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PHYSICAL THERAPY |
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Yih-Kuen
Jan, PT, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Adjunct Assistant
Professor, Department of Physiology
Primary Investigator (WOC), Oklahoma City VAMC
E-mail Yih-Kuen
Jan
(405) 271-2131 ext. 47128 |
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education |
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Postdoc, Rehabilitation Technology, University
of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
2006
Ph.D., Rehabilitation Science, University
of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2004
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, National Yang
Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1997
B.S., Physical Therapy, National Yang Ming
University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1995
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publications
(last 5 Years) |
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Jan YK, Struck BD, Foreman RD, Robinson C. Wavelet analysis of skin blood flow oscillations to assess soft tissue viability in older adults. Microvascular Research, 2009; 78(2): 22-28.
Jan YK and Brienza DM. Tissue mechanics and blood flow factors in pressure ulcers in individuals with spinal cord injury. In: Gefen A, ed. The Pathomechanics of Tissue Injury and Disease, and the Mechanophysiology of Healing. Research Signpost, 2009; 241-259.
Jan YK, Brienza DM, Geyer MJ, and Karg P. Wavelet-based spectrum analysis of sacral skin blood flow response to alternating pressure. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2008; 89(1): 137-145.
Brienza DM, Jan YK, and Zanca JM. Chapter 7: Tissue Integrity Management. In: Cooper RA, Ohnabe H, and Hobson DA, eds. An Introduction to Rehabilitation Engineering. Taylor and Francis Group, 2007; 182-198.
Jan YK and Brienza DM. Technology for pressure ulcers prevention. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation 2006; 11(4): 30-41.
Jan YK, Brienza DM, and Geyer MJ. Analysis of week-to-week variability in skin blood flow measurements using wavelet transforms. Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging 2005; 25(5): 253-262.
Brienza DM, Geyer MJ, and Jan YK. A comparison of changes in rhythms of sacral skin blood flow in response to heating and indentation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005; 86(6):1245-1251.
Geyer MJ, Jan YK, Brienza DM, and Boninger ML. Using wavelet analysis to characterize the thermoregulatory mechanisms of sacral skin blood flow. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 2004; 41(6):797-806. |
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RECENT RESEARCH
GRANTS |
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Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST), Health Research Program (HR09-048), 2009-2012, $135,000.00 Project title: Biomechanical Analysis of Risk for Diabetic Foot Ulcers. Role: Principal Investigator
National Institutes of Health (NIH)/NICHD R03 (1R03HD060751-01), 2009-2011, $146,500.00 Project title: Effects of power seat function usage on tissue viability in wheelchair users with SCI. Role: Principal Investigator
Presbyterian Health Foundation, Seed Grants Program,
2008-2009, $25,868.00
Project title: Effects of power seat function usage on tissue viability in wheelchair
users with SCI: a pilot study, Role: Principal Investigator
Center for International Rehabilitation Research
Information and Exchange, International Exchange
Program Grant, 2008-2009, travel grant
Project title: Research collaboration of NIDRR-funded project entitled “Skin
blood flow oscillations and pressure ulcer risk in older adults with disabilities”,
Role: Principal Investigator
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, Individual Research Grant (JA2-0701-2),
2008-2010, $150,000.00 Project title: Effectiveness of local
cooling on enhancing tissue tolerance to
pressure loading, Role: Principal Investigator
Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Research
Foundation, Research Grant (PVA #2480), 2007-2009,
$75,000.00 Project title: Remodeling
ANS and endothelium with exercise for preventing
pressure
ulcers,
Role: Principal Investigator
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research (NIDRR), Mary E. Switzer Research
Fellowship (H133F060025), 2006-2008, $65,000.00
Project title: Skin blood
flow oscillations and pressure ulcer risk in
older adults with
disabilities,
Role: Principal Investigator
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research (NIDRR), Field Initiated Research
Program (H133G040222), 2004-2008, $450,000.00
Project title: A study of
biophysical and microvascular function of individuals
with spinal cord injuries:
implications for alternating pressure support
surfaces,
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
on Spinal Cord Injury (H133E070024), NIDRR,
2007-2012, $4.7 million
Project title: R1- Skin cooling
and tissue viability (2007-2008), Role: Principal
investigator
Project title: R2- Effects of weight
shifting on pressure ulcer risk status (Project
PI:
Kath Bogie, Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, OH) (2007-2008)
Role: Co-investigator & Pittsburgh site
PI
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RESEARCH INTEREST/CLINICAL EXPERTISE |
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Research Interest
- Dr. Yih-Kuen Jan is interested in Tissue
Biomechanics and Microvascular Physiology
and their applications for preventing secondary
medical complications in people with disabilities.
His current research is in the activity-based
rehabilitation for preventing cardiovascular
diseases and pressure ulcers in people with
spinal cord injury.
Dr. Jan was a NIDRR Pre-Doctoral
Fellow, Mary E. Switzer Fellow, Co-PI of
a Field Initiated Project, and is a Project
Leader of Rehab Engineering Research Center
on Spinal Cord Injury.
Dr. Jan serves as
Principal Investigator of a grant funded
by the Christopher Reeve Foundation. He is
also PI of a grant investigating the effects
of exercise on improving tissue viability
in people with SCI funded by the Paralyzed
Veterans of America Research Foundation.
Dr. Jan is a member of American Society of
Biomechanics, APTA, American Diabetes Association,
and RESNA.
Clinical Expertise
- Activity-based rehabilitation
- Adaptive sports
- Physical agents
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