Dr. Weiqing Ge

Professor
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Dr. Weiqing Ge

Professor

Graduate Studies in Health & Rehabilitation Sciences

Cushwa Hall B311

phone: (330) 941-2702

wge@ysu.edu

  • Education
    • 2011

      Other, Physical Therapy

      Youngstown State University

    • 1996

      Ph D, Biomedical Engineering

      Peking Union Medical College/Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

    • 1992

      MS, Biomedical Engineering

      Xi’an Medical University

    • 1987

      BS, Biomedical Engineering

      Tianjin University

  • Awards and Honors
    • 2023

      Sino-American Symposium on the Culture of Disability 2023

      Symposium Chair

    • 2022

      Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology and Wound Management, American Physical Therapy Association.

      Lynda D. Woodruff Award of Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    • 2021

      World Physiotherapy Congress

      World Physiotherapy Outstanding Platform Presentation Award

    • 2020

      Youngstown State University.

      Distinguished Professor in Service Award

    • 2020

      Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology and Wound Management, American Physical Therapy Association.

      Award of Excellence in Academic Education

    • 2019

      Sino-American Symposium on the Culture of Disability 2019

      Symposium Chair

    • 2019

      the Global Health Special Interest Group (GHSIG) of the Health Policy and Administration (HPA) The Catalyst, American Physical Therapy Association

      Recognition in Promoting Social Responsibility

    • 2019

      Youngstown State University

      Distinguished Professor in Scholarship Award

    • 2018

      Office of Research, Youngstown State University.

      Special Recognition BCHHS Research Award

    • 2018

      Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology and Wound Management, American Physical Therapy Association.

      Award of Excellence

    • 2016

      the Global Health Special Interest Group (GHSIG) of the Health Policy and Administration (HPA) The Catalyst, American Physical Therapy Association.

      Recognition in Promoting Social Responsibility

    • 2011

      Adobe Systems Incorporated

      Semifinalist, Innovation in Interactive Media in Education, 2011 Adobe Design Achievement Awards,

    • 1999

      Beijing Medical University (merged with Beijing University), Beijing, PRC

      International Exchange Award

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 2024

      "Integrating NIH “Press Reset on Stress” Strategies into DPT Curriculum: A Quasi-Experimental Design"

      S. Dudash, W. Ge, E. Ickert, N. Landgraff

      Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies, Elsevier

    • 2023

      "Attitudes, perceptions, and expectations of a student special interest group in student members of a professional organization in the United States"

      M. Jamin, W. Ge

      Journal of Clinical Electrophysiology & Wound Management, volume 1, issue 1, p. 39-50

    • 2022

      "The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Doctor of Physical Therapy Students: A National Survey"

      W. Ge, M. Ball, N. Balog-Bickerstaff, L. Kerns

      Journal of Physical Therapy Education, volume 37, issue 1, p. 38-42

    • 2021

      "Addressing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Health in Physical Therapy Education"

      R. Morton, W. Ge, L. Kerns, J. Rasey

      Journal of Physical Therapy Education, volume 35, issue 4, p. 307–314

    • 2021

      "Measuring Cervical Rotation During Telehealth"

      W. Ge, K. Morrell, A. Ryan Morton Varrecchia

      J Allied Health, volume 51, issue 1, p. 26–30

    • 2019

      "Randomized Controlled Trial of Power Posing on Timed Up and Go Test"

      W. Ge, D. Schaefer, L. Basile

      J Allied Health, volume 49, issue 2, p. 125-128

    • 2019

      "Optical Technologies for Healthcare and Wellness Applications"

      T. Li, S. Yu, W. Ge

      Healthcare Engineering, volume 2019, p. 1321348

    • 2018

      "Severe Pain in Veteran Students"

      B. Boccieri, K. Gazdik, L. Kerns, R. Williams, N. Landgraff, W. Ge

      J Allied Health, volume 48, issue 3, p. 172-180

    • 2018

      "Noncontact Measurement of the Deformation of Sternal Skin During Shoulder Movements and Upper Extremity Activities Restricted by Sternal Precautions"

      W. Ge, B. Hians, A. Sfara

      Physical Therapy, volume 98, issue 11, p. 911-917

    • 2017

      "Meeting the Challenge of Instructor Shortages: A Blended Teaching and Learning Model for a Neuroscience Course in a Doctor of Physical Therapy Program"

      W. Ge

      J Allied Health, volume 47, issue 2, p. 103–6

    • 2017

      "Skin Deformation during Shoulder Movements and Upper Extremity Activities"

      W. Ge, A. Sfara, B. Hians

      Clinical Biomechanics, volume 47, p. 1–6

    • 2017

      "Acupressure for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Single System Study"

      A. Adams, J. Eschman, W. Ge

      J Physical Therapy Science, volume 29, issue 8, p. 1416–20

    • 2017

      "Dry Cupping for Plantar Fasciitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial"

      W. Ge, C. Leson, C. Vukovic

      J Physical Therapy Science, volume 29, issue 5, p. 859–62

    • 2016

      "Should High-power Posing be Integrated in Physical Therapy?"

      W. Ge, T. Bennett, J. Oller

      J Physical Therapy Science, volume 29, issue 4, p. 697–701.

    • 2016

      "A Quasi-experimental Study on the Effects of Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization on Mechanosensitive Neurons"

      W. Ge, E. Roth, A. Sansone

      J Physical Therapy Science, volume 29, issue 4, p. 654–7

    • 2016

      "Controversial Issues in Healthcare Policy: A Survey of Doctor of Physical Therapy Students in a Public University"

      D. Snyder, T. Bennett, J. Oller, W. Ge

      J Allied Health, volume 46, issue 4, p. 255–62

    • 2015

      "Sternal Skin Strain during Shoulder Movements and Upper Extremity Activities"

      W. Ge, A. Sfara, B. Hians

      Physiotherapy, volume 101, p. e449–50

    • 2015

      "Integrating Technology in Cultural Competence Course: Engaging Doctor of Physical Therapy Students with Active Learning Strategies"

      W. Ge

      Physiotherapy, volume 101, p. e450–1

    • 2012

      "Using Vertebral Movement and Intact Paraspinal Muscles to Determine the Distribution of Intrafusal Fiber Innervation of Muscle Spindle Afferents in the Anesthetized Cat"

      W. Reed, D. Cao, W. Ge, J. Pickar

      Experimental Brain Research, volume 225, issue 2, p. 205–15

    • 2012

      "The Decreased Responsiveness of Lumbar Muscle Spindles to a Prior History of Spinal Muscle Lengthening is Graded with the Magnitude of Change in Vertebral Position"

      W. Ge, J. Pickar

      J Electromyography and Kinesiology, volume 22, issue 6, p. 814–20

    • 2011

      "Plane of Vertebral Movement Eliciting Muscle Lengthening History in the Low Back Influences the Decrease in Muscle Spindle Responsiveness of the Cat"

      W. Ge, D. Cao, C. Long, J. Pickar

      J Applied Physiology, volume 111, issue 6, p. 1735–43

    • 2009

      "Position Sensitivity of Feline Paraspinal Muscle Spindles to Vertebral Movement in the Lumbar Spine"

      D. Cao, J. Pickar, W. Ge, A. Ianuzzi, P. Khalsa

      J Neurophysiology, volume 101, issue 4, p. 1722–9

    • 2009

      "Passive Diffusion of an RGD Peptide Decreases the Responsiveness of Slowly and Rapidly Adapting Mechanoreceptors in Rat Skin"

      W. Ge, P. Khalsa, M. Hadjiargyrou

      J Neurochemistry, volume 2009, p. 309

    • 2009

      "Joint Position Sense Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor nodes"

      F. Li, K. Learman, W. Ge

      2009 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, volume 2009, p. 336–9

    • 2007

      "Time Course for the Development of Muscle History in Lumbar Paraspinal Muscle Spindles Arising from Changes in Vertebral Position"

      W. Ge, J. Pickar

      The Spine J, volume 8, issue 2, p. 320–8.

    • 2007

      "Directional Effect of Vertebral Position on Muscle Spindle Responsiveness at L6-7 Segments"

      W. Ge, J. Pickar

      J Chiropractic Education, volume 21, issue 1, p. 57

    • 2006

      "Response of Lumbar Paraspinal Muscles Spindles is Greater to Spinal Manipulative Loading Compared with Slower Loading under Length Control"

      J. Pickar, P. Sung, Y. Kang, W. Ge

      The Spine J, volume 7, issue 5, p. 583–95

    • 2006

      "Short-Lasting Changes in Vertebral Position Alter Lumbar Paraspinal Muscle Spindle Sensitivity"

      W. Ge, J. Pickar

      J Chiropractic Education, volume 20, issue 1, p. 13

    • 2005

      "Vertebral Position Alters Paraspinal Muscle Spindle Responsiveness in the Feline Spine: Effect of Positioning Duration"

      W. Ge, C. Long, J. Pickar

      The J Physiology, volume 569, issue 2, p. 655–65

    • 2005

      "Static Vertebral Position Alters Lumbar Paraspinal Muscle Spindle Sensitivity"

      W. Ge, J. Pickar

      Chiropractic Education, volume 19, issue 1, p. 9

    • 2005

      "Encoding of Tensile Stress and Strain During Stretch by Muscle Mechano-nociceptors"

      P. Khalsa, W. Ge

      J Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, volume 35, issue 2, p. 117

    • 2005

      "Change of Paraspinal Muscle Spindle Resting Discharge Evoked by Mechanical Vibration"

      W. Ge, J. Pickar

      Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, volume 5, p. 5002-5

    • 2004

      "Integrin α2β1 Affects Mechano-Transduction in Slowly and Rapidly Adapting Cutaneous Mechanoreceptors in Rat Hairy Skin."

      P. Khalsa, W. Ge, M. Uddin, M. Hadjiargyrou

      Neuroscience, volume 129, issue 2, p. 447–59.

    • 2004

      "Encoding of Tensile stress and Strain during Stretch by Muscle Mechano‐nociceptors"

      P. Khalsa, W. Ge

      Muscle & Nerve, volume 30, issue 2, p. 216–24

    • 2002

      "Encoding of Compressive stress during Indentation by Group III and IV Muscle Mechano-nociceptors in Rat Gracilis Muscle"

      W. Ge, P. Khalsa

      J Neurophysiology, volume 89, issue 2, p. 785–92

    • 2001

      "Encoding of Compressive Stress during Indentation by Slowly Adapting Type I Mechanoreceptors in Rat Hairy Skin"

      W. Ge, P. Khalsa

      J Neurophysiology, volume 87, issue 4, p. 1686–93

    • 1999

      "A Method of Detecting Respiratory Rate with a High-Sensitivity Capacitance Transducer"

      W. Ge, S. Wang, S. Liu, Z. Luo

      Space Medicine & Medical Engineering, volume 12, issue 2, p. 141–3

    • 1997

      "Cardiokymograph System with a Capacitance Transducer and its Preliminary Application in the Measurement of Heart Wall Movement."

      W. Ge, Z. Luo, J. Jin, Y. Huang, S. Wang, S. Liu

      Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, volume 36, issue 1, p. 22–6.

    • 1996

      "A high-sensitivity Capacitance Sensor for Cardiokymography"

      W. Ge

      J Medical Instrumentation, volume 6, p. 1999-02

  • Professional Service
    • 2020 - 2022

      Committee Chair
      Ohio Physical Therapy Association

    • 2017 - 2020

      Committee Chair
      Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology and Wound Management

  • Public Service
    • 2016 - 2020

      Judge
      Governor’s Thomas Edison Awards for Excellence in STEM Education.