Sharon Wang, Ph.D., PT, OCS
Professor | Texas Woman's University
Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES
Expert in musculoskeletal disorders, rehabilitative exercises, alleviating neck and shoulder pain, and differential diagnosis.
Biography
My research interest is focused on conducting clinical studies, investigating effectiveness of rehabilitative exercise in people with musculoskeletal disorders, particularly neck and shoulder pain. My teaching interests include differential disgnosis and musculoskeletal physical therapy. I also maintain clinical practice in an out-patient orthopedic clinic. I believe clinical experience is important for physical therapists who are teaching clincial courses in the academic setting.
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Areas of Expertise (5)
Orthopaedics
Physical Therapy
Maunal Therapy
Muskoskeletal Disorders
Differential Diagnoses
Articles (5)
Spinal Stabilization Exercise Effectiveness for Low Back Pain in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Randomized Trial
Pediatric Physical Therapy
2015 ABSTRACT: To compare 8 weeks of weekly supervised spinal stabilization exercises with 1-time treatment in participants with low back pain and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis...
Ultrasonographic Measurements of Paraspinal Muscle Thickness in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Comparison and Reliability Study
Pediatric Physical Therapy
2015 ABSTRACT: To examine paraspinal muscle asymmetries in patients with mild adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) compared with controls using ultrasound (US) imaging and to determine reliability of the US imaging...
Comparison of changes in supraspinatus muscle thickness in persons with subacromial impingement syndrome and asymptomatic adults
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
2014 ABSTRACT: To compare changes in supraspinatus muscle thickness in persons with subacromial impingement syndrome (SAIS) and asymptomatic adults and to determine the reliability of the ultrasound imaging (USI) protocol. Subjects: Twenty-two persons with ...
Thoracic Syrinx in a Patient With Balance Difficulties
Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy
2011 ABSTRACT: The patient was a 42-year-old woman who was referred to a physical therapist with diagnoses of lumbar degenerative joint disease and a left ankle fracture. The patient reported an insidious onset of low back and left lower extremity pain, which began ...
Immediate and Carryover Changes of C5-6 Joint Mobilization on Shoulder External Rotator Muscle Strength
Journal of Manipulative and Pysiological Therapeutics
2010 ABSTRACT: Clinical evidence has shown that extremity dysfunction, such as muscle weakness or inhibition, is associated with spinal disorders. Spinal manual therapy is a common therapeutic approach used to address extremity muscle weakness. The purpose of the study was to assess changes in the maximal muscle strength of the shoulder external rotators immediately and at 10, 20, and 30 minutes after cervical joint mobilization at the C5-6 segment...
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