Rehab at Home
Remote physiotherapy coaching after knee and hip replacement.
Research group
Digital Rehabilitation Lab
Wearables, apps and remote coaching for rehabilitation.
We build and evaluate low-cost digital tools that let physiotherapy and rehabilitation continue at home, with clinicians still in the loop.
Our research
The studies listed on this page are run or led by the group. Each one is entered once and also appears on the matching theme pages.
Our studies
In progress Recruiting Step Count Check
Does a phone step counter tell us as much as a clinic walking test?
Our people
Dr Felix Ormsby
Group Leader
Felix is a biomedical engineer who designs wearable sensors and the software that turns their data into useful coaching.
Jasper Quill
Honours Student
Jasper is testing how well a phone-based step counter matches clinical walking tests.
Publications
Selected paper
Agreement between smartphone step counts and the six-minute walk test
Ormsby F, Quill J, et al. Example Digital Health, 2026. doi:10.5555/example.2026.009In plain language: Step counts from ordinary smartphones tracked closely with a standard clinic walking test. This means rehabilitation progress could be checked at home without extra equipment.
- A low-cost wrist sensor for home rehabilitation: design and bench testingOrmsby F, Quill J. Example Biomedical Engineering, 2025. doi:10.5555/example.2025.107