I strongly believe that a good teacher should inspire and cultivate curiosity in their students. My teaching goals are to help students develop into deep thinkers with transferable skills like academic writing, problem-solving and experimental design that they can use in future courses, graduate school, or their professions. Research-wise, I focus on using a biomechanics-based approach to understand motor control and motor learning in human locomotion. I have been working on research studies investigating methods to prevent injuries in runners, gait retraining and gait modification using real-time visual feedback, and application of wearable sensor technology in rehabilitation sciences.
- Huang M, Mo S, Chan PPK, Chan CYS, Zhang-Lea JH, Cheung RTH. (2022) The influence of running shoes on familiarization time for treadmill running biomechanics evaluation. Sports Biomechanics, 10.1080/14763141.2022.2046144
- Zhang JH, Chan ZYS, Law FOY, Huang M, Wang AC, Wang S, Au IPH, Wang S, Lam BMF, An WW, Cheung RTH. (2021) How do training experience and geographical origin of a runner affect running biomechanics? Gait & Posture, 84, 209-214
- Cheung VCK, Cheung BMF, Zhang JH, Chan CYS, Ha SCW, Chen CY, Cheung RTH. (2020) Plasticity of muscle synergies through fractionation and merging during development and training of human runners. Nature communications. 11(1) 1-15
- Zhang JH, Chan ZYS, Au IPH, An WW, Shull PB, Cheung RTH. (2019) Transfer learning effects of biofeedback running retraining in untrained conditions. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 51(9), 1904-1908
- Zhang JH, Chan ZYS, Au IPH, An WW, Cheung RTH. (2019) Can runners maintain the newly learned gait pattern outside laboratory environment following gait retraining? Gait & Posture, DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.01.014Cheung RTH, Au IPH, An WW, Zhang JH, Chan ZYS, Ho KKW, Deluzio KJ, Rainbow MJ. (2018) Immediate and short-term effects of gait retraining on the knee joint moments and symptoms in patients with early knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2018.07.011
- Chan ZYS, Zhang JH, Au IPH, An WW, Shum GLK, Ng GYF, Cheung RTH. (2017) Gait retraining for the reduction of injury occurrence in novice distance runners: 1-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, DOI: 10.1177/0363546517736277
- Zhang JH, McPhail AJC, An WW, Naqvi WM, Chan DLH, Au IPH, Luk ATW, Chen TLW, Cheung RTH. (2016) A new footwear technology to promote non-heelstrike landing and enhance running performance: Fact or fad? Journal of Sports Sciences, DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2016.1224915
- Zhang JH, An WW, Au IPH, Chen TL, Cheung RTH. (2016) Comparison of the correlations between impact loading rates and peak accelerations measured at two different body sites: Intra- and inter-subject analysis. Gait & Posture, 46: 53-56
