Kun Man Li, PT, MSc, BSc

Kun Man received her MSc in Physical Therapy (Musculoskeletal) from Curtin University in 2018, and her BSc (Hons) in Physical Therapy from Glasgow Caledonian University in 2012. She has worked in a range of clinical specialties across both inpatient and outpatient, public and private clinical settings in Singapore. Now based in the US, Kun Man continues to grow her clinical and research interests in the areas of chronic pain management and rehabilitative technology development. She enjoys the synergy of inter-professional collaboration and problem-solving. Having served as a clinical educator in the outpatient orthopaedic setting, she enjoys mentoring and lecturing. At PhysioU, Kun Man explores how technology can enhance learning and collaborates with faculty to design new strategies and tools that develop expert clinicians for tomorrow. In her free time, Kun Man enjoys running, reading, cycling, baking, craftwork, and cooking - in an ever-changing order of preference.

Recent Awards & Grants

Mona Twomey Prize (2018): Best postgraduate research at Curtin University

Games for heaLth InnoVation cEntre (ALIVE) Grant, Singapore (2018): Prototype development and proof-of-concept testing of technology-assisted rehabilitation for individuals with chronic pain

Ng Teng Fong Healthcare Innovation Programme (2017): Prototype development and clinical testing for technology-assisted, post-knee arthroplasty rehabilitation

Healthcare Innovation Technology Challenge, Singapore (2016): First prize

Recent Presentations & Publications

“Older adults' experience and acceptance of a ‘gamified' rehabilitative device for total knee arthroplasty”: poster presentation, Singapore International Physiotherapy Congress (2021)

“Group-based early-phase physiotherapy rehabilitation after knee arthroplasty surgery”: poster presentation, Singapore International Physiotherapy Congress (2021)

“Older adults’ experience and acceptance of a ‘gamified’ rehabilitative device for total knee arthroplasty”: poster presentation, World Confederation of Physical Therapists Congress (2019), Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress (2019)

“Effectiveness of a novel gaming system on postoperative rehabilitation outcomes after total knee arthroplasty: a pilot study”: oral presentation, Australia Physiotherapy Association Conference (2019)

Y. Qiu, K. M. Li, E. C. Neoh, H. Zhang, X. Y. Khaw, X. Fan, and C. Miao, “Fun-kneeTM: a novel smart knee sleeve for total-knee-replacement rehabilitation with gamification,” in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH’17). IEEE, April 2017.

“Incidence of shoulder strength asymmetry and its correlation to grip strength, symptom duration, self-reported pain and function in lateral epicondylalgia - a pilot study”: oral presentation, Australian Physiotherapy Association Conference (2017), Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress (2017)

“Efficacy of additional rotator cuff and scapulothoracic strengthening in lateral epicondylalgia rehabilitation - preliminary findings”: poster presentation, Singapore Rehabilitation Conference (2017)

“Rehabilitation outcomes following ankle fracture in an institution-based outpatient physiotherapy department - a pilot study”: poster presentation, Singapore Rehabilitation Conference (2017)

“Physiotherapists’ responses to total knee replacement rehabilitation with gamification”: poster presentation, World Confederation of Physical Therapists (2017)

“Incidence of shoulder strength asymmetry and its correlation to grip strength, symptom duration, self-reported pain and function in lateral epicondylalgia - Preliminary findings”: poster presentation, World Confederation of Physical Therapists Congress (2017)

“Severity of knee pain in mature hospital female nurses: a comparison of observed knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome scores in two cohorts”: poster presentation, Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress (2016)

“Trunk muscles activation in different sitting postures during abdominal hollowing exercise”: poster presentation, Joint Seminar on Health Sciences Universiti Kembangsan Malaysia-Singapore General Hospital (2011), published in Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore, Vol. 40, (Suppl), No. 11