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Rong-Ju Cherng
Position

Associate Professor

Telephone number
+886-6-235-3535 ext. 5023
FAX
+886-6-2370411
E-mail
rjc47@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Lab
Motor development laboratory
Courses

2002 Fall

       Pediatric Physical Therapy

       Child Development

2003 Spring

       Administration in Physical Therapy

Educations
  • Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering               National Cheng Kung University         9/1995-6/2001

  • M.A. in Physical Therapy                            New York University                      9/1984-6/1986

  • B.S. in Physical Therapy                           National Taiwan University                9/1976-6/1980

Experiences
  • 08/2001-present   Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, National Cheng Kung University.

  • 10/1992- present  Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, 

                                 National Cheng Kung University Hospital 

  • 10/1992-07/2001 Lecturer, Department of Physical Therapy, National Cheng Kung University

  • 2/1999-12/1999   Special Project Associate, Orthopedic Biomechanical Laboratory Mayo Clinic/ Mayo Medical Center Rochester, MN, U.S.A.

  • 9/1991-8/1992     Senior Physical Therapist, Programs for Special Children, NY, NY, U.S.A. 

  • 4/1990-1/1992     Senior Physical Therapist, The Child Study Center of New York, Staten Island, NY U.S.A.    

  • 1/1990-6/1991     Senior Physical Therapist, Cerebral Palsy League of Union County, NJ, U.S.A.

  • 9/1986-5/1990     Consultant PT, Office of Health System Management    NY State Department of Health, NY, NY, U.S.A.

  • 7/1980-7/1984     Physical Therapist, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Senior PT Veterans General Hospital-Taichung and Taipei                          

Specialties
  • Physical Therapy

  • Pediatric Physical Therapy

  • Motor Development

  • Biomechanics

  • Bioengineering

 

Honors
Patents
 
Publication List
A. Journal Papers (since 1998~)

1. Cherng, RJ, Su, FC, Chen, JJ, Kuan, TS. (1999, 7): Performance of static standing balance in children with spastic cerebral palsy under altered sensory environments. American J of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 78(4):336-343-----------------SCI Journal

2. Cherng, RJ, Huang CJ, Chang, YC. (2000, 3) Development of a Motor Test for Young Children with Learning Disabilities. Formosan Journal of Physical Therapy 25(2): 75-87.

3.  Lin, CJ, Kuo, LY, Su, FC, Chou, YL, Cherng, RJ. (2000, 6) Common abnormal kinetic patterns of the knee in gait in spastic diplegia of cerebral palsy. Gait Posture 11(3):224-232----------------SCI Journal

4. Su, FC, Kuo, LY, Lin, CJ, Chou, YL, Cherng, RJ. (2000, 8) Gait characteristics at five gait events in spastic diplegia of cerebral palsy. Biomed Eng Appl Basis Comm 2000;12 (August):173-184----------------EI Journal

5. Cherng, RJ, Chen JJ, Su, FC. (2001, 06)Vestibular system in performance of standing balance in children and young adults under altered sensory conditions. Perceptual and Motor Skill 2001; 92:1167-1179-----------SSCI Journal

6. Cherng, RJ, Lai YC. (2001, 06): Selective dorsal rhizotomy for children with spastic cerebral palsy: effectiveness and implications for physical therapy. (Review article) Formosan Journal of Physical Therapy 26(3): 159-168.

7. Hwang, IS, Lee, HM, Cherng, RJ, Chen JJ. (2002, 05): Electromyographic analysis of locomotion for healthy and hemiparetic subjects –study of performance variability and rail effect on treadmill. Gait & Posture------------ SCI Journal (In press)

8. Cherng, RJ, Lee, HY, Su, FC (2003, 03)Frequency spectral characteristics of standing balance in children and young adults. Medical Engineering & Physics-----------SCI Journal  (In Press)

9. Cherng, RJ, Liao HF, Leung HWC, Hwang AW. (2002, 11) The effects of therapeutic horseback riding on children with spastic cerebral palsy. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly ----------------SCI Journal  (Accept pending revision)

 

B. Conference Papers (since 1998~)

1. Cherng, RJ, Su, FC, Her, JS, Wu, HW (1998, 8): Use of sensory information for maintenance of standing stability in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy. The third World Congress of Biomechanics. August 2-8, Sapporo, Japan.

2. Cherng, RJ, Su, FC, Chen, JJ (1998, 9): The effect of sensory organization on stance stability in children and young adults. The 23rd Annual Meeting of Physical Therapy Association, R.O.C. September 19-20, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

3. Cherng, RJ, Huang CC, Chang YC (1998, 9): Development of a motor test for children of 5 to 8 years of age with learning disabilities. The 23rd Annual Conference of Physical Therapy Association, ROC. Sept. 19-20, 1998, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

4. Hung, IH, Cherng, RJ, Lee, HY, Chen, KL (1998, 12): Development of a virtual reality environment for balance assessment. Proceeding of the 1998 Annual Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Society of ROC. Dec. 18-19, 1998 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

5. Cherng, RJ, Hong, IH, Chen, JJ. (1999, 8): The effect of visual patterns on postural control during stance. Progress Motor Control II: from structure to function. Penn State University, State College, Aug. 19-22, 1999, PA, U.S.A.

6. Cherng, RJ, Chou, LS, Shaughnessy WJ, Kaufman, KR. (1999, 9): Measurement of dynamical balance control of children with cerebral palsy during gait. Children research at Mayo, Oct. 7-8, 1999, MN, U.S.A.

7. Cherng, RJ, Chou, LS, Shaughnessy WJ, Su, FC, Kaufman, KR. (2000, 4): Measurement of dynamical balance control to evaluate the surgical outcome for children with spastic cerebral palsy. 5th annual conference of North American Association of Clinical Motion Analysis. April 13-15, 2000, Rochester, MN, U.S.A.

8. Cherng, RJ, Chou, LS, Shaughnessy WJ, Su, FC, Kaufman, KR. (2000, 6): Measurement of the Trajectory of the Whole Body’s Center of Mass to Evaluate the Surgical Outcome for Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy. International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology ISEK 2000. June 25-28, 2000, Sapporo, Japan.

9.  Guo, LY, Su, FC, Chou, YL, Lin, CJ, Cherng, RJ (2000, 8): Electromyography Patterns of Cerebral Palsy Children in Gait. International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology ISEK 2000. June 25-28, 2000, Sapporo, Japan.

10. Cherng, RJ, Su, FC, Chen, JJ (2000, 8): Sensory integration and sensory system efficiency in the standing balance control of children and young adults. 12Th Conference of the European Society of Biomechanics, August 27-30, 2000, Dublin, Ireland

11. Ho, CS, Chou, YL, Lin, CJ, Su, FC, Cherng, RJ. (2000, 11): Ground reaction force and foot progression angle are related to stance phase adduction of hip and knee in preschool children. Annual Meeting of Formosan Society of Biomechanics, November 25, 2000, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

12. Cherng, RJ, Su, FC, Chou, LS, Kaufman, KR. (2000, 12): The Effect of Walking Speeds on the Motion of the Center of Mass in Children. Annual Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Society of ROC. Dec. 15-16, 2000 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

13. Cherng, RJ, Chou, LS, Su, FC, Shaughnessy WJ, Kaufman, KR. (2001, 07): Medial-lateral motion of the whole bodys center of mass is not affected by walking speed in children. XVIIIth Congress of International Society of Biomechanics, July 8-13, 2001, Zurich, Switzerland.

14. Cherng, RJ, Chen, JJ, Su, FC (2001, 11): Frequency spectral characteristics of standing balance in children and young adults. International Conference on Biomechanics combined with the Annual Scientific Meeting of Taiwanese Society of Biomechanics, November 9-11, 2001, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

15. Cherng, RJ, Hong, IH, Chen, JJ (2001, 11): Postural control in young children with a virtual visual stimulation. Psychonomics November 15-18, 2001, Orlando, FL, U.S.A.

16. Huang, JT, Cherng, RJ, Hwang, IS, Su, FC. (2002, 03). The effect of a concurrent attentional task on the standing balance control in children and adults. The 44th Conference of the Association of Physical Therapy, R.O.C., March 16, 2002, Tainan, Taiwan.

17. Lin, YJ, Cherng, RJ, (2002, 03): Reliability Study of the Motor Test of "General Ability Test for Children" The 44th Conference of the Association of Physical Therapy, R.O.C., March 16, 2002, Tainan, Taiwan.

18. Cherng, RJ, Huang, JT, Hwang, IS, Su, FC. Standing balance control under a concurrent attentional task in children and adults. The IV World Congress of Biomechanics. August 3-8, 2002, Calgary, Canada.

19. Cherng, RJ, Wang, CJ, Lin, CH, Wang, ST (2003, 03): The Neuromotor development of low birth weight children at the age of 4-5 Years: A region cohort from Tainan. The 46th Conference of the Association of Physical Therapy, R.O.C., March 15, 2003, Taichung, Taiwan.

20. Cherng RJ, Hsu, YW, Hsu, WH (2003, 03): Standing balance of children with developmental coordination disorders under altered sensory conditions. Conference of The International Society of Posture and Gait Research, March 23-27, 2003, Sydney, Australia.

 

C. Other Publications

1. Cherng, RJ. (2001, 06) Balance control of upright posture in children with spastic cerebral palsy. Ph.D. dissertation, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University. 

 

Projects

A. National Science Council Projects

  • The role of arousal and attention in balance control: A developmental study (NSC91-2320-B-006-069)

  • Development of balance control and its interaction with attentional system (NSC90-2314-B-006-129)  

  • Dynamic balance control during gait in children with spastic cerebral palsy. (NSC 89-2314-B006-135-M08) 

  • Standing balance control and motor proficiency in children with learning disabilities and motor impairment. (NSC 89-2320-B006-072-M08) 

  • Anticipatory postural control in stance of children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy (NSC88-2314-B006-083-M47)      

B. General Projects

Students

A. Students

 

B. Honors for Students

 
Holding or Attending National Conferences
 
International Teaching and Research Exchange
 02/1999-12/1999   Research at Mayo Clinics/Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN. Sponsored by NSC 37124F

    01/1999-12/1999   Scholarship sponsored by The Li Foundation, U.S.A.