Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences

Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.             (Dissertation title: Social Participation of Youth with Cerebral Palsy: Determinants and Effects of Self-perceived Competence.)

2006 – 2010

Master of Science in Physical Therapy

Dept. of Physical Therapy and Assistive Technology

National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.    

(Thesis title: Training Effects of Virtual Reality on Reaching Behaviors in Children with Cerebral Palsy.)

2003 – 2005

Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy

Department of Physical Therapy

Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.       

1999 –2003

Professional Employment

Assistant Professor

Graduate Institute of Early Intervention

Chang Gung University

April. 2013– present

Assistant Professor

Department of Physical Therapy

Shu-Zen College of Medicine and Management

Aug. 2011– Feb. 2013

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital/

Graduate Institute of Early Intervention, Chang Gung University

Mar. 2011 – July 2011

Pediatric Physical Therapist

永和復康醫院

台北榮總早療評估中心 (Part-time)

Sept. 2010 – May 2011 Nov. 2010 – Jan. 2011

Graduate Research Assistant (Part-time)

Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences,

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 

Sept. 2006 - June 2010

Research Assistant (Full-time)

School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.      

Sept. 2005 – July 2006

Graduate Research Assistant (Part-time)

Dept. of Physical Therapy and Assistive Technology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.                       

Sept. 2003 – Jan. 2005

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Journal Articles

2013

1. Kang LJ*, Palisano RJ, King GA, Chiarello LA. A Multidimensional Model of Optimal Participation of Children with Physical Disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation, 2013, December 11, DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2013.863392 [Epub ahead of print] (JCR 2012; SSCI; IF= 1.541; REHABILITATION; Ranking: 15/66=22%; SCI; IF= 1.541; REHABILITATION; Ranking: 25/63=39%)
2. Chiarello LA, Palisano RJ, Westcott McCoy S, Bartlett DJ, Wood A, Chang HJ, Kang LJ, Avery L. Child Engagement in Daily Life: A Measure of Participation for Young Children with Cerebral Palsy. Disability and Rehabilitation, in press. (JCR 2012; SSCI; IF= 1.541; REHABILITATION; Ranking: 15/66=22%; SCI; IF= 1.541; REHABILITATION; Ranking: 25/63=39%)
3. Chen CL, Lin KC, Kang LJ, Wu CY, Chen HC, & Hsieh YW. Potential Predictors of Functional Outcomes after Home-Based Constraint-Induced Therapy for Children with Cerebral Palsy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, in press. (JCR 2012; SSCI; IF= 1.471; REHABILITATION; Ranking: 19/66=28%)
4. Chen CL, Chen CY, Shen IH, Liu IS, Kang LJ, & Wu CY. Clinimetric properties of the Assessment of Preschool Children’s Participation in children with cerebral palsy. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 34(5):1528-1535, 2013. May. (JCR 2012; SSCI; IF=2.483; REHABILITATION; Ranking: 4/66=6%)
5. Hwang AW, Liao HF*, Granlund M, Simeonsson RJ, Kang LJ, & Pan YL. Linkage of ICF-CY codes with Environmental Factors in studies of developmental outcomes of infants and toddlers with or at risk for motor delays. Disability and Rehabilitation, 2013, April. DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2013.777805 [Epub ahead of print] (JCR 2012; SSCI; IF= 1.541; REHABILITATION; Ranking: 15/66=22%; SCI; IF= 1.541; REHABILITATION; Ranking: 25/63=39%).
6. Hwang AW, Liou TH, Bedell GM, Kang LJ, Chen WC, Yen CF, Chang KH, Liao HF; Component Task Force of Disability Evaluation System. Psychometric properties of the Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation - Traditional Chinese version. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. 2013 Jan 15. DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e32835d0b27 [Epub ahead of print] (JCR 2012; SCI; IF= 1.055; REHABILITATION; Ranking: 42/63=66%)
7. Chen CL, Kang LJ, Hong WH, Chen FC, Chen HC & Wu CY. Effect of therapist-based constraint-induced therapy at home on motor control, motor performance, and daily function in children with cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled study. Clinical Rehabilitation. 27(3): 236-245, 2013. Mar. (JCR 2012; SCI; IF=2.191; REHABILITATION; Ranking: 13/63=20%)
8. Kang LJ, Liao HF, Wu CH, Liu CC, and Hwang AW.* Determinants of Social Participation in Youth with Physical Disabilities: Literature Appraisal Based on the ICF/ICF-CY Framework. Formosan Journal of Physical Therapy, 38(1): 29-36, 2013. Mar.
9. Hwang AW, Granlund M, Liao HF and Kang LJ*. Measures of “Participation” in School Children with Disabilities. Formosan Journal of Physical Therapy, 38(1): 37-49, 2013. Mar.

2012

1. Kang LJ*, Palisano RJ, King GA, Chiarello LA, Orlin MN & Polansky M. Social Participation of Youths with Cerebral Palsy Differed Based on Their Self-Perceived Competence as a Friend. Child: Care, Health, and Development. 38(1):117-27, 2012. (JCR 2012; SCI; IF=1.700; PEDIATRICS; 48/121=40%) Jan.
2. Hsin YJ, Chen FC, Lin KC, Kang LJ, Chen CL & Chen CY. Efficacy of Constraint-Induced Therapy on Functional Performance and Health-Related Quality of Life for Children with Cerebral Palsy: a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Child Neurology. 27(8):992-9, 2012. (JCR 2012; SCI; IF=1.385; PEDIATRICS; 60/121=50%) Aug.

2010

1. Kang LJ*, Palisano RJ, Orlin M, Chiarello L, King G & Polansky M. Determinants of Social Participation—With Friends and Others Who Are Not Family Members—for Youths With Cerebral Palsy. Physical Therapy. 90: 1743-1757, 2010. (JCR 2012; SCI; IF=2.778; REHABILITATION; 5/63=7%) Dec.
2. Chiarello L, Palisano RJ, Maggs J, Orlin M, Almasri N, Kang LJ & Chang HJ. Family Priorities for Activity and Participation of Children and Youth with Cerebral Palsy. Physical Therapy, 90: 1254-1264, 2010. (JCR 2012; SCI; IF=2.778; REHABILITATION; 5/63=7%)
3. Orlin M, Palisano RJ, Chiarello L, Kang LJ, Polanky M, Almasri N & Maggs J. Participation in Home, Extracurricular, and Community Activities among Children and Youth with Cerebral Palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 52: 160-166, 2010. (JCR 2012; SCI; IF=2.675; PEDIATRICS; Ranking: 18/121=14%)

before 2009

1. Palisano RJ, Kang LJ, Chiarello L, Orlin M, Oeffinger D & Maggs J. Social and Community Participation of Children and Youth with Cerebral Palsy is Associated with Age and Gross Motor Function Classification. Physical Therapy, 89: 1304-1314, 2009. (JCR 2012; SCI; IF=2.778; REHABILITATION; 5/63=7%)
2. Chen YP, Kang LJ, Chuang TY, Doong JL, Lee SJ, Tsai MW, Jeng SF & Sung WH. The Use of Virtual Reality to Improve Upper-Extremity Control in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Single-Subject Design. Physical Therapy, 87: 1441-1457, 2007. (JCR 2012; SCI; IF=2.778; REHABILITATION; 5/63=7%)
3. Kang LJ*, Chen YP, Sung WH, Chuang TY, Lee SJ, Tsai MW, Jeng SF & Doong JL. Training Effects of Virtual Reality on Reaching Behavior in Children with Cerebral Palsy: Case Report. Formosan Journal of Physical Therapy, 30: 339-47, 2005.

Published Abstracts

1. Kang LJ, Palisano RJ, Orlin M, Chiarello L, Polansky M, King G. Determinants of social participation with friends and other non-family members among youth with Cerebral palsy. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 22(1): 98, 2010.
2. Kang LJ, Palisano RJ, Orlin M, Chiarello L, Polansky M, Maggs J. Social and Community Particpation Among Children and Youth with Cerebral Palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 51(suppl 5): 82-83, 2009.
3. Kang LJ, Polansky M, Palisano R, Orlin M, Chiarello L, Maggs J. Social Engagement and Community Participation Among Children and Youth with Cerebral Palsy. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 21(1): 92, 2009.
4. Orlin MN, Chiarello LA, Kang LJ, Palisano RJ, Polansky M, Almasri N, Maggs J. Participation Among Children with Cerebral Palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 51 (suppl 5): 70, 2009.
5. Palisano R, Kang LJ, Polansky M, Orlin M, Chiarello L, Maggs J. Social Engagement and Community Participation Among Children and Youth with Cerebral Palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 51 (suppl 2): 23, 2009.
6. Orlin MN, Chiarello LA, Polansky M, Almarsi N, Kang LJ, Palisano RJ: Participation in Home, Extracurricular, and Community Activities Among Children and Youth with Cerebral Palsy. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 20:97, 2008.
7. Chiarello L, Palisano RJ, Maggs J, Orlin M, Almarsi N, Kang LJ, Chang HJ. Family Priorities for Activity and Participation of Children with Cerebral Palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 50 (suppl 4): 24-25, 2008.

International

Conference Proceedings

1. Kang LJ, Liou TH, Hwang AW, Chen WC, Bedell GM, Yen CF, Liao HF, and d Component Task Force of Disability Evaluation System. (康琳茹,劉燦宏, 黃靄雯, 陳葦長, Bedell GM, 嚴嘉楓, 廖華芳, 身心障礙鑑定d成分工作小組)。The Psychometric Properties of the Child and Adolescent Scale of Environment-Traditional Chinese version in Children with Disabilities. [Poster] The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL, USA. November 12-16, 2013.
2. Kang LJ, Chen CL, Chen HC, Wu CY, Shen IH, Liu WY. Age Effect on Motor Control and Fine Motor Ability in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Study. WCPT-AWP & ACPT Congress 2013, Taichung, Taiwan September 5-9, 2013. (accepted)
3. Kang LJ, Chen CL, Chen HC, Wu CY, Shen IH, Liu WY. Relationships between Motor Control Strategies and Fine Motor Ability in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Study. [Poster] 7th World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM). Beijing, China, June 16-20, 2013.
4. Hwang AW, Liou TH, Bedell GM, Kang LJ, Chen WC, Yen CF, Liao HF, and d Component Task Force of Disability Evaluation System. (黃靄雯, 劉燦宏, Bedell GM, 康琳茹, 陳葦長, 嚴嘉楓, 廖華芳, 身心障礙鑑定d成分工作小組)。The Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation – Traditional Chinese version and its psychometric properties. [Poster] The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Annual Meeting. Vancouver, BC, Canada. October 2012.
5. Liao HF, Chen WC, Bedell GM, Liou TH, Kang LJ, Yen CF, Hwang AW, and d Component Task Force of Disability Evaluation System. (廖華芳, 陳葦長, Bedell GM, 劉燦宏, 康琳茹, 嚴嘉楓, 黃靄雯,身心障礙鑑定d成分工作小組)。Participation of Taiwanese children with disabilities in home, school and community. [Poster] The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Annual Meeting. Vancouver, BC, Canada. October 2012.
6. Chen CL, Wu CY, Chen HC, Kang LJ, Chen FC, Chou SW. Age Effects of Home-based Constraint-induced Therapy in Children with Cerebral Palsy Using by Kinematics and Clinical Analysis: A Preliminary Study. 3^rd Asia-Oceanian Conference of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (AOCPRM). Bali, Indonesia. May 2012.
7. Kang LJ, Palisano RJ, Orlin M, Chiarello L, King G, Polansky M. Determinants of Social Participation with Friends and Non-Family Members for Youth with Cerebral Palsy. [Platform] American Physical Therapy Associations Combined Section Meeting (APTA, CSM). San Diego, CA, USA. February 2010.
8. Kang LJ, Palisano R, Orlin M, Chiarello L, Polansky M, Maggs J. Social Engagement and Community Participation among Children and Youth with Cerebral Palsy. [Platform] American Physical Therapy Associations Combined Section Meeting (APTA, CSM). Las Vegas, NV, USA. Feb 2009.
9. Kang LJ, Palisano RJ, Orlin M, Chiarello L, Polansky M, Maggs J. Social and Community Participation among Children and Youth with Cerebral Palsy. [Poster] American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM). Phenix, AZ, USA. Sept 2009.
10. Orlin MN, Chiarello LA, Kang LJ, Palisano RJ, Polansky M, Almasri N, Maggs J. Participation Among Children with Cerebral Palsy. [Poster] American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM). Phenix, AZ, USA. Sept 2009.
11. Palisano RJ, Kang LJ, Polansky M, Orlin MN, Chiarello LA, Maggs J. Social Engagement and Community Participation Among Children and Youth with Cerebral Palsy. Third International Cerebral Palsy Conference, Sydney Australia, Feb 2009.
12. Orlin MN, Chiarello LA, Polansky M, Almarsi N, Kang LJ, Palisano RJ. Participation in Home, Extracurricular, and Community Activities Among Children and Youth with Cerebral Palsy. Combined Sections Meeting, American Physical Therapy Association, Nashville, TN, USA. Feb 2008.
13. Chiarello LA, Palisano RJ, Maggs J, Orlin MN, Almarsi N, Kang LJ, Chang HJ. Family Priorities for Activity and Participation of Children with Cerebral Palsy. American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM). Atlanta, GA, USA. Sept 2008.
14. Kang LJ, Hsieh WS, Chou HC, Chen PS, Wang LY, Hsu HC, Jeng SF. Early Motor Development in Very Low Birth Weight Infants with Chronic Lung Disease. [Poster] International Conference on Infant Studies. kyoto, Japan. 2006.

Domestic

1. 康琳茹, R. J. Palisano, G. A. King, L. A. Chiarello , 黃靄雯 (2013). 肢體障礙兒童最佳參與之理論模式. 第三次ICF學術研究暨論文發表大會. 台北: 83.
2. 康琳茹, 廖華芳, 吳政勳, 劉金枝, 黃靄雯 (2013). 肢體障礙青少年社會參與之影響因子：以ICF/ICF-CY為架構之文獻探討. 第三次ICF學術研究暨論文發表大會. 台北: 84.
3. 黃靄雯, 劉燦宏, Bedell GM, 康琳茹, 陳葦長, 嚴嘉楓, 廖華芳, 身心障礙鑑定d成分工作小組。兒童及青少年參與量表(CASP)應用於台灣新制身心障礙系統之心理計量特性-初步研究。[Platform]第二次ICF學術研討暨論文發表大會。台北: 社團法人台灣國際健康功能與身心障礙分類系統(ICF)研究學會。2012. p. 77。
4. 康琳茹, Palisano RJ, King G, Chiarello L, Orlin M, Polansky M. Social participation with friends of youth with cerebral palsy differs based on their self-perceived competence. [Platform]第一屆ICF學術研討暨論文發表大會。台北: 中華民國發展遲緩兒童早期療育協會、台灣ICF研究學會、台灣復健醫學會。2011. pp. 34-35。
5. 黃靄雯、廖華芳、潘懿玲、康琳茹。ICF-CY環境連結因子對於動作發展遲緩嬰幼兒發展之影響-系統性文獻回顧. [Poster]第一屆ICF學術研討暨論文發表大會。台北: 中華民國發展遲緩兒童早期療育協會、台灣ICF研究學會、台灣復健醫學會。2011. pp. 41-42。
6. Kang LJ, ChenYP, Sung WH, Chuang TY, Lee SJ, Tsai, MW, Jeng SF, Doong JL. Training Effects of Virtual Reality on Reaching Behaviors in Children with Cerebral Palsy. [Platform] Fall Conference of the Physical Therapy Association of R.O.C., Taipei, Taiwan. 2005.
7. 康琳茹、楊郁雯、江昶勳、鍾維勵、蔡昀岸、鄭宏志、陳俊忠。身體質量指數無法正確反應完全損傷性脊髓損傷患者肥胖的身體特性。[Platform]台北:中華民國體育學會體育學術論文發表會，2005。
8. 楊郁雯、康琳茹、蔡文偉、於俊宏、鄭宏志、蔡昀岸、陳俊忠。完全損傷性脊髓損傷患者之坐姿伸手取物表現評估模式建立。[Platform]台北:中華民國體育學會體育學術論文發表會，2005。
9. Kang LJ, Ya CJ, Liu WY, Lee CC, Deng FD, Lain HY. Physical Therapy Intervention for a Child with Developmental Delay and Flexible Flat Feet. [Poster] Proceedings of the 4^th National Congress of Early Intervention Program for Children with Developmental Disability. Hualien, Taiwan. 2003.

Honors & Awards

"Highly Commended" for Best Dissertation

The University Graduate School Excellence Committee

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA  June 2010

Nomination for Graduate Research Competition

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, May 2010

Drexel University Travel Awards

Office of Graduate Studies, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

For 3 national conferences in 2008, 2009, 2010

Drexel University Provost Fellowship

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA  2006 – 2008

Honorary member of The Phi-Tau-Phi Scholastic Society of R.O.C

2003 – present

Professional Activities

衛生署委託台北醫學大學辦理「新制身心障礙鑑定教育訓練課程」講師

Invited reviewer for the journal:

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Formosan Journal of Physical Therapy

License & Certification

Licensed Physical Therapist, Taiwan

2003 – present