Academic Staff
Dr Stanley WINSER
Associate Professor
Overseas Clinical Coordinator of Master in Physiotherapy and BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy, PhD (Otago, NZ), MPT Neuro Sciences (SRU), BPT (CMCH, Ind)
- ST514
- +852 2766 6746
- stanley.j.winser@polyu.edu.hk
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Dr Winser is an Associate Professor of Physiotherapy in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He specializes in Neuro-rehabilitation in Physiotherapy. He completed his Doctoral degree at the University of Otago (UoO), New Zealand. Dr Winser obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy and worked as a Clinical Physiotherapist for many years at the Rehabilitation Centre of the Christian Medical College & Hospital (CMCH), India, which is known to be one of Asia’s best institutes for rehabilitating client with spinal cord and traumatic brain injury. During his Master’s degree, Dr Winser secured the Gold Medal for the Best performance in Neurosciences in Physiotherapy. Following his Master’s study, Dr Winser also worked as a Lecturer in Physiotherapy at the Masterskill University, Malaysia for three years.
Dr Winser serves as a board member of the Hong Kong Spinocerebellar Ataxia Association (HKSCAA), the Editor of the IMPACT newsletter of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong and reviewer for many peer-reviewed journals. Dr Winser has special interest and inclination towards teaching and research. Dr Winser received the ‘Special Recognition Poster’ award for Neurology section at the ‘American Physical Therapy Association’ conference at North Carolina, the USA in 2014. Dr Winser’s key research focuses on the economic evaluation of balance interventions and falls prevention programs for people with neurological disorders and the elderly. He has published in many international journals, including Clinical Rehabilitation, Disability and Rehabilitation, Clinical Journal of Pain and Physical Therapy.
Education and Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor of Physiotherapy Neuro Science, Christian Medical College Vellore
- Master of Physiotherapy, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Otago
Research Interests
Research Output
- Winser Stanley, Kelly Kit Laam Chan, Chinn Ching Tung, Wai Lok Tang, Ringo Tye, Kai Ho Yeung, Raymond Chung (2020). Cost of cerebellar ataxia in Hong Kong: A retrospective cost-of-illness analysis. Frontiers in Neurology, section Movement Disorders July; 11:711. Doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00711.
- Umar B Muhammad, Georg S Kranz, Winser Stanley and Chan Chetwyn (2020). Neural processes underlying mirror-induced visual illusion: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis. Frontiers in Human Neurosciences, section Brain Imaging and Stimulation. July; doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00276
- Winser Stanley, Chan Hei Tung Fion, Lam Ho, Lau Sze Chung, Lau Tsz Ching, Tom Kin Lok Felix, Kannan Priya (2020). Dosage for cost-effective exercise-based falls prevention program for the older people: A systematic review of economic evaluations. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Jan; 63(1): 69-80.
- Winser Stanley, Sing Hong LEE, Hung Sing LAW, Hei Yuen LEUNG, Umar Muhammad Bello, Priya Kannan (2020). Economic evaluations of physiotherapy interventions for neurological disorders: A systematic review. Disability and Rehabilitation. Apr 42(7): 892-901 10.1080/09638288.2018.1510993.
- Winser Stanley, Kannan Priya, Bello Umar, Whitney Susan (2019). Measures of balance and falls risk prediction in people with Parkinson’s disease: A systematic review of psychometric properties. Clinical Rehabilitation. Dec;33 (12): 1949-1862.
- Winser Stanley, Francis Li, Leung Ka, Szeto Yan, Tsui Pui, Yeung Man, Chieng Gladys (2019). Economic evaluation of exercise-based falls prevention programs for people with Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Dec 25(12): 1225-1237.
- Winser Stanley, Pang Marco, Rauzen Jessica, Chan Anne, Chen Huijun Cynthis and Susan Whitney (2019). Does integrated cognitive and balance (Dual-task) training improve balance and reduce falls risk in individuals with cerebellar ataxia? Medical Hypotheses. May, 126: 149-153. Doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2019.03.001
- Winser, Stanley, Kannan, Priya, Pang Marco, Smith Catherine & Tsang, William (2018). Potential benefits and safety of Tai Chi for balance and functional independence in people with cerebellar ataxia. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 24 (12): 1221-1223. Doi: 10.1089/acm.2017.0396 [Chinese version: HKSCAA Newsletter Episode 45. P. 11-13.]
- Winser, Stanley, Kannan, Priya, Krishnamurthy, Karthick and Tsang WW William (2018). Does Tai Chi improve balance and reduce falls incidence in neurological disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Rehabilitation Sep;32(9):1157-1168. doi: 10.1177/0269215518773442.
- Winser, Stanley, Smith, Catherine, Hale, Leigh, Claydon, Leica, Whitney, Susan. Mottershead, John, Zaydan, Islam and & Heyman, Rock. (2017). Psychometric properties of a core set of measures of balance for people with cerebellar ataxia secondary to multiple sclerosis. Achieves of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 98: 270-276.
