A project by Dr Markos Klonizakis, has been featured by the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme for their 10th Anniversary celebration.

The RfPB is a national, researcher-led programme which supports research motivated by the day-to-day practice of health service staff that could have an impact on the health or wellbeing of patients and other users of the NHS. RfPB has funded 150 plus projects over the last 10 years.

This year RfPB celebrated its 10th anniversary. They ran a special ‘Research Idea’ feature on their website, selecting only four researchers who’s work they felt highlighted the diversity of the projects supported by the programme.

Dr Klonizakis was one of the four researchers to have his project; ‘Could exercise help patients with leg ulcers?’, put under the spotlight. The project explored the feasibility of using  supervised exercise as an adjunct therapy to compression, in patients with venous ulcers. With venous ulceration costing about £400 million per year to the NHS and with the condition affecting about 400,000 new people per year (who have their lives significantly affected as well), there is a clear need to find ways where the healing process is supported.

You can read more about the project here and the full research paper can be found here.