A5044078472- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Sports Performance and Training
- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
- Infrared Thermography in Medicine
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
- Spinal Hematomas and Complications
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Healthcare and Venom Research
National Taiwan University
2012-2023
National Taiwan University Hospital
2005-2023
Weatherford College
2023
Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica
2005
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
1992-1996
Virginia Commonwealth University
1996
New York University
1992
Background and Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the use 3 mobilization techniques—end-range (ERM), mid-range (MRM), with movement (MWM)—in management subjects frozen shoulder syndrome (FSS). Subjects Twenty-eight FSS were recruited. Methods A multiple-treatment trial on 2 groups (A-B-A-C A-C-A-B, where A=MRM, B=ERM, C=MWM) carried out. duration each treatment weeks, for a total 12 weeks. Outcome measures included functional score kinematics. Results Overall, in both improved...
THE TERM GROWL TYPICALLY REFERS TO LOW-PITCHED, rough sounds uttered by animals. Humans occasionally use growl-like voices to express excessive emotions. Acoustically characterized loud dynamics and low values of the harmonic-to-noise ratio, usually anger excitement associated with aggression. We propose a biomechanical model relating aggressive characteristic timbre motor mechanisms underlying growl production in humans, highlighting how an abdominal muscle contraction enhances spine...
Study Design Reliability study of clinical measurement. Objectives The primary purpose was to develop a reliable method for measuring muscle length changes the transversus abdominis (TrA) during contraction. secondary investigate relationship between in thickness and (as indicated by lateral sliding anterior muscle-fascia junction) TrA an abdominal drawing-in maneuver. We also provide data on between-day reliability change (ΔT) TrA. Background Ultrasound imaging measurements at rest (Thr)...
[Purpose] Muscle co-contraction is important in stabilizing the spine. The aim of this study was to compare cervical muscle adults with and without chronic neck pain during voluntary movements. [Subjects Methods] Surface electromyography three paired muscles measured fifteen young healthy subjects patients pain. performed movements sagittal coronal plane at slow speed. ratio defined as normalized integration antagonistic activities divided by that total activities. [Results] results showed...
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a degenerative cervical disease in which the spinal cord compressed. Patients with CSM experience balance disturbance because of impaired proprioception. The weighting sensory inputs for postural control patients unclear. Therefore, this study investigated systems CSM. Twenty-four individuals (CSM group) and 24 age-matched healthy adults (healthy were analyzed observational study. functional outcomes (modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association Scale...
The purposes of this study were: (1) to show the differences lower limb proprioception in three different groups normal male subjects-elite, amateur, and novice tennis players-and between skill-dominant stance-dominant hip knee (2) test sensitivity closed-chain reposition groups.There were 22, 20, 20 subjects groups, respectively. Proprioception was tested with method. Absolute error variable calculated. One-way analysis variance Tukey's used differences.The joints elite players...
Study Design Clinical measurement, reliability. Objectives To examine the intraday intrarater reliability of measuring thickness upper dorsal neck muscles at rest, as well 50% maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC), for cervical extension. Background Methodology lower muscles, including semispinalis capitis and multifidus during using ultrasonography has been established. Thickness measurements have not documented. Methods Ten subjects (21 to 30 years age) without pain headache were...
A prospective, time series design.The purpose of this study is two-fold: firstly, to investigate the impact altered cervical alignment and range motion (ROM) on patients' self-reported outcomes after anterior discectomy fusion (ACDF), secondly, comparatively differentiate influence single- two-level ACDF ROM adjacent segmental kinematics up 12-month postoperatively.ACDF one most commonly employed surgical interventions treat degenerative disc disease. However, there are limited in vivo data...
The rostral interstitial nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus (riMLF) contains excitatory and inhibitory burst neurons that are related to control vertical torsional eye movements. In present study, light microscopic examination immunohistochemical localization amino acid neurotransmitters demonstrated riMLF in cat overlapping populations immunoreactive putative neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric (GABA) glutamate aspartate. By using a double-labelling paradigm, GABA-, glutamate-,...
The rostral interstitial nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus (riMLF) contains premotor neurons that are related to control vertical and torsional saccadic eye movements. In present study, complimentary light microscopic anterograde biocytin retrograde horseradish peroxidase experiments have been performed determine organization in riMLF cat intimately motoneuron populations oculomotor trochlear nuclei. results indicate a rostral-caudal topographic arrangement is target projections...
Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a common aging condition caused by spinal cord compression. Individuals with DCM often presented residual balance and functional impairments postoperatively. Perturbation-based training (PBT) has been shown to have positive effects on populations neurological disorders but yet be investigated in DCM. The objective of this study was therefore evaluate the PBT performance postoperative individuals Fifteen (DCM group) 14 healthy adults (healthy control...