John Cossar
Division Director - Physiotherapy
Brunel University
Uxbridge
UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
About John
Academic qualifications
- Grad Dip Physiotherapy: 1990, Newcastle
- PGCert Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2006, Brunel University
- MSc Neurorehabilitation, 2004, Brunel University
Profile
Prior to joining Brunel University Mr Cossar held clinical positions at Caithness General Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital, Atkinson Morley Hospital & Wolfson Neurorehabilitation Centre, West Middlesex University Hospital and Hounslow Neurorehabilitation Team. He specialised in the rehabilitation of patients with neurological disorders such as head injury and stroke which included the development of multidisciplinary inpatient and community rehabilitation services for these patient groups.
Responsibilities
Admin responsibilities
Division Director, BSc Hons Physiotherapy
Teaching responsibilities
- Rehabilitation
- Neurology
- Neurorehabilitation
Research
Research interests
- Neurorehabilitation
- Stroke and Head Injury
- Motor control
- Cortical plasticity following exercise and electrical muscle stimulation
- Cortical plasticity following transcranial direct current stimulation
Research centres
Research projects and grants
Brunel University, Brief Award - £15000.
O’Connell NE, Cossar J, Wand BM, Moseley GL, Bunce D, DeSouza LH, Marston L, Maskill D. £10,000 award from BackCare. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Treatment of Chronic Non Specific Low Back Pain – A randomised, double-blinded interrupted time-series investigation.
O’Connell NE, Cossar J, Wand BM, Moseley GL, Bunce D, DeSouza LH, Marston L, Maskill D. £9,000 award from the Rosetrees Trust. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Treatment of Chronic Non Specific Low Back Pain – A randomised, double-blinded interrupted time-series investigation.
External
Membership and affiliation
- Registrant of the Health Professions Council
- Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Conferences
O’Connell, NE; Maskill, David W; Cossar, John; Nowicky, Alex V; (2006) Mapping the cortical representation of the lumbar paravertebral muscles. Proc Physiol Soc 1 PC17
John Cossar , Amanda Austin, Elizabeth Bond, David W Maskill, Alexander V Nowicky, Neil E O'Connell (2006) The effect of chronic electrical stimulation to forearm extensor muscles on cortical plasticity. Proc Physiol Soc 3 PC51
