User:Lucy Aird

Name

Lucy Aird

About Me

Physiotherapy

• Newly qualified Physiotherapist seeking permanent employment in the UK (North West region)

Currently employed by:

• Jan 2012–present: Bollington Stroke Survivors Club
  • Assisting at weekly community-based programme for stroke survivors and their carers, including physiotherapist-lead exercise and gym programmes
    

• March 2012–present Athlete’s Angels
  • Providing physiotherapy support for outdoor events; next event: Oxfam Trailtrekker, North Yorkshire Pennines & Dales, May 2012
    

Other

• Healthcare Communications Freelancer

Education

2010–2012 – University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, UK

MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-registration) – Distinction

Clinical Placements completed:

• June 2010 Orthopaedics: Elderly Trauma, Elective surgery 6 weeks at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
  • Assesssing and mobilising patients
  • Moving and handling skills
  • Discharge planning
• August 2010 Neurology: Acute Stroke 6 weeks at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
  • Neurological assessment skills
  • Goal setting and rehabilitation
  • Complex patients with comorbidities
• November 2010 Paediatrics: Community and Inpatient 6 weeks at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
  • Long-term conditions, e.g., cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy
  • Hydrotherapy for neurological conditions
  • Community and special school settings
• April 2011 Respiratory: Surgical High Care Unit 6 weeks at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
  • Post-surgical assessment of patients following abdominal and breast surgery
  • Respiratory treatment and education
  • Ward management
• August 2011 Musculoskeletal: Outpatients Department 6 weeks at Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester
  • Assessment, diagnosis and treatment
  • Running group gym rehabilitation classes
  • Hydrotherapy for musculoskeletal problems
    

1998–2002 – University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

BSc (Hons) Pharmacology 2(i)

Professional Affiliations

• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy; membership number: 090358
• Health Professions Council; registration number: PH 98511
• Association of Chartered Physiotherapists Interested in Neurology (ACPIN); membership number: 9733
• Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports and Exercise Medicine (ACPSM); membership number: 13440
  

Professional Appointments

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Publications

Physiotherapy publications

• Aird L, et al. Quadriceps muscle elasticity, tone and stiffness in older males: Reliability and symmetry using the MyotonPRO. Arch Gerontol Geriatr (In Press) 2012.
  • Abstract also accepted for poster presentation at Physiotherapy 2012; Liverpool, October 2012
• Agyapong-Badu, S., Aird, L., Bailey, L., Mooney, K., Mullix, J., Warner, M., Samuel, D. and Stokes, M., 2011. Inter-rater reliability of measuring skeletal muscle viscoelastic properties using the MyotonPRO device. Clin. Biomechan. (article in preparation).

Other publications

• Hammond LC, et al. Chronic hypoxia up-regulates expression of adenosine A1 receptors in DDT1-MF2 cells. Biochem Pharmacol. 2004;67:421–6.
  

Websites

Jan 2011–present: www.physio-pedia.com

• Quality editor to ensure quality of evidence-based physiotherapy articles uploaded to on-line physiotherapy-specific wiki

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