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Peer-reviewed Papers​

2018

Page I, Mike S, Wong AYL, De Carvalho D, Funabashi M, Kawchuk G. Associations between individuals’ characteristics and spinal stiffness: a combined analysis of multiple datasets. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2018 [accepted[.

Adams J, Kawchuk G, Breen A, De Carvalho D, Eklund A, Fernandez MS, Funabashi M, Holmes M, Johansson MS, de Luca K, Moore C, Page I, Pohlman KA, Swain MS, Wong AYL, Hartvigsen J, Leadership and capacity building in international chiropractic research: Introducing the Chiropractic Academy for Research Leadership (CARL). Chiropractic and Manual Therapies 2018;26:5.

Umer W, Antiwi M, Li H, Szeto G, Wong AY. The global prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in the construction industry: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 2018;91:125-144.

2017

Antiwi-Afari, M, Li H, Seo J, Edwards D, Pam E, Owusu-Manu D, Wong AYL. Identification of potential biomechanical risk factors for low back disorders during repetitive rebar lifting. Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management 2017;18. doi.org/10.1108/CI-05-2017-0048

Stanton T, Kawchuk G, Wong AY, Mosley L. When feeling stiff is not actually being stiff: modulating the multisensory illusion of back stiffness. Scientific Reports 2017;7:9681.

Antwi-Afari W, Li H, Edwards D, Parn E, Seo JO, Wong AY. Effects of different weights and lifting postures on balance control following repetitive lifting tasks in construction workers. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation 2017 . More

Umer W, Li H, Szeto G, Wong AY. Evaluation of a specific ergonomic intervention for mitigating physical workload during manual rebar tying. J Constr Eng Manag 2017 More

Wong AY, Karppinen J, Samartzis D. Low back pain in older adults: risk factors, management options and future directions. Scoliosis Spinal Disord 2017;12:14. More

Wong AY, Parent E, Dhillon S, Prasad N, Samartzis D, Kawchuk G. Responders/non-responders to spinal manipulation: a relation to spinal manipulation and post-treatment changes in disc diffusion. J Chiropr Educ 2017;31:81-82.

Wong AY, Lam K, Caron JM. A systematic review on the predictive factors for developing low back pain in healthcare students. J Chiropr Educ 2017;31:82.

 

2016
Wong AY, Kawchuk GN. The clinical value of assessing lumbar posteroanterior segmental stiffness: a narrative review of manual and instrumented methods. PM R 2016;  More

Wong AY, Samartzis D. Low back pain in older adults – the need for specific outcome and psychometric tools. J Pain Research 2016;9:989-991.

Umer W, Li H, Szeto G, Wong AY. Identification of biomechanical risk factors for the development of low back disorders during manual rebar tying. J Constr Eng Manag 2016; 04016080-2. More

Wong AY, Parent EC, Prasad N, Huang C, Chan KM, Kawchuk GN. Does experimental low back pain change posteroanterior lumbar spinal stiffness and trunk muscle activity? A randomized crossover study. Clin Biomch 2016:34:45-52. More

Wong AY., Musculoskeletal pain in postmenopausal women - implications for future research. Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal 2016;34:A1-A2. 

 

 

2015

Kawchuk GN, Edgecombe TL, Wong AY, Cojocaru A, Prasad N, A non-randomized clinical trial on the impact of non-rigid, inelastic corsets on spine function in low back pain participants and asymptomatic controls. The Spine Journal 2015;15:2222-2227. More

Wong AY, Parent EC, Dhillon S, Prasad N, Kawchuk GN. Do participants with low back pain who respond to spinal manipulative therapy differ biomechanically from non-responders, untreated or asymptomatic controls? Spine 2015;40:1329-1337. More

 

 

 

2014

Wong AY, Parent EC, Funabashi M, Kawchuk GN. Do changes in transversus abdominis and lumbar multifidus during conservative treatment explain clinical outcomes related to non-specific low back pain? A systematic review. J Pain 2014;15:377.e1-35. More

 

 

2013
Wong AY, Parent EC, Funabashi M, Stanton TR, Kawchuk GN. Do various baseline characteristics of transversus abdominis and lumbar multifidus predict clinical outcomes in non-specific low back pain? A systematic review. Pain 2013;154:2589-2602. More

Wong AY, Parent C, Kawchuk GN. Prasad N. Within- and between-day reliability of spinal stiffness measurements obtained using a computer controlled mechanical indenter in individuals with and without low back pain. Manual Therapy 2013;18:395-402. More

Wong AY, Parent C, Kawchuk GN. Reliability of two ultrasonic imaging analyses methods in quantifying lumbar multifidus thickness. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy 2013; 43(4): 251-262. More

 

 

2012

Chung WM, Yeung S, Wong AY, Lam IF, Tse TF, Daswani D, et al. Musculoskeletal injuries in elite able-bodied and wheelchair foil fencers – a pilot study. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. 2012;22:278-280. More

 

 

2010

Wong AY, Warren S, Kawchuk G. A new statistical trend in clinical research – Bayesian statistics. Physical Therapy Reviews. 2010;15:372-381.  More

 

 

2009

Hu Y, Wong YL, Lu WW, Kawchuk GN. Creation of asymmetrical gradient of back muscle activity and spinal stiffness during asymmetrical hip extension. Clinical Biomechanics. 2009;24:799-806. More

 

 

2002

Au Yeung SSY, Ho HPY, Lai JWC, Lau RWK, Lau SK, Wong AYL. Did mobility and balance of residents living in private old age homes improve after a mobility exercise programme? a pilot study. Hong Kong Physiotherapy
6 Journal. 2002;20:16-21. More

 

 

Monograph

2012

Wong AY. Understanding Low Back Biomechanics: Through the relation between spinal stiffness and back muscle activity. Sarrbrucken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG: 2012. ISBN: 978-3659105654

Theses

2015

Wong A, The mechanism underlying differential biomechanical and clinical responses in patients with low back pain following spinal manipulative therapy. New Trail Autumn University of Alberta. June 2015.

 

 

2009

Wong A, Differential changes in lumbar muscle activity and paraspinal stiffness during asymmetrical leg movement. The University of Hong Kong December 2009.

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