Honours student Sahan Muthuhetti shone in 2020 on Reviver project

Dr Ben Sinclair with a Reviver participant

The Reviver is an innovative exercise assistance device which allows mobility-impaired individuals to exercise far beyond their unassisted capacity. Monash University Central Clinical School researchers are performing the world's first clinical trial of the device to assess its impact on symptoms of Parkinson's Disease, such as impaired balance and mobility.

During 2020 Dr Ben Sinclair, who runs the Reviver trial, together with Professor Meng Law, Director of the iBRAIN group, co-supervised a very talented Honours student, Mr Sahan Muthuhetti. Sahan got a high distinction for his Honours project, "Treatment of balance associated symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease using a novel rehabilitation strategy". 

Congratulations to Ben Sinclair on CSIRO grant!

The 'Reviver'  isodynamics exerciser

Congratulations to Dr Ben Sinclair, one of Professor Terry O'Brien's post-doctoral fellows, who has received a CSIRO Innovations Connections grant. The $100,000 award is jointly funded by government and industry. Ben's project is 'The Assessment of a Novel Form of Exercise on Atypical Parkinson’s', to test the exercise apparatus, The Reviver.

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Video: Elsdon Storey on neurodegenerative diseases research

Professor Elsdon Storey is Director of the Van Cleef/Roet Centre for Nervous Diseases, in the Department of Medicine at Central Clinical School, and Head of Neurology at the Alfred Hospital, at the Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct. The Centre's research focuses on neurodegenerative disorders affecting coordination, movement, balance and cognitive function particularly using animal models. Diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's 5:43, and ataxias are investigated. Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA6Srh_DSz8