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About
Joyce Fung is a rehabilitation scientist whose work sits at the intersection of robotics, virtual reality, and neurological recovery, with a particular focus on stroke rehabilitation. She is best known for her landmark 2012 systematic review and meta-analysis on robot-assisted therapy for upper-limb stroke rehabilitation, a rigorously conducted study that evaluated 12 randomized controlled trials from a pool of 574 studies and has since garnered over 370 citations — establishing it as a foundational reference in the field. Building on this evidence base, Fung has pioneered innovative training protocols such as the "Assist-As-Asked" approach, designed to engage individuals with moderate-to-severe motor impairment in meaningful arm rehabilitation within both physical and virtual environments. Her research also extends to locomotion, where she investigates how robot-generated haptic forces and virtual reality can drive adaptive gait patterns in chronic stroke survivors and older adults, using sophisticated kinematic analyses to uncover underlying coordination changes. Across her body of work, Fung consistently bridges the gap between technology and clinical practice, contributing insights that inform more effective, patient-centered rehabilitation strategies for a population where recovery options remain critically limited.
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