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Paul S Sung, PhD
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
  • Central Michigan University
    Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA
    Phone: 989-774-3136
    Email: drpsung@gmail.com

Education

Institution and Location Degree Year Field of Study
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences D.H.Sc. 8/1996-1/1999 Health Science
 Nova Southeastern University Ph.D. 8/1999-8/ 2004 Physical Therapy

Biography

Paul S. Sung is Associate Professor at Central Michigan University. He received his D.H.Sc degree from University of St. Augustine and a PhD degree from Nova Southeastern University. He has taught at several universities, including the University of Scranton, Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center and Clarke University. His research interests include the mechanisms of chronic low back pain, and non-operative spine care and its clinical application to neuromuscular control. His work has been published in numerous articles in the field of clinical biomechanics, motion analysis, non-operative spine care and its clinical application to neuromuscular control.

Research Interest

Neuromuscular mechanisms of the spine, Trunk muscle activity patterns, Kinetic and Kinematic Analyses, and Non-Operative spine care and its clinical application to neuromuscular control.


Scientific Activities:

University Appointments
Aug. 2014- Present Central Michigan University, Dept. of Physical Therapy Associate Professor
Aug. 2014- July. 2016 The University of Scranton, Department of Physical Therapy Associate Professor
2014 - 2016                             University of Toledo, Departments of Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery   Research Associate
2010 - 2013 Korea University, Department of Physical Therapy Professor
2008 - 2010 Korea University, Department of Physical Therapy Associate Professor
2001 - 2003 University of Iowa, Department of Biomedical Engineering Research Associate
2001 - 2002 Des Moines University, Department of Physical Therapy Assistant Professor
1998 - 2001 Clarke University, Department of Physical Therapy Assistant Professor
Membership in Scientific/Professional Organizations
2007 to present The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
1989 to present American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
2003 to present Ohio Physical Therapy Association (OPTA)
Honors and Awards
2007 Merit Recognition Award for Research, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
2006 Merit Recognition Award for Research, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
1995 Therapist of the Year, State of Iowa, The CMS Therapies, Inc.
8/1985-8/1987 UAM Scholarship, The Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Publications

  1. Sung P*, Danial P (2017) The quantified indices for compensatory patterns for low back pain and outcome measures. Book title: Innovations in Spinal Deformities and Postural Disorders, Intech Open Access Publisher, Rijeka, Croatia ISBN 978-953-51-5326-9 (In Print)
  2. Sung P*, Danial P. A kinematic symmetry index of gait pattern between older adults with and without low back pain. Spine (In Print)
  3. Sung P*, Maxwell M (2017) Kinematic chain reactions on trunk and dynamic postural steadiness in subjects with recurrent low back pain. Journal of Biomechanics 59: 109-115.
  4. Sung P*, Zipple T, Andraka J, Danial P (2017) The kinetic and kinematic stability measures in healthy adult subjects with and without flat foot. The Foot 30: 21-26.
  5. Sung P*, Danial P, Gates A (2017) New Perspective: Comprehensive Outcome Measurements for Chronic Ankle Instability. Foot Ankle Studies 1: 1-3.
  6. Sung P*, Danial P (2017) Analysis of relative kinematic index with normalized standing time between subjects with and without recurrent low back pain. European Spine Journal 26: 518-527.
  7. Sung P*, Zipple T, Danial P (2017) Gender differences in asymmetrical limb support patterns between subjects with and without recurrent low back pain. Human Movement Science 52: 36-44.
  8. Sung P* (2016) One leg standing test: A quantification of the neuromuscular system for spine research and practice. Journal of Pain & Reliefs 5: 1-3.
  9. Sung P*, Danial P, Dongchul C. Lee (2016) Comparison of the different kinematic patterns during lateral bending between subjects with and without recurrent low back pain. Clinical Biomechanics 38: 50-55
  10. Sung P* (2016) Kinematic analysis of ankle stiffness in subjects with and without navicular drop. The Foot 26: 58-63.
  11. Sung P* (2016) The ground reaction force thresholds for detecting postural stability in participants with and without flat foot. Journal of Biomechanics, 49: 60-65.
  12. Sung P*(2016) Different coordination and flexibility of the spine and pelvis during lateral bending between young and older adults. Human Movement Science 46: 229-38.
  13. Sung P*(2016) Relative index of ankle muscle activations on agonistic phase between subjects with and without flat foot. Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics 2: 129-138.
  14. Sung P*(2015) Kinetic and kinematic analyses of one leg standing on core spinal stability in subjects with recurrent low back pain. Journal of Pain and Relief 4: 1-5.
  15. Sung P* (2015) Expertise comments: Are we conducting research for research? Journal of Pain Management & Medicine 1:1-2.
  16. Sung P* (2015) How do resilience and low back dysfunction matter? International Journal of Emergency Mental Health 17: 714-716.
  17. Sung P* (2015) Research Highlights: Why is core spine integrity related to low back pain? Itch and Pain Journal 2: e932:1-9.
  18. Sung P*, Leininger P (2015) A kinematic and kinetic analysis of spinal region in subjects with and without recurrent low back pain during one leg standing. Clinical Biomechanics 30: 696-702.
  19. Sung P* (2014) A kinematic analysis for shoulder and pelvis coordination during axial trunk rotation in subjects with and without recurrent low back pain. Gait and Posture 40: 493-498.
  20. Sung P* (2014) New Perspective: Outcome Measurement Indices for Yoga Therapy. Journal of Yoga and Physical Therapy 4: 1-2.
  21. Yang JH, Suh SW, Sung P, Park WH* (2013) Asymmetrical gait in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis. European Spine Journal 22: 2407-2413.
  22. Sung P* (2013) A compensation of angular displacements of the hip joints and lumbosacral spine between subjects with and without idiopathic low back pain during squatting. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 23: 741-45.
  23. Sung P* (2013) Disability and back muscle fatigability changes following two therapeutic exercise interventions in participants with recurrent low back pain. Medical Science Monitor 14: 40-48.
  24. Lee DC, Ham YW, Sung P* (2012) Effect of visual input on normalized standing stability in subjects with recurrent low back pain. Gait and Posture 36: 580-585.
  25. Park WH, Kim YH, Lee TR, Sung P* (2012) Factors affecting shoulder-pelvic integration during axial trunk rotation in subjects with recurrent low back pain. European Spine Journal 21: 1316-23.
  26. Sung P, Lee KJ, Park WH* (2012) Coordination of trunk and pelvis in young and elderly individuals during axial trunk rotation. Gait and Posture 36: 330-331.
  27. Rhee HS, Kim YH, Sung P* (2012) A randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of spinal stabilization exercise intervention based on pain level and standing balance differences in patients with low back pain. Medical Science Monitor 18: CR 174-181.
  28. Sung P*, Park WH, Kim YH (2012) Three-dimensional kinematic lumbar spine motion analyses of trunk motion during axial rotation activities. Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques 25: E74-80.
  29. Song AY, Jo HJ, Sung P*, Kim YH (2012) A three-dimensional kinematic analysis of pelvic and lower extremity differences during trunk rotation in subjects with chronic low back pain. Physiotherapy 98: 160-166.
  30. Sung P* (2012) Nonlinear analysis of surface electromyography. Book title: EMG Methods for Evaluating Muscle and Nerve Function.133-156.
  31. Sung P*, Kim YH (2011) A kinematic analysis of symmetric axial trunk rotation on the dominant hip. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. 48: 1029-1036.
  32. Lee TR, Kim YH, Sung P* (2011) A comparison of pain level and entropy changes following core stability exercise intervention. Medical Science Monitor 17: CR362-368.
  33. Jo HJ, Song AY, Lee KJ, Lee DC, Kim YH, Sung P* (2011) A kinematic analysis of relative stability of the lower extremities between subjects with and without chronic low back pain. European Spine Journal 20: 297-303.
  34. Sung P*, Baek JY, Kim YH (2010) Reliability of the Intelligent Stretching Device for Ankle Stiffness Measurements in Healthy Individuals. The Foot 20: 126-132.
  35. Ham YW, Kim DM, Baek JY, Lee D, Sung P* (2010) Kinematic analyses of trunk stability in one leg standing for individuals with recurrent low back pain. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 20: 1134-1140.
  36. Sung P*, Yoon B, Lee D (2010) Lumbar spine stability for subjects with and without low back pain during one leg standing test. Spine 35: E753-E760.
  37. Sung P*, Ham YW (2010) Comparing postural strategy changes following adapted versus non-adapted responses in subjects with and without spinal stenosis. Manual Therapy 2010 15: 261-266.
  38. Lee TR, Kim YH, Sung P* (2010) Spectral and entropy changes for back muscle fatigability following spinal stabilization exercises. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 47: 133-142.
  39. Sung P*, Zurcher U, Kaufman M (2010) Reliability difference between spectral and entropic measures of erector spine muscle fatigability. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 20: 25-30.
  40. Sung P*, Lee D (2009) Gender differences in onset timing and activation of the dominant knee's muscles during stair climbing. The Knee 16: 375-380.
  41. Sung P*, Lammers A, Daher P (2009) Different parts of erector spinae muscle fatigability in subjects with and without low back pain. The Spine Journal 9: 115-120.
  42. Sung P*, Park H (2009) Gender difference in ground reaction force changes following perturbations in subjects with low back pain. Gait and Posture29: 290-295.
  43. Sung P*, Zurcher U, Kaufman M (2008) Gender differences in spectral and entropic measures of erector spinae muscle fatigue. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 45: 1431-1440.
  44. Kaufman, M*, Zurcher, U, Sung P (2007) Entropy of electromyography time series. Physical A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 386: 698-707.
  45. Pickar J*, Sung P, Kang Y, Ge W (2007) Response of lumbar paraspinal muscle spindles is greater to spinal manipulative loading compared with slower loading under length control. The Spine Journal 7: 583-595.
  46. Sung P*, Zurcher U, Kaufman M (2007) Comparison of spectral and entropic measures for surface EMG time series: A pilot study. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 44: 599-610.
  47. Sung P*, Zurcher U, Kaufman M (2005) Nonlinear analysis of electromyography time series as a diagnostic tool for low back pain. Medical Science Monitor 11: CS1-5.
  48. Sung P, Kang Y, Pickar J* (2005) Effect of spinal manipulation duration on low threshold mechanoreceptors in lumbar paraspinal muscles: a preliminary report. Spine 30: 115-122.
  49. Sung P*, Spratt K, Wilder D (2004) A possible methodological flaw in comparing dominant and non-dominant sided lumbar spine muscle responses without simultaneously considering hand-dominance. Spine 29: 1914-1922.
  50. Sung P* (2003) The efficacy of median frequency on multifidi muscles during one-minute back extension. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 84: 1313-1318.
  51. Sung P*, Bottomley J, Echternach J (1999) Post-hip fracture rehabilitation in sub acute care. Journal of Rehabilitation Outcomes Measurement 3: 1-48.

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