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About
Karen Sui Geok Chua is a pioneering clinical researcher and rehabilitation medicine specialist whose work has fundamentally shaped the intersection of neuroscience, robotics, and stroke recovery. Based in Singapore, she has dedicated her career to developing and validating innovative neurorehabilitation strategies for stroke survivors, with a particular focus on upper limb motor recovery. Her most celebrated contributions center on EEG-based motor imagery brain-computer interface (BCI) systems coupled with robotic devices, demonstrating through rigorous randomized controlled trials that these technologies can harness activity-dependent neuroplasticity to meaningfully restore motor function. Her landmark 2014 trials, accumulating over 530 and 350 citations respectively, established foundational clinical evidence for BCI-robotic rehabilitation, while her earlier work from 2009 to 2012 helped pioneer the entire field. Chua has also explored neuroimaging biomarkers, showing that resting-state fMRI connectivity changes correlate with motor recovery outcomes. More recently, she has championed accessible rehabilitation solutions, including soft wearable robots for daily living and telerehabilitation platforms — work especially relevant post-COVID-19. With a cumulative body of research exceeding 1,900 citations, her career stands as a compelling bridge between cutting-edge engineering and compassionate, patient-centered clinical practice.
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- 8Innovating With Rehabilitation Technology in the Real World54 citations · 2017
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