Ying Man Law, Angus [MPhy(Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy), BSc(Hons)Physiotherapy]
Postgraduate Research Student
School of Health and Related Research
Health Services Research
University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Email: ym.law@sheffield.ac.uk
Office: Room 1.02, the Innovation Centre, 217 Portobello, Sheffield, S1 4DP.
Tel: +44 (0) 114 222 6381
Thesis title:
The development and evaluation of a remote self-managed exercise intervention incorporating combined theoretical underpinnings for physical support of persons post-stroke.
Supervisors:
Dr. Rebecca Palmer, Dr. Simon Brownsell & Professor Pam Enderby.
I am a registered physiotherapist in Hong Kong after completing my Bachelor degree (honours) in physiotherapy from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. I am also an accredited acupuncture physiotherapist in Hong Kong. Then, I received my professional title of APA-Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist from the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) with my Master degree of physiotherapy (Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy) from the University of Melbourne in Australia. I am a qualified personal trainer by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and a qualified group leader of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) by the Stanford Patient Education Research Center in the School of Medicine at the Stanford University in the USA. I am also an accredited practitioner of Bridges stroke self-management programme by the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences at the St George’s University of London and Kingston University, in the UK.
I am clinically experienced in providing functional physical rehabilitation in musculoskeletal, sport and neurological areas and community-based rehabilitation in Hong Kong, China and Australia.
Prior to join ScHARR, I based in Sichuan province of the mainland China to work as the Team Leader and physiotherapist (Grade 1) of a post-disaster Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) project for a World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Rehabilitation during 2009-2011; which was funded by the Hong Kong Government. I established and managed a CBR resources centre, its branches and a team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, rehabilitation therapists and social workers, to provide healthcare and social services to earthquake injured and their families living in various earthquake zones in Sichuan province. I also provided professional consultancy and clinical supervision, and healthcare trainings to local healthcare and social care professionals, government officials and non-government organizations in various earthquake zones of Sichuan.
Research Interests:
I am interested in the research of self-management for chronic conditions, functional physical rehabilitation, community-based rehabilitation services, technology and rehabilitation, and the application of technologies, especially information and communication technologies (ICTs) to deliver healthcare and rehabilitation services for long-term health conditions, including for stroke.
Professional activities:
- International Classifier for wheelchair fencing of the International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS); the founder member of International Paralympics Committee (IPC)
- Rehabilitation Consultant of a Sichuan Post-disaster School Social Work Project of Department of Applied Social Sciences, Institute of Disaster Management and Reconstruction of the Sichuan University and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Member of International Classification Committee of IWAS
- Member of Medical Sub-committee of the Hong Kong Paralympics Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled
- Member of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia of Australian Physiotherapy Association
- Team physiotherapist for the disabled elite athletes of the Hong Kong Paralympics team
Current project:
I am doing my postgraduate research studies in the health service research section of School of Health and Related Research at the University of Sheffield since 2011. My study is to develop a novel self-managed exercise intervention using ICTs for functional physical rehabilitation of stroke survivors.
This project is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, South Yorkshire (CLAHRC SY).
Publications:
- Community-Based Rehabilitation Resources Centre for Earthquake Zones in Sichuan (2011), Handbook of self-management for spinal cord injuries rehabilitation, Sichuan University & The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation, WHO Collaborating Centre for Rehabilitation.
- ISI (HK) (2006), Baby Coming, International Spinal Institute (HK)Ltd.
- ISI (HK) (2005), Own pain, Own care, International Spinal Institute (HK)Ltd.
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2003), Scoliosis- prevention and managements, educational VCD, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.