Senior Clinical Associate

Office: 2/F, School of Medical and Health Science, Nelson Court, 45 Waterloo Road, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Telephone: (852) 3725 6240
Fax: (852) 2783 8635
Email: [email protected]

Biography:

Ms.Wong has been practicing as a Registered Physiotherapist in various health care settings including public hospitals, community rehabilitation and private sector for many years. She has also been responsible for supervising clinical placements for both undergraduate and postgraduate physiotherapy programmes as well as exercise-related programs for local universities since 2000.

She has extensive experience in Community Rehabilitation for people with chronic diseases during her service at the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation. Besides, she serves as a healthcare professional advisor for several patient organizations.

She pursued her further professional training in Aquatic Therapy in United States and received the certificate as a qualified aquatic instructor in 2006. She has been invited as a speaker by various local institutes including Hospital Authority, Aquatic Therapy and Rehabilitation institution in United States, National Rehabilitation Conferences in China for different Aquatic seminars and training workshops in the past years.

Academic and Professional Qualifications
MSc, PgDip Physio, RPT

Education:
MSc in Health Care (Physiotherapy), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professional Diploma in Physiotherapy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Diploma in Acupuncture, International Acupuncture Institute, HK
Certified Dementia Care Planner, HK Alzheimer’s Disease Association
Cert Instructor, Aquatic Therapy and Rehab Institute, US
Clinical Pilates Instructor, DMA, Australia
Cert Advance Tai Chi Instructor, Australia

Teaching Areas
Aquatic Therapy, Exercise Therapy, Community Based Rehabilitation and Neurological Rehabilitation

Research Interests
Aquatic Therapy
Exercise Therapy: Pilates
Community Based Rehabilitation

Professional Qualifications/ Memberships:
Registered Physiotherapist in Hong Kong
Member of The Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association
Member of The Hong Kong Physiotherapists' Union

Teaching Areas:
Aquatic Therapy, Exercise Therapy, Community Rehabilitation, Clinical Neuroscience

Publications
SM Fong, X Guo, Lavinia KY Wong et al, “Novel aquatic physiotherapy programme for elderly Chinese adults with osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized control trial”, The Lancet, Dec 2017

Lavinia KY Wong and Rhonda J. Scudds, “The effects of a community-based water exercise programme on health outcomes for Chinese people with rheumatic disease”, The Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal, Vol 27, pp. 39-47, 2009

Lavinia KY Wong, et al, “專業Pilates 輕鬆學”, 1^st ed, Ming Pao Publication, Jun. 2007

Community/ Professional Contributions (Selected)
Chair person, Aquatic Physiotherapy Work Group, Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association

Co-op Exco member, Hong Kong Physiotherapists Union

Member of Working Group of Quotable Qualifications, Hong Kong Physiotherapist Board, Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong Government

Member of Scientific Committee, Hong Kong Arthritis & Rheumatism Foundation