Effects of partnered dance in people with Parkinson’s (PWP) - A scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Ka Cheng, T., & Sessa, S. (2024). Effects of partnered dance in people with Parkinson’s (PWP) - A scoping review. Synapse, 7-28

ABSTRACT Background: The European Physiotherapy Guidelines for Parkinson’s Disease (APPDE) suggest partnered dance shows benefits for people with Parkinson’s (PWP). However, the details of partnered dance for PWP are still ambiguous with regards t... Read More about Effects of partnered dance in people with Parkinson’s (PWP) - A scoping review.

Scope and arbitration in machine learning clinical EEG classification (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Zhu, Y., Canham, L., & Western, D. (2023). Scope and arbitration in machine learning clinical EEG classification. In 2023 IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology Symposium (SPMB). https://doi.org/10.1109/SPMB59478.2023.10372635

A key task in clinical EEG interpretation is to classify a recording or session as normal or abnormal. In machine learning approaches to this task, recordings are typically divided into shorter windows for practical reasons, and these windows inherit... Read More about Scope and arbitration in machine learning clinical EEG classification.

A spiking neural network model of rodent head direction calibrated with landmark free learning (2022)
Journal Article
Stentiford, R., Knowles, T. C., & Pearson, M. J. (2022). A spiking neural network model of rodent head direction calibrated with landmark free learning. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 16, -. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2022.867019

Maintaining a stable estimate of head direction requires both self-motion (idiothetic) information and environmental (allothetic) anchoring. In unfamiliar or dark environments idiothetic drive can maintain a rough estimate of heading but is subject t... Read More about A spiking neural network model of rodent head direction calibrated with landmark free learning.

Pilates and Parkinson's (2020)
Book
Pearce, K., & Sessa, S. (2020). Pilates and Parkinson's. London: Aeon books

Management of Parkinson’s using a Pilates programme (2014)
Journal Article
Sessa, S. (2014). Management of Parkinson’s using a Pilates programme. Syn’apse, Spring/Summer 2014(Spring/Summer 2014), Article 3

This case study provides an exploration of the clinical benefits of a Pilates exercise programme for the management of Parkinson’s. After initial physiotherapy assessment, a Pilates programme of weekly one-hour sessions over a period of ten months wa... Read More about Management of Parkinson’s using a Pilates programme.