Toby Ellmers

Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow @ Imperial College London. Interested in balance control, emotion, attention, and ageing.

[Toby Ellmers @Toby_Ellmers]

Our new framework describing how fear of falling turns maladaptive (from protective) is finally out in @Age_and_Ageing. Final paper from my Fellowship with @willyoungexeter and @markwilson_psy (and @Elmar_Kal). Probably the one I am most proud of. https://t.co/e5RaLwnltM

[JAGS @AGSJournal]

Older individuals who had more positive self-perceptions of aging at baseline were better protected against negative physical consequences following a subsequent fall. #geriatrics https://t.co/kd9wB7pm2x

[Toby Ellmers @Toby_Ellmers]

@ShawnSohPT That's awesome!!

[Matteo Ciocca @ciocca_matteo]

Can a brainstem reflex tell us how well you balance?
Our new study shows that prepulse inhibition varies with postural load—opening the door to use PPI as a potential marker of postural control.
Read the preprint 👇
https://t.co/YhmHh9JNR4
#gait #balance #neurophysiology

[Imperial Medicine @ImperialMed]

Dr @Toby_Ellmers from @ImperialBrains spoke to @BBCRadioScot on research which finds there is a strong association between an older person’s view of how they are #ageing and how well they will physically recover after a fall.

🎧Listen from 54mins
https://t.co/KCgfgmb7tc

[Imperial Department of Brain Sciences @ImperialBrains]

Dr Toby Ellmers (@Toby_Ellmers) who co-led the study, said:

“Those who expressed more positive feelings about their own ageing seemed to be protected against worse physical consequences after a fall.

[Johnny Parr @JohnnyParr]

Why is recovering from a loss of balance sometimes harder when we overthink it?

In our new EEG study (now out in Jneuro!), we show that consciously controlling balance dampens the cortical response to a sudden loss of balance (and balance gets worse)!
https://t.co/sUDwUhlOGi

[Toby Ellmers @Toby_Ellmers]

@PauloPelicioni @moda Bluesky is where it's at mate!

[Toby Ellmers @Toby_Ellmers]

@DavidHerdmanPT Congrats! And ironically an accompanying video likely to induce dizziness!

[Toby Ellmers @Toby_Ellmers]

@JenniferNCrow @ImperialBrains @Imperial_PERC @StrokeImperial @HomeUrs29 @PareshMalhotra @RCOT_NP Amazing work!

[Daniel Peterson @dansoren]

Excited to share a paper looking at the relationship between perceived and actual balance, and how it relates to falls: https://t.co/yI8P7xGIZN

Also, Andrew Hooyman made this cool interactive app based on the data! https://t.co/ArnuKQEKEI

@JK_Longhurst
@martima80

[Toby Ellmers @Toby_Ellmers]

Winding down activity here. New posts will be at: https://t.co/quAsHvee4T

[Johnny Parr @JohnnyParr]

Paradoxically – it seems that trying too hard to maximise “current” stability reduces the cortex’s ability to effectively respond to future losses of balance.

More to follow from the best team ever... @RSM_biomechs @Toby_Ellmers

[God bless @God_blessMerika]

We did it. We killed neuro twitter and it's resuscitation it's happening somewhere else.

Come join us!

https://t.co/E4aEGyOlvf

[Micah G. Allen @micahgallen]

Bluesky has now reached that sweet spot where the feed is much more engaging and interesting than it is here. I only visit twitter 1-2 times a week compared to Bsky multiple times a day now.

[Age_and_Ageing @Age_and_Ageing]

This led them to develop the UP-COF, the Updated Perceived Control of Falling Scale, informed by older adults and clinicians - read more in their @Age_and_Ageing paper at https://t.co/gLaJ9sRNvn
#BGSconf

[Age_and_Ageing @Age_and_Ageing]

But is concern about falling an independent risk factor for further falls, regardless of deconditioning etc? @Toby_Ellmers et al's upcoming systematic review (coming soon to @Age_and_Ageing) suggests so #BGSconf

[Toby Ellmers @Toby_Ellmers]

@chrismccrum Our other in review one has 50+ studies included (awful job extracting that much data haha) - so hopefully the two of them combined should give you some useful papers!

[Deborah Jehu, PhD @DeborahJehu]

I’m happy to 📢that there are >=2 competitive #PhDstudent assistantships in Fall ’25. Please send me your CV, transcripts, and #research interests
@PhDVoice @ThePhDPlace #PhDposition #funding
@AUG_University #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #academicjobs
https://t.co/Rkp5a4ukGE

[Toby Ellmers @Toby_Ellmers]

@cleland_luke @claudiamazza5 @BentNeurophys @ErikaEHowe @AshleyVand17051 Mate massive congrats!!