Dr. Ka-Chun (Joseph) Siu, Associate Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy Education at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and Director of the Clinical Movement Analysis Laboratory at UNMC visited Delsys on December 9th, 2016. Dr. Siu’s primary research area is in motor control and biomechanics, focusing on elderly population and patients with movement disorders. His second research area, that was presented at the seminar, focuses on motor learning in human performance. Dr. Siu described how EMG signals can be used as an objective outcome measure to study skills performance and learning pattern in laparoscopic or robotic minimally invasive surgery, and to detect differences before and after training and between novices and experts.
Dr. Ka-Chun (Joseph) Siu
Associate Professor
Global Director, Chinese MS-DPT Program
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Dr. Siu is an Associate Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy Education at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). He is the Director of the Clinical Movement Analysis Laboratory at UNMC and teaches research related courses in the Division. His primary research area is in motor control and biomechanics, focusing on elderly population and patients with movement disorders. It includes fall prevention in aging, rehabilitation, and intervention. He is interested in studying the mechanism of human balance control, locomotion and developed training program for community-dwelling older adults, and currently extending this research in minority populations. His second research area is focusing on motor learning in human performance. It includes skill acquisition, medical education, simulation technology and telemedicine.