Dr Terry Gorst
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Dr Terry Gorst

Senior Research Fellow

Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)

Senior Research Fellow and Digital Health Technology Lead; Applied Parkinson's Research Group, Peninsula Medical School. My role is to carry out leadership, management, engagement and collaboration activities to support the working of the Group. I oversee the digital health technology (DHT) and home-based care pathway programmes, develop the practical and scientific foundation for these, and assist in developing the Group’s research strategy.

I also hold an NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) Research Associate post to support my role as an honorary research physiotherapist within University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust. 

Qualifications

1995 BA (Joint Hons) Sports Science & Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor, UK

2008 BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK

2017 PhD Faculty of Health & Human Sciences, University of Plymouth, UK  

Professional membership

Health and Care Professions Council: PH89527

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy: 093380

Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Neurology: 10605

Teaching interests

Associate Lecturer, BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

Lecturer: MSc Advanced Professional Practice in Neurological Rehabilitation: Pathomechanics and Rehabilitation of Gait and Balance; Advancing the Management of Long Term Neurological Conditions; and Neurological Rehabilitation - Sensorimotor Disorders.

Research interests

My interest is in the use and application of digital technology and wearables for early Parkinson’s disease detection, personalising therapy and monitoring disease progression, as well as the use of such technologies in the development of innovative care and research pathways. 

I also have a clinical-research interest in the role of physical activity and exercise in the management of neurological conditions, in particular Parkinson’s disease.

Key publications

Key publications are highlighted

Journals

Gorst T, Marsden J, Freeman J. Lower limb somatosensory discrimination is impaired in people with Parkinson's disease: novel assessment and associations with balance, gait and falls Movement Disorders Clinical Practice Article number mdc3.12831 15 Aug 2019

Articles
Dominey T, Kehagia AA, Gorst T, Pearson E, Murphy F, King E & Carroll C 2020 'Introducing the Parkinson’s KinetiGraph into Routine Parkinson’s Disease Care: A 3-Year Single Centre Experience' Journal of Parkinson's Disease 10, (4) 1827-1832 , DOI
Rogers A, Morrison SC, Gorst T, Paton J, Freeman J, Marsden J & Cramp MC 2020 'Repeatability of plantar pressure assessment during barefoot walking in people with stroke' Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 13, (1) , DOI Open access
Gorst T, Marsden J & Freeman J 2019 'Lower limb somatosensory discrimination is impaired in people with Parkinson's disease: novel assessment and associations with balance, gait and falls' Movement Disorders Clinical Practice , DOI Open access
Hunter H & Gorst T 2019 'Co-production with people with Parkinsonʼs disease' JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports 17, (4) 442-443 , DOI Open access
Gorst T, Freeman J, Yarrow K & Marsden J 2019 'Assessing plantar sensation in the foot using the FOot Roughness Discrimination Test (FoRDT™): a reliability and validity study in stroke' PM&R Author Site , DOI Open access
Freeman J, Gorst T, Gunn H & Robens S 2019 '"A non-person to the rest of the world": experiences of social isolation amongst severely impaired people with multiple sclerosis' Disability and Rehabilitation 1-9 Author Site , DOI Open access
Gorst T, Freeman J, Yarrow K & Marsden J 2019 'Assessing lower limb position sense in stroke using the gradient discrimination test (GradDT™) and step-height discrimination test (StepDT™): a reliability and validity study' Disability and Rehabilitation 1-9 Author Site , DOI Open access
Gorst T, Rogers A, Morrison SC, Cramp M, Paton J, Freeman J & Marsden J 2018 'The prevalence, distribution, and functional importance of lower limb somatosensory impairments in chronic stroke survivors: a cross sectional observational study' Disability and Rehabilitation 1-8 Author Site , DOI Open access
Gorst TR, Freeman J, Marsden J, Paton J, cramp M, rogers A & morisson S 2017 'Exploring foot and ankle impairments affecting mobility and balance in stroke (FAiMiS study)' Physiotherapy , DOI Open access
Lyddon A, Morrison S, Gorst T, Marsden J, Paton J, Freeman J & Cramp M 2015 'Foot loading characteristics in people after stroke: A preliminary analysis of plantar pressure data' INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE 10, 34-34 Author Site
Collings R, Paton J, Chockalingam N, Gorst T & Marsden J 2015 'Effects of the site and extent of plantar cutaneous stimulation on dynamic balance and muscle activity while walking' Foot (Edinburgh, Scotland) 25, (3) 159-163 Open access
Gorst T, Lyddon A, Marsden J, Paton J, Morrison SC, Cramp M & Freeman J 2015 'Foot and ankle impairments affect balance and mobility in stroke (FAiMiS): the views and experiences of people with stroke' Disability and Rehabilitation 38, (6) 589-596 , DOI Open access
Lyddon A, Morrison S, Gorst T, Marsden J, Paton J, Freeman J & Cramp M 2013 'Foot and ankle impairments affecting mobility and balance in stroke (FAiMiS): measurement of foot and ankle impairments' INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE 8, 68-68 Author Site
Gorst T, Marsden J, Paton J, Cramp M, Lyddon A, Morrison S & Freeman J 2013 'Foot and Ankle Impairments affecting Mobility and balance In Stroke (FAiMiS); the views of people with stroke' INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE 8, 68-69 Author Site
Conference Papers

Gorst T, Cooke J, Dominey T, et al. Evaluating the usability of ‘NMS Assist’: a non-motor symptoms (NMS) monitoring app for people with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Design4Health, Amsterdam, NL, 1 July 2020. Editors: Kirsty Christer, Claire Craig & Paul Chamberlain ISBN: 978-1-8381117-0-0 

Gorst T, Dominey T, Whipps J, Whipps S, Cooke J, Mullin S, Maramba I, Edwards E & Carroll C 2020 'Not so simple: the challenge of developing a non-motor symptoms app (NMS Assist) for people with Parkinson's (PwP)' S652-S652
Cramp M, Gorst T, Lyddon A, Frceman J, Paton J, Morrison S & Matsden J 2016 'A cross-sectional study investigating foot and ankle impairments is people with stroke' 50-50
Posters
Cramp M, Gorst T, Rogers A, Freeman J, Paton J, Morrison SC & Marsden J Cramp M, Gorst T, Rogers A, Freeman J, Paton J, Morrison SC & Marsden J 'Foot and ankle impairments as predictors of mobility and balance after stroke (FAiMiS study)' Author Site

Reports & invited lectures

Understanding the somatosensory aspects of movement in stroke and Parkinson’s (invited). Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Neurology (ACPIN) annual conference, March 2018, Manchester, UK

Helping our patients move…more. Platform Presentation (invited) Parkinson ’s UK Conference, April 2016, Devon, UK 

Practical challenges after stroke: Promoting exercise-efficacy and physical activity in sub-acute stroke. Platform presentation (invited) Welsh Stroke Conference. Cardiff, Wales. June 2016

A cross sectional study investigating foot and ankle impairments in people with stroke. Platform presentation European Stroke Conference, April 2016. Venice, Italy.

Promoting Exercise efficacy in sub-acute stroke. Platform Presentation (invited) UK Stroke Forum. Liverpool, UK. December 2015

Foot and ankle impairments affect mobility and balance in stroke (FAiMiS); the views of people with stroke. Platform presentation, Institute for Health & Community, Post Graduate Conference, University of Plymouth, June 2014, Plymouth, UK

VISTA: An exercise, self- management and secondary prevention service in community-dwelling stroke. Platform presentation at UK Stroke Forum December 2014, Harrogate, UK

Promoting exercise, self- management and secondary prevention in community-dwelling stroke. Platform presentation at Physiotherapy UK, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, October 2014, Birmingham, UK

Foot and ankle impairments affect mobility and balance in stroke (FAiMiS); the views of people with stroke. Platform presentation at Physiotherapy UK, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Congress, October 2014, Birmingham, UK