Publications

2025

  • Kaliya-Perumal AK, Sidarta A. Healthcare reimagined: Carebots from hospital to home. Public Health. 2025;248:105920. *
  • Kaliya-Perumal AK, Roberts O, Tan BY. Systemic disconnects in musculoskeletal healthcare across the care continuum. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2025;54(9):585-7.
  • Zhong L, Kwong PWH, Zhang JJ, Sidarta A, Yu CCW. Gait kinetics before and after total hip arthroplasty in people with unilateral hip osteoarthritis. PLoS One. 2025;20(6):e0326502. *
  • Oh JY, Kalanchiam GP, Chu Z, Kaliya-Perumal AK. Multilevel oblique lumbar interbody fusion in degenerative lumbar disc disease with instability. J Vis Exp. 2025;221:e67543.
  • Zhong L, Wu J, Li J, Sidarta A, Zhang JJ, Kwong PWH. Distinct hip–knee coordination patterns in individuals with hip osteoarthritis as measured by cyclograms. Gait Posture. 2025;121:217-24.
  • Kalanchiam GP, Weng J, Hu Y, Leeu JJ, Tan TCH, Oh JY, Kaliya-Perumal AK. Management of durotomy in spine surgery: a narrative review of current solutions and emerging materials. AME Surg J. 2025;5:18.
  • Kalanchiam GP, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Sampath L, Boey ETH, Oh JY. Complications in uniportal vs unilateral biportal endoscopic decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis: a scoping review. Glob Spine J. 2025;21925682251346413. *
  • Hu Y, Teng P, Wu TL, Clark R, Pua YH, Roberts O, Yong JW, Alhossary A, Lim LS, Chong DYR, Ang WT, Tan BY. Biomechanical differences of Asian knee osteoarthritis patients during standing and walking using statistical parametric mapping: A cross-sectional study. Knee. 2025;52:155-163. 
  • Lai MC, Sundaram PPM, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Oh JY. Robotic spine surgery: surgical technique and nuances for improving safety. Biomedicine (Taipei). 2025;15(1):1-5.
  • Roberts O, Wu TL, Teng P, Lau JL, Pua YH, Clark RA, Hu Y, Tan BY. Biomechanical analysis of step-up and step-down tasks in knee osteoarthritis: Insights from leading and trailing limbs. Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2025;122:106436.
  • Sidarta A, Lim YC, Kuah CWK, Chua KSG, Ang WT. Relearning upper-limb proprioception after stroke through robotic therapy: a feasibility analysis. J Clin Med. 2025;14(7):2189. *
  • Zhang L, Sidarta A, Wu TL, Jatesiktat P, Wang H, Li L, Kwong PW, Long A, Long X, Ang WT. Towards clinical application of enhanced Timed Up and Go with markerless motion capture and machine learning for balance and gait assessment. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform. 2025;PP:10.1109/JBHI.2025.3543095. *
  • Premchand B, Zhang Z, Ang KK, Yu J, Tan IO, Lam JPW, Choo AXY, Sidarta A, Kwong PWH, Chung LHC. A Personalized Multimodal BCI-Soft Robotics System for Rehabilitating Upper Limb Function in Chronic Stroke Patients. Biomimetics (Basel). 2025;10(2):94.
  • Sidarta A, Soh LJ, Lie E, Kwong WHP, Yeh IL, Liang P, Ang WT. Establishing normative pinch and grip strengths across adult age groups in Singapore. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2025;17(1):84. *
  • Tay MRJ, Kim JM, Ong PL, Khin LW, Wong CJ, Kong KH, Tan BY, Lee ES, Sim SZ, Lim WS, Yam MGJ, Chew JL, Tan AWK, Sidarta A, Yee E, Chua KSG. Targeting osteosarcopenia and multimorbidity for frailty prevention through identification and deep phenotyping methods in healthy ageing and high-burden disease cohorts (OPTIMA-C): a longitudinal observational cohort study protocol for neuromusculoskeletal muscle health. BMJ Open. 2025;15(5):e094279. *
  • Gonzalez PC, He AW, Lam EP, Ng IMC, Li MW, Hou R, Chan JN, Sahni Y, Vinas Guasch N, Miller T, Lau BW, Sánchez Vidaña DI. Artificial intelligence in mental health care: a systematic review of diagnosis, monitoring, and intervention applications. Psychol Med. 2025;55:e18.  *
  • Kok LHJ, Gu JT, Kung JTY, Liang SS, Gonzalez PC, Toh FM, Sin E, Fong KNK. User experiences of patients with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome receiving occupational therapy telerehabilitation. Front Hum Neurosci. 2025;19:1551631.
  • Fong KNK, So AWK, Cheung KCH, Cheung JYL, Lee AMH, Wong RCY, Lau JSY, Gonzalez PC, Wong WWS, Li DKF, Kam DSH. Efficacy of computerized cognitive training using mobile devices to promote cognitive functioning in community-dwelling older adults with or without risk of mild cognitive impairment: A multi-centre longitudinal study. Digit Health. 2025;11:20552076251362117.
  • Cruz-Gonzalez P, Koh T, Ng MHS, Ibrahim MJ, Chan MY, Lie E, Chua KSG, Liang P. “The stroke has already happened”: emotions, coping, and adjustment in Southeast-Asian stroke survivors. Prev Med Rep. 2025;103201.
  • Li J, Kwong PW, Kenneth NF, Wu W, Sidarta A. Assessment of ambulation functions through kinematic analysis in stroke: a systematic review. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2025;61(1):28-39. *
  • Soh LJ, Lim LS, Law WC, Lau JL, Lie E, Yeh IL, Gonzalez PC, Sidarta A, Ang WT. Technical properties of a sensor-aided key rig for hand-function measurement: a proof-of-concept study. IEEE Sens J. 2025;1(1):260-265. *
  • Jatesiktat P, Lim GM, Lim WS, Ang WT. Anatomical-marker-driven 3D markerless human-motion capture. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform. 2025;29(9):6186-6199.*

 2024

  • Pan JW, Sidarta A, Wu TL, Kwong WHP, Ong PL, Tay MRJ, Phua MW, Chong WB, Ang WT, Chua KSG. Unraveling stroke-gait deviations with movement analytics: more than meets the eye. Front Neurosci. 2024;18:1425183.
  • Paramasivam Meenakshi Sundaram P, Peh DYY, Poh JW, Kalanchiam GP, Yap WMQ, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Oh JY. Does robotic spine surgery add value to surgical practice over navigation-based systems? Medicina (Kaunas). 2024 Dec 23;60(12):2112.
  • Paramasivam Meenakshi Sundaram P, Lai MC, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Oh JY. Overcoming the learning curve in robot-assisted spinal surgery—how does it compare to O-Arm navigation? Surgeries. 2024;5:896-90.
  • Jatesiktat P, Lim GM, Ang WT. Multi-camera calibration using far-range dual-LED wand and near-range chessboard fused in bundle adjustment. Sensors (Basel). 2024;24(23):7416.
  • Yow JA, Garg NP, Ramanathan M, Ang WT. ExTraCT: explainable trajectory corrections for language-based human–robot interaction using textual feature descriptions. Front Robot AI. 2024;11:1345693.
  • Toh FM, Lam WW, Gonzalez PC, Fong KN. ‘Smart reminder’: a feasibility pilot study on the effects of a wearable-device treatment on the hemiplegic upper limb in stroke. J Telemed Telecare. 2024;31(6):796-806.
  • Toh FM, Lam WTT, Gonzalez PC, Fong KNK. Effects of a wearable-based intervention on the hemiparetic upper limb in stroke: a randomized controlled trial. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2024;39(1):31-46.

2023

  • Alhossary AA, Pataky TC, Ang WT, Chua KSG, Kwong WH, Donnelly CJ. MovementRx: versatile clinical movement analysis using statistical parametric mapping. Sci Rep. 2023;13:2414.
  • Tan BY, Goh ZZ, Lim CJ, Pereira MJ, Yang SY, Tan KG, Tan AC, Liang P, Haxby JA, Briggs AM, Hunter D, Skou ST, Thumboo J, Car J. Singapore Knee Osteoarthritis Cohort (SKETCH): protocol for a multi-centre prospective cohort study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2023;24(1):104.
  • Gupta U, Lau JL, Chia PZ, Tan YY, Soh GS, Low HY. All knitted and integrated soft wearable of high stretchability and sensitivity for continuous monitoring of human joint motion. Adv Healthc Mater. 2023;12(3):e2301125.
  • Chan LG, Ng MHS, Yoh LJ. Poststroke depression within the first year: phenomenology and clinical correlates from real-world data. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2024;33(2):107509.
  • Oei CW, Ng EYK, Ng MHS, Chan LG. Explainable risk prediction of post-stroke adverse mental outcomes using machine learning techniques from 1,780 patients. Sensors (Basel). 2023;23(18):7946.
  • Cheng HJ, Chin LF, Kanzler CM, Lehner R, Kuah CWK, Kager S, Josse E, Samkharadze T, Sidarta A, Gonzalez PC, Lie E, Zbytniewska-Mégret M, Wee SK, Liang P, Gassert R, Chua K, Lambercy O, Wenderoth N. Upper-limb sensorimotor recovery in Asian stroke survivors: protocol for the TAILOR platform. Front Neurol. 2023;14:1246888.

2025

  • Yan X, Yau WY, Tan IO, Zhang L, Wang Y, Roberts O, Wee SK, Ang WT. Design and evaluation of a single-sided mobility assistive exoskeleton (SMAEXO) for hemiplegia. IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics. 2025; 597–602.
  • Zhang L, Sidarta A, Lim YC, Er C, Yan X, Wu TL, Ang WT. Muscle activation and postural sway in response to task complexity: a study of balance control in older adults. IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics. 2025; 82–7.
  • Nagar A, Liu Y, Liu AT, Schlegel V, Dwivedi VP, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Kalanchiam GP, Tang Y, Tan RT. uMedSum: a unified framework for advancing medical abstractive summarization. Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics. 2025; 1: 2653–72.
  • Gonzalez PC, Zeng R, Zhang JJ. Inter-individual variability of electric fields induced by HD-tDCS and TMS over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Brain Stimulation. 2025; 18(1): 587.
  • Fong KNK, Zhang J, Gonzalez PC. Closed-loop brain–computer-interface training for hemiparetic upper extremity in chronic stroke: a randomized-control study. Brain Stimulation. 2025; 18(1): 570.
  • Roberts O, Wu TL, Teng P, Lau JL, Pua YH, Clark R, Yi H, Tan BY. Biomechanical analysis of step-up and step-down tasks in knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2025; 33: S163 - S164.
  • Roberts O, Cochrane J, Nilsson M, Tan BY. AI-driven patient-based predictive decision aids for knee-osteoarthritis interventions: a scoping review. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2025; 33: S102 - S103.  

2024

  • Lim GM, Jatesiktat P, Ang WT. Multi-view 3D markerless hand-motion capture system with key-point triangulation. Proceedings of the International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe). 2024; 1–4.

    • 2023

    • Lim GM, Jatesiktat P, Kuah CWK, Ang WT. Wireless pressure sensor array module for sensorized object. 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). 2023; 1–5.
    • Lim GM, Jatesiktat P, Ang WT. Real-time tracking of handheld object from color or depth images. 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). 2023; 1–6.
    • Sidarta A. Revisiting sensory impairment: a robotic-based training approach with chronic stroke survivors. Proceedings of the 16th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe). 2023; 57-60.
    • Lau JL, Gupta U, Chia PZ, Tan YY, Soh GS, Low HY. Design and Performance Evaluation of a Fully Integrated Knitted Knee Brace for Knee Motion Sensing. In 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC). 2023; 1-4.
    • Jatesiktat P, Lim WS, Lau JL, Chou SM, Lie DT, Ang WT. Markerless Mocap for Active Shoulder Range of Motion Measurement in a Clinic Room: a Pilot Trial. In Proceedings of the 16th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe). 2023; 47-51.
    • Hu Y, Teng P, Wu TL, Clark RA, Pua Y-H, Yong J, Alhossary A, Lim L, Ang W, Tan B. Association between standing and walking biomechanical parameters in knee osteoarthritis patients using statistical parametric mapping. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2023; 31: S130–S131.

    2025

    • Gonzalez PC. Precision Rehabilitation Starts with Precision Assessment: A Technological Perspective. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Gonzalez PC. Dynamic Lateral Pinch Assessment in Stroke: A Temporo-Spatial Approach. In:3rd Annual Biomechanics Day, 2025; Singapore.
    • Sidarta A. The non-movement side of Precision Rehabilitation. In:3rd Annual Biomechanics Day, 2025; Singapore.
    • Kaliya-Perumal AK, Ingham PW. Therapeutic targets for human heterotopic ossification from a zebrafish injury model. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Roberts O. A VISION-INTEGRATED INTELLIGENT ASSESSMENT (VIGILANT): Translating Computer Vision into Scalable Frailty Screening. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Seayad N, Lim CJ, Tan IO, Wong SC, Tan BY. Understanding Life Space Mobility in Knee Osteoarthritis: The Critical Role of Kinesiophobia. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Seayad N, Wong SC, Lim CJ, Lie EYY, Tan BY. Understanding the Role of Built Environment in Social-Health Outcomes of Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis and Falls. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Seayad N, Tan IO, Lim CJ, Tan BY. Evolving Associations between Psychosocial Factors and Knee Function across Chronicity in Knee Osteoarthritis – a Cross-Sectional Study. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Wong SC, Woon EYS, Tan IO, Seayad N, Er CJW, Yang SY, Tan BY. “I used to be more active. After the fall, I don’t go out anymore.” A qualitative exploration of the psychosocial impact of falls on participation of older adults in Singapore. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Lie EYY, Woon EYS, Liang P, Yang SY, Tan BY. What is the Role of the Built Environment (BE) in shaping Outdoor Participation Among Older People with Mobility Challenges? In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Poon JYM, Roberts O, Cochrane J, Pereira MJ, Tan TL, Tan BY. Identifying Predictors of Improvement in Total Knee Replacement Candidates. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.  
    • Roberts O. A vision-integrated intelligent assessment (VIGILANT): Translating Computer Vision into Scalable Frailty Screening. In: 3rd Annual Biomechanics Day, 2025; Singapore.
    • Seayad N, Tan IO, Lim CJ, Tan BY. Role of kinesiophobia in mediating knee function and life-space utilisation in knee osteoarthritis and falls. In: International Musculoskeletal, Mental, and Social Health (I-MESH) Consortium Symposium; 2025; Singapore.
    • Roberts O, Yi H, Teng P, Pua YH, Tan BY. Gait-based biomechanical predictors of future falls in Singaporean adults: a pilot study. In: LKCMedicine LEARN Symposium; 2025; Singapore.

    2024

    • Kaliya-Perumal AK. Case studies on debilitating ectopic soft-tissue ossifications and calcifications. In: Annual Meeting of the International Network on Ectopic Calcification (INTEC); 2024; Faro, Portugal.
    • Gonzalez PC, Sidarta A, Er C, Tan IO, Wu TL, Roberts O, Lim A, Chua K, Ang WT. Comprehensive phenotyping tools for advancing stroke rehabilitation. In: Singapore Rehabilitation Conference; 2024; Singapore.
    • Chung C, Tan IO, Leow C, Ong PL, Kwong PW, Sidarta A, Ang KK. Personalised stroke rehabilitation using multimodal EEG/NIRS brain–computer interface with soft-robotic system. In: Singapore Rehabilitation Conference; 2024; Singapore.
    • Gonzalez PC, Ng MH, Zhang J. Impact of quarantine and work-from-home policies on wellbeing: a case study amid COVID-19. In: Brain and Mental Health Conference; 2024; Hong Kong.

    2023

    • Soh LJ, Lau JL, Lim LS, Lie E, Liang P. Investigation of a sensor-embedded key to quantify dynamic pinch force during key-turning in young versus older healthy adults. In 29th Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB). 2023; Fukuoka, Japan.
    • Lau JL, Sidarta A, Wu TL, Liang P, Chua KSG. Towards precision assessment of gait impairment in stroke survivors. In 29th Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB). 2023; Fukuoka, Japan.
    • Lee J, Lau JL, Chua LK, Jatesiktat P, Ang WT, Lie DTT. Measurement of shoulder kinematics using a novel markerless optical system: a pilot study. In 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Singapore Orthopaedic Association (SOA). 2023; Singapore.

    2025

    • Sidarta A, Gonzalez PC, Xun Li, Kwong PHK, Zhang JJQ, Zhang LB, Chua KSG. Neural responses in older adults during dual-task balance recovery on sloped terrain. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Kaliya-Perumal AK, Ingham PW. Neurotrauma accelerates fracture healing in a regenerative animal model: implications for neurogenic heterotopic ossification. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Ho G, Roberts O, Tan CY, Tan BY, Ng HP, Long GSC, Pereira MJ. Different analysis approaches for interpreting physical function outcomes: Effects of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatment for knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Saravanan H, Roberts O, Wu TL, Tan BY. Gait-based Biomechanical Predictors of Future Falls in Singaporean Adults – A Pilot Study. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Roberts O, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Cheong Z, Poh EJ, Chen A, Munro Y, Tan BY. Predicting Physical Frailty and Fall Risk through Computer Vision Analysis of Human Movement: A Scoping Review. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Deo ZXR, Heng TC, Roberts O, Gonzalez PC, Sidarta A, Munro Y, Tan BY. Predicting Cognitive Decline and Mental Health Conditions through Human Movement Analysis with Computer Vision: A Scoping Review. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Goh WWH, Ng Y, Roberts O, Munro Y, Cochrane J, Tan BY. Prediction models in non-surgical knee osteoarthritis management: A scoping review of the current evidence and future directions. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Poon JYM, Roberts O, Tan BY, Pereira MJ. Validation of bidirectional KOOS-12 – OKS crosswalks in an Asian Knee Osteoarthritis Cohort. In: Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Yan X, Yau WY, Tan IO, Zhang L, Wang Y, Roberts O, Wee SK, Ang WT. A user-centred adaptive-control framework for hemiplegic gait assistance. In: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS); 2025; Singapore.
    • Chan L.G., Jia Lin, Mohapatra L., and Sidarta A. Neuroimaging correlates of outcomes of poor sleep after acquired brain injury. In World Sleep Congress; 2025; Singapore.
    • Tan IO, Chung C, Choo A, Kwong PW, Sidarta A, Ang KK. Personalised upper-limb stroke rehabilitation using EEG/NIRS brain–computer interface with soft-robotic glove. In: 6th International Brain Stimulation Conference; 2025; Kobe, Japan.
    • Gonzalez PC, Sidarta A, Lie E, Wu TL, Binothman A, Yong K, Kwok M, Chua KSG. Applicability of smart-wearable devices among individuals with neurological disorders. In: RehabWeek 2025 (American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Annual Meeting); 2025; Chicago, USA.
    • Sidarta A, Gonzalez PC, Wu TL, Lau JL, Tan IO, Chua KSG. Comprehensive phenotyping and granular-assessment devices for stroke rehabilitation. In: RehabWeek 2025 (American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Annual Meeting); 2025; Chicago, USA.
    • Sidarta, A., Lim, Y. C., Gonzalez, P. C., Zhang, J.Q.J, Kwong, P.W.H. (2025). “Thinking while falling forward: an EEG study on reactive postural control in older adults”. In: RehabWeek 2025 – ACRM Fast Forward Presentation, Chicago, USA.
    • Sidarta A, Gonzalez PC, Zhang JJ, Kwong PW. What the brain signals when balance is perturbed: the neural cost of time in an event-related potential study. In: UBSN Neuroscience Conference; 2025; Hong Kong.

    2024

    • Sidarta, A., Lim, Y.C., Gonzalez, P.C., Omar, N.B., Er, J.K., Kwong, W.H.P., Ang, W.T. (2024), “Evidence of brain-evoked potentials from a forward trip on a sloped terrain in old adults”. Presented at 18th International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM), Sydney, NSW, Australia.
    • Roberts O, Cochrane J, Nilsson M, Tan BY. Developing a personalised data-driven decision aid for knee-osteoarthritis management. In: FEBS–IUBMB–ENABLE Conference; 2024; Singapore.
    • Kaliya-Perumal AK. Genetic regulation of injury-induced heterotopic ossification. In: International Zebrafish Society Conference; 2024; Kyoto, Japan.
    • Tan IO, Tan A, Choo PL. Upper-limb kinematic assessment after EEG–brain–computer interface intervention. In: Asia-Pacific Stroke Conference; 2024; Adelaide, Australia.
    • Roberts O, Wu TL, Teng P, Lau JL, Pua YH, Clark R, Yi H, Tan BY. Biomechanical analysis of step-up and step-down tasks in knee osteoarthritis. In: Singapore Rehabilitation Conference; 2024; Singapore.