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Dr Lloyd Chan

Dr Lloyd Chan

Senior Lecturer

PhD, MSc in Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Salutatorian), BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy

Medicine & Health
School of Health Sciences

Dr. Chan is a lecturer at the University of New South Wales and a conjoint research fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from UNSW, a Master's in Epidemiology and Biostatistics with Salutatorian honours from CUHK, and a Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy with honours from PolyU. In addition to his academic work, Lloyd has extensive experience as a physiotherapist, providing care to people with Parkinson's disease and stroke survivors in acute hospitals, rehabilitation centres, and outreach settings.

His studies revolve around two themes: quantifying daily-life walking speed/quality and predicting disease using smartwatches. The resultant innovations have been adopted by fellow researchers and translated into actual clinical practices. Currently, he is working on sensor-based gait abnormality detection in various clinical populations, including people with Parkinson's disease and those with proximal femoral fractures.
E-mail
lloyd.chan@unsw.edu.au
  • Journal articles | 2025
    STURNIEKS DL; CHAN LL; CERDA MTE; ARBONA CH; PINILLA BH; MARTINEZ PS; SENG NW; SMITH N; MENANT JC; LORD SR, 2025, 'Cognitive functioning and falls in older people: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 128, pp. 105638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2024.105638
    Journal articles | 2024
    Chan LL; Ho YY; Taylor ME; Mcveigh C; Jung S; Armstrong E; Close JC; Harvey LA, 2024, 'Incidence of fragility hip fracture across the Asia-pacific region: A systematic review', Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 123, pp. 105422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2024.105422
    Journal articles | 2024
    Chan LLY; Delbaere K; Numbers K; Lam B; Menant J; Sturnieks DL; Trollor JN; Brodie MA; Lord SR, 2024, 'Poor mobility and lower limb weakness are associated with three distinct depressive symptom trajectories over 6 years in older people', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 43, pp. 333 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13273
    Journal articles | 2024
    Chan LLY; Lord SR; Brodie MA, 2024, 'Daily-Life Walking Speed, Quality and Quantity Derived from a Wrist Motion Sensor: Large-Scale Normative Data for Middle-Aged and Older Adults', Sensors, 24, pp. 5159, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s24165159
    Journal articles | 2024
    Chan LLY; Yang S; Aswani M; Kark L; Henderson E; Lord SR; Brodie MA, 2024, 'Development, Validation, and Limits of Freezing of Gait Detection Using a Single Waist-Worn Device', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 71, pp. 3024 - 3031, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2024.3407059
    Journal articles | 2024
    Osuka Y; Chan LLY; Brodie MA; Okubo Y; Lord SR, 2024, 'A Wrist-Worn Wearable Device Can Identify Frailty in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The UK Biobank Study', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 25, pp. 105196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105196
    Journal articles | 2023
    Chan LLY; Arbona CH; Brodie MA; Lord SR, 2023, 'Prediction of injurious falls in older adults using digital gait biomarkers extracted from large-scale wrist sensor data', Age and Ageing, 52, pp. afad179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad179
    Journal articles | 2023
    Chan LLY; Brodie MA; Lord SR, 2023, 'Prediction of Incident Depression in Middle-Aged and Older Adults using Digital Gait Biomarkers Extracted from Large-Scale Wrist Sensor Data', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 24, pp. 1106 - 1113.e11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2023.04.008
    Journal articles | 2023
    Pelicioni PHS; Chan LLY; Shi S; Wong K; Kark L; Okubo Y; Brodie MA; Silva Pelicioni P, 2023, 'Impact of mobile phone use on accidental falls risk in young adult pedestrians', Heliyon, 9, pp. e18366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18366
    Journal articles | 2022
    Chan LLY; Choi TCM; Lord SR; Brodie MA, 2022, 'Development and large-scale validation of the Watch Walk wrist-worn digital gait biomarkers', Scientific Reports, 12, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20327-z
    Journal articles | 2022
    Chan LLY; van Schooten KS; Lord SR; Delbaere K; Brodie M, 2022, 'Short Daily-Life Walking Bouts and Poor Self-Reported Health Predict the Onset of Depression in Community-Dwelling Older People: A 2-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23, pp. 1242 - 1247.e3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2021.12.042
    Journal articles | 2021
    Choi TCM; Chan LLY; Tsang HC; Vong YP; Cheng YK; To YL; Choo KL; Yorke J, 2021, 'Adaptation and validation of the Chinese version of Dyspnoea-12 scale in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease', Clinical Respiratory Journal, 15, pp. 1081 - 1087, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/crj.13411
    Journal articles | 2021
    Wong AYL; Chan LLY; Lo CWT; Chan WWY; Lam KCK; Bao JCH; Ferreira ML; Armijo-Olivo S, 2021, 'Prevalence/Incidence of Low Back Pain and Associated Risk Factors Among Nursing and Medical Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', PM and R, 13, pp. 1266 - 1280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12560
    Journal articles | 2020
    Chan LLY; Okubo Y; Brodie MA; Lord SR, 2020, 'Mobility performance predicts incident depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Experimental Gerontology, 142, pp. 111116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2020.111116
    Journal articles | 2020
    Chan LLY; Wong AYL; Wang MH; Cheung K; Samartzis D, 2020, 'The prevalence of neck pain and associated risk factors among undergraduate students: A large-scale cross-sectional study', International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 76, pp. 102934, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ergon.2020.102934
    Journal articles | 2020
    Chan LLY; Wong AYL; Wang MH, 2020, 'Associations between sport participation and knee symptoms: A cross-sectional study involving 3053 undergraduate students', BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 12, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13102-020-00169-w
    Journal articles | 2020
    Jehu DA; Chan LL; Pang MYC, 2020, 'Standing balance strategies and dual-task interference are differentially modulated across various sensory contexts and cognitive tests in individuals with chronic stroke', Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, 44, pp. 233 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NPT.0000000000000328
  • Conference Abstracts | 2023
    Chan L; Choi T; Lord S; Brodie M, 2023, 'The Potential of Wrist-worn Accelerometry in Predicting Injurious Falls and Depressive Episodes in Older Adults', in The Potential of Wrist-worn Accelerometry in Predicting Injurious Falls and Depressive Episodes in Older Adults, Brisbane, Australia, presented at International Society of Posture & Gait Research World Congress 2023, Brisbane, Australia, 09 July 2023 - 13 July 2023
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Chan L; Lord S; Brodie M, 2023, 'One Smart Watch to Track Them All: Speed, Quality and Distribution of Your Day-to-Day Walks', presented at NSW Falls Prevention Network Forum 2022, Sydney, 27 May 2023
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Chan LLY; Lord SR; Brodie MA, 2023, 'Is Maximal or Usual Walking Speed from Large Scale Wrist Sensor Data Better at Predicting Dementia, Depression and Death?', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), United States, pp. 1 - 4, presented at 2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), United States, 24 July 2023 - 27 July 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340255

Year Position Grant title and description
2024 Lead investigator

2024 Ageing Futures Institute Seed Grant

This research grant supported the project “Beyond Step Counts: Using Wrist-Mount Motion Sensors to Accurately Evaluate Mobility Performance in Clinical Populations Relying on Walking Aids”
2022 Co-grantee

Good Seed Fund

Appointed by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong government to assess elderly fall risk with smartwatches technologies. Key technology based on PhD project.
2022 Grantee

Impact Incubator Fund

Appointed by the Hong Kong Council of Social Services and the Hong Kong government to provide screening and referral services for elderly home residents under the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund.
2022 Grantee

The HK Science & Technology Park Ideation Programme

This programme funded the knowledge transfer of smartwatch technologies for gait quantification.

 

2023 NeuRA Publication Excellence Award 2023
2023 WILEY Top Cited Article Award, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), 2021-2022
2022 The Michael & Elizabeth Gilbert Postgraduate Award
2020 The Helen & Emanuel Poteris Award for Dementia Research
2020 Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (RTP)
2018 Best GPA and Class Salutatorian Award, Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics Programme
2018 Gold award, Outstanding Poster Presenter, the 11th Pan-Pacific Conference on Rehabilitation, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2016 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Tigers Sports Physiotherapy Scholarship