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Lead Professional Officer

Katherin Shilin
Huang

Master of Advanced Physiotherapy: Cardiorespiratory (with Merit) , University College London
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Education

  • Master of Advanced Physiotherapy: Cardiorespiratory (with Merit)
    University College London ,

Achievements

  • FY2011 SGH Fellowship Award, Pulmonary Rehabilitation training in Ghent, Belgium
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  • Best Poster Award (Clinical Research), SingHealth Duke - NUS Scientific Congress 2010 for research study titled "Association of Standing Balance with Muscle Strength and Body Posture in Older Women with Osteopenia and Osteoporosis"
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Professional Certification

  • DMA Clinical Pilates Level 1 & 2 Instructor
    –
  • Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC) Singapore – valid till 31 December 2025

Professional Memberships

  • Singapore Physiotherapy Association - Ordinary Member
    – Present

Industry Experience

  • Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
    –
  • Singapore General Hospital
    –

Technical Skills

  • Cardiorespiratory and Critical Care Physiotherapy
  • Pulmonary and Renal Transplant Rehabilitation
  • Clinical Mentoring

Research Interests

  • Outcome measures
  • Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy

Current Projects

  • Relationship of Five-Times Sit-to-Stand Test with Incremental Shuttle Walk Test in Healthy Singaporean Adults
    – Present
  • Normative Reference Values, Predictors and Regression Equation for Five-Times Sit-to-Stand Test in Healthy Singaporean Adults
    – Present
  • Normative reference values for maximum inspiratory and expiratory pressures and factors influencing the prediction
    – Present

Teaching Modules

Physiotherapy, BSc (Hons)

  • PTY1014 - Exercise Physiology
  • PTY2028 - Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy 1
  • PTY2024 - Clinical Exercise Prescription
  • PTY3018 - Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy 2
  • PTY3902 - Clinical Practice Education 1
  • PTY3903 - Clinical Practice Education 2
  • PTY4902 - Clinical Practice Education 3
  • PTY4903 - Clinical Practice Education 4
  • PTY4904 - Clinical Practice Education 5

Past

  • PTY1017 - Foundation of Physiotherapy 2: Kinesiology
  • PTY3901 - Clinical Practice Education Year 3

Journal Papers

  • Azman MZB, Huang KS, Koh WJ, Leong SS, Ong B, Soon JL, Tan SW, Chan MY, Yang M, Yeung MT (2023). Normative reference values, determinants and regression equations for the incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) in healthy Asian population aged 21 to 80 years. PLOS ONE, Vol. 18(9): e0291132. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291132

  • Ang WQ, Tan HT, Goh SM, Seng SW, Huang KS, Chan MY & Yeung MT (2022). Chinese (mandarin) translation of the incremental shuttle walk test and its validity and reliability: a cross-sectional study. Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal, online ready. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1013702522500135. 

  • Yeung MT, Chan MY, Huang KS, Chen TJ, Chia CP, Fong MM, Ho CS, Koh DT, Neo MJ and Tan M (2022). Normative reference values and regression equations to predict the 6-minute walk distance in the Asian adult population aged 21–80 years. Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal, Vol. 42 (2): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1013702522500111.

  • Lim EKH, Loh GJT, Ong RY, Tan RR, Yan CCK, Huang KS, Chan MYC, & Yeung MT (2021). Finding echoes: an exploration of empathy among physiotherapists and physiotherapy students in Singapore. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, Vol. 31. https://doi.org/10.1177/20101058211048581.

  • Yeung MT, Chan MY, Yan CC & Huang KS (2021). Ensuring continuity of education during a pandemic—experience from an entry-level physiotherapy programme. The Asia Pacific Scholar, Vol. 6 (3), 114-117. https://doi.org/10.29060/TAPS.2021-6-3/PV2376.

  • Tan VZ, Lee MQ, Wong DL, Huang KS, Chan MY, Yan CC & Yeung MT (2021). The Chinese (Mandarin) instructions of the 6-minute walk test: A validation study. Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal, Vol. 41 (1): 45-53. https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/full/10.1142/S1013702521500049.

  • Huang KS, O'Connor E, Tuffnell R, Lindup H, MacDougall IC & Greenwood S (2018). Reliability and validity of the five-repetition sit-to-stand test in adult kidney transplant recipients. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, Vol. 25: 158-166. https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/ijtr.2018.25.4.158.

  • Huang KS, Cheah SCH, Kee TY & Ng CLW (2015). Physical function and body composition in kidney transplant recipients over time with physiotherapy intervention. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, Vol. 24 (4): 208–212. https://doi.org/10.1177/2010105815611817.

  • Yeung MTL, Wong AWP, Huang KS & Jones AYM (2015). Minimal clinically important difference for 6-minute walk distance in Singaporean adults with chronic respiratory diseases. Journal of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2, Vol. 25 (1): 26- 33. doi: 10.13261/j.issn.2096-0328.2015.01.006.

  • Pua YH, Ong PH, Lim ECW, Huang KS, Clark RA & Chandran M (2014). Functional heterogeneity and outcomes in community-dwelling women with osteoporosis, with and without a history of falls. Gait & Posture, Vol. 39 (3):971-7. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.12.009.