An interview with Dr Christopher J McDermott, Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield, Published on October 18, 2013
An introduction to the 'head-up' project and the development of the Sheffield Support Snood.
Why are the current neck support collars for motor neurone disease (MND) patients often hated?
The majority of them were designed for a different purpose. So, if you think about when people are involved in a road traffic accident, the paramedics arrive and put a collar on to immobilize the neck and protect the spine. A lot of the collars that we give to our patients with MND were actually designed for that purpose - to immobilize the necks of people involved in trauma… and patients don't want that.
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