Affiliation: Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Yang Zhang serves as the chief physician of the Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy at the Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Her areas of expertise include the rehabilitation of disorders affecting the bones and joints, sports injuries, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy in children, lumbar and leg discomfort, stroke, and other conditions. In terms of basic research, she has conducted extensive investigations on the role of mechanosensitive ion channels in the pathogenesis of radicular neuralgia, and further researched the efficacy and mechanism of stem cell, physical factor therapy on pain. In terms of clinical research, she has explored the development of intelligent rehabilitation treatment methods and equipment through medical-industrial crossover.