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Associate Professor

Peck Hoon ONG

Deputy Cluster Director
Programme Leader, Bachelor of Science with Honours in Physiotherapy (SIT-TCD)
Programme Leader, Bachelor of Science with Honours in Physiotherapy
PhD (Public Health), National University of Singapore, Singapore
Cluster:
Health and Social Sciences
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SIT Appointments

  • Deputy Cluster Director
    – Present
  • Programme Leader, Bachelor of Science with Honours in Physiotherapy
    – Present
  • Programme Leader, Bachelor of Science with Honours in Physiotherapy (SIT-TCD)
    – Present

Education

  • PhD (Public Health)
    National University of Singapore , Singapore
  • Master of Public Health (Clinical Epidemiology)
    National University of Singapore , Singapore
  • Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy)
    The University of Sydney , Australia

Achievements

  • Award: Best Oral Presentation (Postgraduate Student Category) at the 2nd Singapore International Public Health Conference and 11th Singapore Public Health and Occupational Medicine Conference.
  • Scholarship: President’s Graduate Fellowship.
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  • Award: Best Oral Presentation at the Singapore Rehabilitation Conference.
  • Award: Dean’s list for the degree of Masters of Public Health, National University of Singapore.
  • Scholarship: Courage Fund Bursary Award
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  • Award: Singapore Health Quality Service Award (SHQSA) – Gold award winner.
  • Award: Best Oral Paper Award (Geriatrics) at the Singapore Physiotherapy Association Congress.
  • Award: Singhealth Health Ministry Development Plan (HMDP) Fellowship award – Updates to Improve Acute Pre/ Post-Operative Physiotherapy Care and Outcomes in Orthopaedic Patients (USA, 8 Weeks).
  • Award: Quality Circle Project (IQC In-house) Assessment- Star Award – “To enhance discharge process in order to manage high turnover of patients in Ward 76 Orthopaedic within 6 months”.
  • Award: (Inaugural) Service Champion Winner, Physiotherapy Department, Singapore General Hospital.
  • Award: Best Oral Paper Award (Allied Health) at the inaugural Singhealth-Duke-NUS Scientific Congress.
  • Award: Singapore General Hospital Service with a Heart winner.
  • Award: Quality Circle Project, National level – Gold Award.

Professional Certification

Professional Memberships

  • Allied Health Professions Council (Singapore)
    – Present
  • Singapore Physiotherapy Association
    – Present
  • Australian Health Practitioner Regulating Agency (AHPRA)
    – Present
  • Health Professions Council (United Kingdom)
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Corporate Experience

  • Scientific committee member for Singapore-International Physiotherapy Congress (SIPC)
    Present
  • Abstract reviewer for Singapore-International Physiotherapy Congress (SIPC)
    Present
  • Invited teaching faculty for “Combined Teaching Session (CTS) on Inter-Disciplinary Teamwork (IDT) in Healthcare” session for Year 5 medical students from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
    Present
  • Manuscript reviewer for Clinical Rehabilitation, Disability & Rehabilitation & Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
    Present
  • Guest lecturer SPH5405 Introduction to Health Services Research, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
  • Invited speaker at the 5th Singapore Rehabilitation Conference - Geriatric Rehabilitation track. Title of talk, “Do Caregivers Affect Outcomes in Stroke?”
  • Abstract reviewer for the Alexandrahealth Forum.
  • Trainer for Evidence-Based Practice workshops organised by SGH-Postgraduate Allied Health Institute (PGAHI).
  • Chair of LEAN culture workgroup, tasked to inculcate LEAN thinking within the Physiotherapy department, Singapore General Hospital.
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  • Co-supervised 4 students from the Curtin University Master of Clinical Physiotherapy (Manipulative Therapy) program for their research project. This project won the Mona Twomey Prize for the best postgraduate research project.
  • Spearheaded the “Outpatient in Inpatient” clinics – an initiative targeted to reduce the waiting time for outpatient physiotherapy services, and to provide a better continuum of care to patients post orthopaedic surgery.
  • Developed a knee arthroplasty (physiotherapy) patient registry in Singapore General Hospital. Multiple manuscripts published, which involved merging of data with 2 other sources. Findings from projects were translated into practice.
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  • Spearheaded the Sunday Orthopaedic Inpatient Physiotherapy service initiative – this service reduced the length of stay of patients post knee arthroplasty by ~1 day.
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Research Interests

  • Health Services Research
  • Research methodology
  • “Opportunistic” research
  • Improving efficiency and effectiveness of patient care and services
  • Rehabilitation and wellness of older persons

Current Projects

  • Collaborator: Prediction models of arm recovery after stroke: a systematic review.
    – Present

    Collaborators: A/Prof Khim Kwah Li, Dr Janne Veerbeek, Dr Jooeun Song, Professor Rob Herbert

    Protocol: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=99134

  • Co-investigator: Health literacy among adults living in the community.
    – Present

    Collaborators: Prof Alan Wong & Ms Jade Soh

  • Project mentor: The effects of group-based balance training on elderly in Singapore of moderate to high fall risk.
    – Present

    Collaborators: Ms Toylyn Lee

    Funding – KTPH Research Training Programme Grant 2019 $9,806

Past Projects

  • Co-investigator: Trends in rehabilitation outcomes, survival and disability burden following inpatient rehabilitation and sub-acute care at community hospitals between 2006 and 2015.
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    Funding – MOH HSR-CRG

  • Principal investigator: The Effect of Caregivers on Outcomes in Stroke Survivors
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  • Project Mentor & Co-investigator: Biofeedback Based Gait Retraining on Re-ulceration in Patients with Diabetes, Peripheral Neuropathy and Previous Foot Ulceration: Proof-of-concept Study.
    –

    Funding – Singapore General Hospital Research Grant S$9,999.15

  • Principal investigator: Predictive Validity of the Wii Balance Board-Derived Standing Balance Measures for Falls and Fear Induced Activity Limitations in Older Adults: a Prospective Cohort Study.
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    This was a piggyback study of a multicentre randomized controlled trial examining the effects of a multifactorial, community-based, falls prevention program that targets elderly Singaporeans at high-risk of falls by DUKE-NUS.

    Funding – SPA Grant S$5,000

  • Co-investigator: SPOTFALLS: Screening those with POTential to FALL after Surgery – an international clinic-based study investigating falls prediction using low-cost, widely available technology.  
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    Funding – NHMRC (Australia) Project Grant

  • Co-investigator: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Epidemiology Study (ACES): Predictors of Dynamic Knee Stability and Return to Pre-injury Physical Activity Level.
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    Funding – SINGHEALTH Foundation Grant S$50,000

  • Co-investigator: Modifying Acute Rehabilitation of Knee Strength with Muscle and Nerve stimulation (MARKSMAN) in Patients Following a TKR: a Randomized Clinical Trial.
    –

    Funding – SINGHEALTH Foundation Grant S$50,000

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Journal Papers

  • Yong L, Reddy PU, Tan J, Avers D, Ong PH, Wong WP. Do Physical Function In Nursing Home Residents Change During Their Stay? The Journal of Nursing Home Research Sciences (accepted for publication Dec 2019)

  • Haron MJ, Ong PH. Physical Fitness Scores Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Singapore (abstract). Formosan Journal of Physical Therapy. 2019; 44: 88.

  • Ho QY, Hong SI, Thang LL, Ong PH, Koh GCH. Falls among Asians living in small apartments specialized for older adults in Singapore. Journal of Housing for the Elderly. 2019; 1-17.

  • Ong PH, Tai BC, Wong WP, Wee LE, Chen C, Cheong A, Fong NP, Chan KM, Tan BY, Menon E, Lee KK, Ee CH, Petrella R, Thind A, Koh GCH.  Caregivers: Do They Make a Difference to Patient Recovery in Subacute Stroke? Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2017; 98(10): 2009-2020.

  • Pua YH, Ong PH, Clark RA, Matcher DB, Lim EC. Falls efficacy, postural balance, and risk for falls in older adults with falls-related emergency department visits: prospective cohort study. BMC Geriatrics. 2017; 17(1): 291.

  • Ong PH, Koh GCK. Caregiver Factors in Stroke: Are they the Missing Piece of the Puzzle? (Invited editorial) Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2016; 97(8):1223-1225.

  • Ong PH, Koh GCH, Tai BC, Wong WP, Wee LE, Chen C, Cheong A, Fong NP, Chan KM, Tan BY, Menon E, Lee KK, Petrella R, Thind A. Is there an Association Between Caregiver Factors and Rehabilitation Outcomes in Stroke? (abstract) Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2016 Oct 1; 97(10): e82.

  • Koh GCH, Tan JSY, Loh AZH, Ong P-H, Wee LE, Chen C, Cheong A, Fong NP, Chan KM, Tan BY, Menon E, Lee KK, Petrella R, Thind A. The Association Between Patient Profile and Caregiver Factors Amongst Recent Stroke Survivors Admitted to Community Hospitals in Singapore. Singapore Family Physician. 2016; 42(3): 88-100.

  • Jesus T, Koh GCH, Landry M, Ong PH, Lopes A, Green P, Hoenig H. Finding the “Right Size” Physical Therapy Workforce: An International Perspective Across Four Countries. Physical Therapy 2016; 1; 96(10):1597.

  • Tan JM, Clark RA, Ong PH, Pua YH. Time-course, correlates and functional consequence of standing weight bearing symmetry in total knee arthroplasty: a longitudinal study (abstract). Physiotherapy 2015; 12: 15.

  • Pua YH, Ong PH, Ho JY, Webster K, Bryant AL, Clark RA. Associations of isokinetic knee steadiness with hop performance in ACL deficiency. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 2015; 23: 2185-95.

  • Pua YH, Clark RA, Ong PH. Evaluation of the Wii Balance Board for walking aids prediction: proof-of-concept study in total knee arthroplasty. PloS One 2015; 23: e0117124.

  • Lim WHW, Lee CMS, Ong PH. How strong is our grip? Comparison of Singapore community dwellers with consolidated norms (abstract). Physiotherapy 2015; 12: 15

  • Ho J, Pua YH, Ong PH. Kinesiophobia and quadriceps strength are predictors of knee function after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a prospective cohort study (abstract). Physiotherapy 2015; 101: e576-7

  • Bhave A, Shabtai L, Ong PH, Standar S, Paley D, Herzenberg J. Custom knee device for the treatment of knee flexion contractures post femoral lengthening with an internal lengthening device. Orthopedics 2015; 38: e567-572..

  • Pua YH, Ong PH, Lim ECW, Huang KS, Chandran M. Functional heterogeneity and outcomes in community-dwelling women with osteoporosis, with and without a history of falls. Gait and Posture 2014: 39: 971–77.

  • Tan C, Loo G, Pua YH, Ong PH, Chong HC, Yeo W, Lo NN, Allison G Predicting the Discharge Outcomes After Total Knee Replacement (TKR) in Singapore Using the Risk Assessment and Predictor Tool (RAPT). Physiotherapy 2014; 100: 176–81.

  • Pua YH & Ong PH. Association of Early Ambulation with Length of Stay and Costs in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Retrospective Cohort Study. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 2014; 93: 962–70.

  • Pua YH, Ong PH, Chong HC, Yeo W, Tan C, Lo NN. Knee extension range of motion and self-report physical function in total knee arthroplasty: Mediating effects of knee extensor strength. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013; 14: 33.

  • Pua YH, Clark RA, Ong PH, Bryant AL, Lo NN & Liang Z. Association between seated postural control and gait speed in knee osteoarthritis. Gait and Posture 2013: 37(3): 413-8.

  • Pua YH, Ong PH, Chong HC, Yeo W, Tan C, Lo NN. Associations of self-report physical function with knee strength and knee range-of-motion in total knee arthroplasty: possible nonlinear and threshold effects. Journal of Arthroplasty 2013; 28(9): 1521–7.

  • Ong PH & Pua YH. A prediction model for length of stay after total and unicompartmental knee replacement. The Bone & Joint Journal 2013; 95-B:1490–6.

  • Pua YH, Ong PH, Lee AYY, Tan JJ, Bryant AL, Clark RA. A Preliminary Prediction Model for Fear-induced Activity Limitation After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Prospective Cohort Study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2013; 94(3): 503-9.

  • Pua YH, Ong PH, Chong HC & Lo NN. Sunday Physiotherapy Reduces INpatienT Stay (SPRINTS) in total or unicompartmental knee replacement: a retrospective cohort study Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2011; 92: 880-5. 

  • Ong PH, Pua YH. Move Early, Home Early. Early Ambulation Reduces the Hospital Length of Stay in Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Cohort Study (abstract). Osteoarthritis & Cartilage 2011; 19 (Suppl 1): S211–2.

  • Pua YH, Clark RA, Ong PH, Bryant AL, Lo NN & Liang Z. Association Between Trunk Control and Gait Speed in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study (abstract). Osteoarthritis & Cartilage 2011; 19 (Suppl 1): S92–3.

  • Pua YH, Liang Z, Ong PH, Bryant AL, Lo NN & Clark RA. Associations of knee extensor strength and standing balance with physical function in knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care & Research 2011; 63: 1706-14.

  • Pua YH & Ong PH. Anthropometric indices as screening tools for cardiovascular risk factors in Singaporean women. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2005; 14(1): 74-9.

  • Pua YH, Ong PH. Anthropometric indices as screening tools for cardiovascular risk factors in Singaporeans: receiver operating characteristic curves analysis (abstract). Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore. 2004; 33 (Suppl 5): S28-30.

  • Pua YH, Ong PH. Error estimates of measurements obtained with the KT-2000 on patients with knee injuries (abstract). Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore. 2003; 32 (Suppl 5): S107.

Conferences

  • Ong PH, Koh GCH, Wong WP, Luo N, Hoenig H, Matchar DB, Lee KE, Venketasubramanian N, Menon E, Yap P, Tan BY, Ang YH, Ning C, Cheong A, Tai BC. “Do Caregivers Affect Patient Outcomes in the First-Year of Stroke?” Poster presentation - IFA 14th Global Conference on Ageing in Toronto, August 2018.

  • Ong PH, Koh GCH, Tai BC, Wong WP, Wee LE, Chen C, Cheong A, Fong NP, Chan KM, Tan BY, Menon E, Lee KK, Petrella R, Thind A. Is there an Association Between Caregiver Factors and Rehabilitation Outcomes in Stroke? Poster presentation - the 93rd Annual American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine conference in Chicago, November 2016.

  • Ong PH, Tai BC, Wong WP , Chen C, Cheong A, Fong NP, Koh GCK. The Association between Caregiver Factors and Rehabilitation Effectiveness and Efficiency in Sub-acute Stroke. Oral presentation - the 2nd Singapore International Public Health Conference and 11th Singapore Public Health and Occupational Medicine Conference 2016.

  • Ong PH, Pua YH, Seet JH, Lo NN, Koh GCK. Modifying acute rehabilitation of knee strength with muscle and nerve stimulation (MARKSMAN) in patients following a total knee replacement: a randomized controlled trial. Oral presentation - the Singapore Rehabilitation Conference 2014.

  • Ong PH & Pua YH. A Prediction Model for Length of Stay in Knee Arthroplasty. Oral presentation - the Singapore Physiotherapy Association Congress 2012. Poster presentation - the 1st Singapore International Public Health Conference 2012 and 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Singapore Orthopaedic Association 2012

  • Ong PH, Pua YH. Move Early, Home Early. Early Ambulation Reduces the Hospital Length of Stay in Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Oral presentation - the Singapore Annual Scientific Meeting 2011. Poster presentation - the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) Meeting in San Diego, 2011. 

  • Ong PH, Pua YH, Chong HC & Lo NN. Sunday Physiotherapy Reduces INpatienT Stay (SPRINTS) in total or unicompartmental knee replacement: a retrospective cohort study. Oral presentation - the inaugural Singhealth-Duke-NUS Scientific Congress 2010.

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Teaching Modules

Physiotherapy, BSc (Hons)

  • PTY1007 - Kinesiology
  • HSC1003 - Health Systems - Singapore's Perspectives
  • PTY3801 - Honours Thesis Proposal
  • PTY4801 - Honours Thesis
  • PTY3901 - Clinical Practice Education Year 3
  • PTY4901 - Clinical Practice Education Year 4
  • HSC2007 - Health Promotion and Population Health

Diagnostic Radiography, BSc (Hons)

  • HSC1003 - Health Systems - Singapore's Perspectives

Nursing, BSc (Hons)

  • HSC1003 - Health Systems - Singapore's Perspectives
  • NUR3007 - Principles and Practice of Population Health

Occupational Therapy, BSc (Hons)

  • HSC1003 - Health Systems - Singapore's Perspectives

Radiation Therapy, BSc (Hons)

  • HSC1003 - Health Systems - Singapore's Perspectives

Dietetics and Nutrition, BSc (Hons)

  • HSC2007 - Health Promotion and Population Health

Past

  • PTY2003 - Health Promotion and Population Health (4411)
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