International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-9096
ISSN: 2329-9096
Raymond Chong
Associate Professor and Director, Human Movement Science lab
USA
Raymond Chong completed his Ph.D at the University of Oregon in 1997. He is the director of the department\s Human Movement Science lab. He is first author in >80% of his publications. His expertise and research interests are in the areas of aging, neurological diseases and fall prevention. He studies the sensorimotor mechanisms of automatic and volitional multisensory organization and postural control in humans during reaching, stance and walking in healthy and neurological conditions. He uses established and novel paradigms including surface perturbations, treadmill walking, suspended forward fall, obstacle crossing, optical prism adaptation and close-loop virtual-reality systems in his experiments. He serves in various study sections for the US Department of Veteran Affairs Rehabilitation & Research Development Service\s review panels. He is executive editor of the Journal of Novel Physiotherapies, and associate editor of the Comprehensive Psychology journal. He also serves on the editorial board of the Degenerative Neurological & Neuromuscular Disease, World Journal of Neuroscience, and Clinical Research on Foot & Ankle journals. He is a regular reviewer for the Gait & Posture journal.
Raymond Chong completed his Ph.D at the University of Oregon in 1997. He is the director of the department\s Human Movement Science lab. He is first author in >80% of his publications. His expertise and research interests are in the areas of aging, neurological diseases and fall prevention. He studies the sensorimotor mechanisms of automatic and volitional multisensory organization and postural control in humans during reaching, stance and walking in healthy and neurological conditions. He uses established and novel paradigms including surface perturbations, treadmill walking, suspended forward fall, obstacle crossing, optical prism adaptation and close-loop virtual-reality systems in his experiments. He serves in various study sections for the US Department of Veteran Affairs Rehabilitation & Research Development Service\s review panels. He is executive editor of the Journal of Novel Physiotherapies, and associate editor of the Comprehensive Psychology journal. He also serves on the editorial board of the Degenerative Neurological & Neuromuscular Disease, World Journal of Neuroscience, and Clinical Research on Foot & Ankle journals. He is a regular reviewer for the Gait & Posture journal.