About Us

We are a team of experienced therapists, with backgrounds in clinical practice, education and research. We love to share our knowledge and skills in practical and applied ways - supporting your professional development - and ultimately improving the delivery of evidence based rehabilitation for people recovering from neurological conditions.

Meet the Team

  • Dr Louise Johnson

    Louise is an NHS Consultant Physiotherapist in Stroke Rehabilitation and a Principal Researcher at the University of Southampton.

    She has considerable experience in developing clinical services, both within the UK and further afield. A strong advocate for clinically embedded research, Louise is engaged in multiple research programmes, teaches at several universities and has presented work nationally and internationally.

    Louise has expertise in applied motor learning principles (including rehabilitation intensity), technology, implementation science and personalised care.

  • Dr Anna Gould

    Anna works as a senior lecturer in physiotherapy at the University of the West of England and is the lead for the physiotherapy apprenticeship programme. She has extensive experience in undergraduate and postgraduate education in the UK and abroad.

    Prior to perusing a career in academia, Anna worked as a clinical specialist in stroke rehabilitation and a community stroke team clinical manager. Anna’s research interests include using technology to improve gait following stroke.

  • Dr Vicki Hood

    Vicky is a physiotherapist with a special interest in helping people with long term health conditions remain active. Her passion is group exercise to maximise efficiency in service delivery.

    She has a PhD in biomechanics, and taught on the MSc in Movement Science at the University of Nottingham before starting a private practice and community gym focusing on rehabilitation for people with long term conditions.

    Vicky is now lecturing at Sheffield Hallam University alongside seeing patients with a mix of neurological conditions.

  • Colin Domaille

    Colin has specialised in neurological physiotherapy for over 20 years and has extensive experience in working with people with a variety of neurological conditions and complex disability. He is founder and co-director of Domaille Neurophysio, a highly respected private practice in Bristol, UK.

    Colin teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate level and is an external examiner for the University of West of England Physiotherapy degree course. He has gained postgraduate qualifications at Masters level, and has been on the committee of the Southwest Association of Chartered physiotherapists interested in neurology (ACPIN) for over 20 years.

    Colin’s practice is influenced through his vast range of clinical experience, including extensive knowledge of advancing technologies and robotic devices for the upper limb.

  • Dr Angie Logan

    Angie is an NHS Consultant Physiotherapist in Stroke Rehabilitation in Devon and a researcher at the University of Plymouth.

    Angie has significant experience in clinical education, developing clinical services, and implementing research into practice. She has expertise in rehabilitation for people with severe stroke and interest in motor learning principles, telerehab, implementation science, behaviour change and rehabilitation intensity.

Recent publications from the Rehab Lab Team

Johnson L, Burridge J, Ewings S, Demain S (2024) A pilot cluster randomised controlled trial, of an IMPlicit learning approach versus standard care, on recovery of mobility following stroke (IMPS), Clinical Rehabilitation

Broderick M, Burridge J, Demain S, Johnson, L  et al. (2024) Multicentre pilot randomised control trial of a self-directed exergaming intervention for poststroke upper limb rehabilitation: research protocol. BMJ Open.

Johnson L, Kirk H, Clark B, et al. (2023) Improving personalised care, through the development of a service evaluation tool to assess, understand and monitor delivery. BMJ Open Quality.

Johnson L, Mardo J, Demain S. (2023) Understanding implementation of a complex intervention in a stroke rehabilitation research trial: a qualitative evaluation using Normalisation Process Theory. PlosONE.

Johnson L, Burridge J, Ewings S, Gayton M, Westcott E, Demain S. (2023) Principles into practice: an observational study of physiotherapists use of motor learning principles in stroke rehabilitation. Physiotherapy.

Harwood R, Goldberg S, Brand A, Hood, V et al. (2023) Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in early dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): A randomised controlled trial. The BMJ.

Buckingham S, Sein K, Anil K, Logan, A et al. (2022) Telerehabilitation for physical disabilities and movement impairment: A service evaluation in South West England. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice.

Logan A, Freeman J, Kent B, et al. (2022) Functional standing frame programme early after severe sub-acute stroke (SPIRES): a randomised controlled feasibility trial Open Access. Pilot and Feasibility Studies.

Buckingham S, Anil K, Demain S, Logan, A et al. (2022) Telerehabilitation for people with physical disabilities and movement impairment: development and evaluation of an online toolkit for practitioners and patients. Disability and Rehabilitation.

Johnson L, Burridge J, Demain S. (2021) Development of lower limb training interventions that promote an external focus of attention in people with stroke: a modified Delphi survey. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice.

Anil K, Freeman J, Buckingham S, Logan, A et al. (2021) Scope, context and quality of telerehabilitation guidelines for physical disabilities: A scoping review. BMJ Open.

Long A, Di Lorito C, Logan P, Hood, V et al. (2020) The Impact of a Dementia-Friendly Exercise Class on People Living with Dementia: A Mixed Methods Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Logan A, Marsden J, Freeman J, Kent B, Cork E, Pooler J. (2020) Effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions to treat orthostatic hypotension in elderly people and people with a neurological condition: a systematic review. JBI Evidence Synthesis.

Johnson L, Burridge J, Demain S, Ewings S. (2019) Comparing the Impact of an Implicit Learning Approach with Standard Care on Recovery of Mobility Following Stroke: Protocol for a Pilot Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols.

Bajwa R, Goldberg S, Wardt V, Hood, V et al. (2019) A randomised controlled trial of an exercise intervention promoting activity, independence and stability in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia (PrAISED) - A Protocol. Trials.

Booth V, Harwood R, Hancox J, Hood V, Masud T, Logan P. (2019) Motivation as a mechanism underpinning exercise-based falls prevention programmes for older adults with cognitive impairment: a realist review. BMJ Open.

Booth V, Hood V, Hancox J, Logan P, Robinson K. (2019) Systematic scoping review of frameworks used to develop rehabilitation interventions for older adults. BMJ Open.