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Moving forward: Maintaining independence, connection and enjoyment through mobility
When Associate Professor Taylor Dick talks about movement, she is not just talking about muscles and mechanics. She is talking about independence. About quality of life. About helping people living with MND spend more time doing the things they love.
As Group Leader of the Neuromuscular Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Queensland, Taylor leads a multidisciplinary team of engineers, clinicians, and mathematicians working to better understand how movement changes throughout the progression of MND.
“Movement is fundamental to this disease as the nerves die, muscles weaken, and people gradually lose the ability to move independently. If we can preserve that independence for longer, even in small ways, that can have a huge impact.
Associate Professor Taylor Dick
Her work recently received an important boost through an MND Australia Innovator Grant, supported by MND South Australia, helping her team explore new ways to monitor movement, improve mobility, and support independence for people living with MND.