Li-Wei Chou
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, China Medical University Hospital
Affiliated withChina Medical University HospitalChina Medical UniversityAsia University
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Biography
Li-Wei Chou M.D., PhD, is currently a professor in the School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University (CMU); director of the Department of Physical Therapy and Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Science, CMU, and a clinical visiting staff at the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) in China Medical University Hospital (CMUH). He received his M.D. degree from CMU in Taichung, Taiwan in 1996 and got both doctor and Chinese doctor’s licenses. From 1998 to 2002 he completed his residency training and passed the National Board examination of PM&R in 2002. He has obtained his master’s degree in the Institute of Medical Science of the CMU from 2004 to 2006. Since 2007, he learned myofascial pain from Prof. Chang-Zern Hong, whose major achievement in research includes pathophysiology of myofascial trigger point (MTrP), therapeutic approach to treat MTrP, and MTrP injection technique. He jointed one of Prof. Hong’s five big academic groups in Taiwan and had focused his research work on MTrPs. In 2013, he graduated and was conferred the degree of doctor of medical science in the Graduate Institute of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine of CMU under the guidance of Prof. Jaung-Geng Lin, whose main research topics include acupuncture evidence-based medicine, acupuncture analgesia and acupuncture safety. Up to now, he has published more then 100 peer-reviewed academic papers and 12 book chapters. Half of them are related to MTrPs. Currently, he continues to further clarify the MTrP mechanism and to further develop the effective ways for MTrP therapy.
JoVE Journal Publications
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