Research Research interests e-Textiles for healthcare and wellbeing Design for social good Sustainability Scalable manufacturing Research projects Completed projects E-textile-based neuromuscular electrical stimulation for pre- and post-knee replacement surgery Researchers: Professor Kai Yang Ms Gillian Lake-Thompson Bespoke clothing for children and young people with special sensory needs Researchers: Ms Odina Keim Emeritus Professor Clio Padovani , Ms Gillian Lake-Thompson Publications 8 publications Page 1 of 1 Design and Development of a Wearable E‐Textile Garment for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain Management and Muscle Exercise Gillian Lake‐Thompson, Meijing Liu, Elena Zaballa, Hongrui Zhang, Alison Wescott, Irfan Ullah, Tom Greig, Lynn Reeves, Dan Young, Elaine Dennison, John Tudor & Kai Yang, 2026, Small Structures, 7(6) DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202600016 Type: article Codesign and development of an e-textile neuromuscular electrical stimulation device for knee replacement surgery rehabilitation Gillian Lake-Thompson, Meijing Liu, Nazmul Hussain, Irfan Ullah, Tom Greig, Tyler Ward, John Tudor, Dinesh Samuel & Kai Yang, 2026 DOI: 10.1117/12.3090832 Type: conference A wearable TENS garment for joint pain management: IEC 60601 compliant design and preliminary evaluation Irfan Ullah, Tyler Ward, Tom Greig, Gillian Lake-Thompson, Meijing Liu, Lynn Reeves, Elaine Dennison, John Tudor & Kai Yang, 2026, IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, 14, 91-103 DOI: 10.1109/JTEHM.2026.3663967 Type: article User perceptions of wearability of knitted sensor garments for long term monitoring of breathing health: thematic analysis of focus groups and a questionnaire survey Kristel Fobelets, Nikita Mohanty, Mara Thielemans, Lieze Thielemans, Gillian Lake-Thompson, Meijing Liu, Kate Jopling & Kai Yang, 2024, JMIR Biomedical Engineering, 9 DOI: 10.2196/58166 Type: article Design and development of a knitted e-textile sensing garment for fetal heart monitoring Gillian Lake-Thompson, Charlotte Maden, Kate Jopling, Meijing Liu, Yaxia Liu, Helen Perry, Ying Cheong & Kai Yang, 2024 DOI: 10.23919/E-Textiles63767.2024.10914118 Type: conference Design and development of an e-textile sock for the monitoring of distress in people with dementia Gillian Lake-Thompson, Meijing Liu, Odina Keim, Kate Jopling, Silvia Caggiari, Patrick Ogundele, Zeke Steer, Pete Worsley & Kai Yang, 2024 DOI: 10.23919/E-Textiles63767.2024.10914190 Type: conference Design and development of a stretchable electronic textile and its application in a knee sleeve targeting wearable pain management Meijing Liu, Gillian Lake-Thompson, Alison Wescott, Steve Beeby, John Tudor & Kai Yang, 2024, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 369 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4619733 Type: article Durability testing of knitted e-textiles and design of a user-friendly e-sleeve for stroke arm and hand rehabilitation Meijing Liu, Gillian Lake-Thompson, Odina Keim, John Tudor, Kai Yang, Paul Brook & Steve Sutcliffe, 2024, Engineering Proceedings, 52(1) DOI: 10.3390/engproc2023052018 Type: article