Clarkson Professor Wins Award From World Physiotherapy Congress
Clarkson University Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy Kwadwo Appiah-Kubi recently placed second in Dubai's 2023 World Physiotherapy Congress. He was up for the Elsevier Journal Sponsored Award – Outstanding Poster Presentation Award in the North America Caribbean region.
His poster, “Concurrent Vestibular-Postural Training Promotes Postural Reflexes and Stability” won him a one-year online subscription to a physical therapy journal.
Appiah-Kubi has been an assistant professor and researcher in the physical therapy department at Clarkson since 2020. He received his Ph.D. in neuromotor science from Temple University, his master of science degree in neuromusculoskeletal physical therapy from Cardiff University and his bachelor of science degree in physical therapy from University of Ghana. His research interests are in the effects of concurrent vestibular activation and postural training on sensory reweighting of postural control processing in individuals with vestibular-related disorders, and in the validation of a virtual reality-based device for vestibular-postural rehabilitation.
He has co-published in Gait & Posture, Disability and Rehabilitation, Applied Sciences, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior and International Journal of Sports Medicine, among many other publications and presentations. He is a reviewer for Brain Sciences, Scientific Reports Journal, PLOS One, Journal of Physiological Anthropology and a former secretary of Ghana Journal of Physiotherapy.
