Yi-An Chen, Ph.D.

 Occupational Therapy Assistant Professor

MyNCBI Bibliography | Research Interests | Video Introduction


I.  General Research Interest 

  1. Upper extremity recovery in stroke
    a.  Arm/hand use behavior in the daily environment  
    b.  Critical factors (e.g., self-efficacy) that affect arm/hand use behavior post-stroke 
  2. Neural mechanism associated with stroke rehabilitation recovery 
  3. Tele-rehabilitation 
    a.  Wearable sensors (e.g., accelerometers) 
    b.  mHealth technology (e.g., Ecological Moment Assessmenttext messages, apps) 

II.  Current Research Projects 

  1. home-based, mHealthassisted piano therapy to improve upper extremity performance in stroke survivors: a feasibility study (GSU internal grant funded). 
  2. Dose-response relationship of active music therapy in individuals with stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis 
  3. The challenges of using accelerometers in the measurement of daily upper-extremity use after stroke: a systematic review 
  4. Using mHealth technology in post-stroke upper extremity rehabilitation: a systematic review 

III.  Research Skills  

  1. Assessments of motor, daily activity, cognitive, psychosocial functions
    – Fugy-Meyer Assessment, Action Research Arm Test, Wolf Motor Functional Test, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Stroke Impact Scale etc. 
  2. Accelerometry behavioral data analysis
    filtering, binning, summing, converting, calculating etc. 
  3. Home-based study implementation
    – assessments and intervention 
  4. Research project management and recruitment 
  5. Quantitative research methodologies 
  6. Statistical analyses (STATA, SPSS software) 
    – hierarchical linear regression 
  7. Basic programing (MATLAB) 

 

Neurorehabilitation

Neuroscience

Stroke rehabilitation

Stroke

Cerebrovascular accident

CVA

Rehabilitation

Movement science

Movement analysis

Occupational therapy

Neuroplasticity

Brain reorganization

Upper extremity

Upper limb

Hand use

Arm use

Non-use phenomenon

Forced use

Accelerometer

Accelerometry

Inertial Measurement Unit

IMU

Inertial sensor

Inertial unit

Wearable electronic device

Wearable sensor

Wearable technology

Tracker

Telehealth

Tele-rehabilitation

Tele-rehab

Remote rehabilitation

Virtual rehabilitation

Home therapy

Home training

Ecological momentary assessment

EMA

Experience Sampling Method

ESM

Ecological momentary intervention

EMI

Music therapy

Active music therapy

Music intervention

Music training

Piano therapy