Jodielin Ofori

Mrs Jodielin Ofori - ()

School of Health Professions (Faculty of Health, Education and Society)
Address: FF15, Peninsula Allied Health Centre, College of St Mark & St John,
Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8BH
Postal address: FF15, Peninsula Allied Health Centre, College of St Mark & St John,
Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8BH
Telephone: +441752588828
Email: jodielin.ofori@plymouth.ac.uk

Role
Research Assistant – Establishing clinical guidance for stretching in people with Multiple Sclerosis
PhD Health Studies student

Qualifications & background

(Hons) Physiotherapy 2006-2009

Brunel University London

Degree Classification: 2:1

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Adult Basic Life Support Training in Resuscitation

Good Clinical Practice

Professional membership

Health Professional Council

Multiple Sclerosis Society

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Teaching interests
Neurological conditions, specifically Multiple Sclerosis.
Physiotherapy interventions and methods of treatment of the neurologically impaired patient.
General Neurological rehabilitation.

Research interests

Understanding the effects of stretching in people with Multiple Sclerosis
This project aims to establish how stiffness at the ankle or knee changes with different types of stretches.

The use of ultrasound to measure change in gastrocnemius length when passive motor stretches are performed.

UoP Research group membership

Centre for Health and Social Care Innovation (CHeSCI)