD Thesis A Wallace Recovering hand function after stroke: Mechanisms and Treatment
  • 2010 PhD Thesis L Bunn Sensory mechanisms of balance control in cerebellar disease
  • 2008 PhD Thesis G Ramdharry Compensatory strategies while walking in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease: impact and intervention

Teaching

I currently teach on the MSc in Neurological Rehabilitation at the Schools of Health Professions. I am the lead for the "Cognition, perception and behaviour" module and contribute "sensorimotor control in neurologcal practice" and "pathomechanics and rehabilitation of gait and balance".

I also contribute to the undergraduate physiotherapy program "Neurological Physiotherapy" module