Dr Isaac Okumura TAN Choon Hong

Isaac Okumura TAN Choon Hong



Research Fellow
Email: Isaac.tan@ntu.edu.sg
Education

Doctor of Physical Therapy, University of Montana-Missoula (2023)
MSc Neurological Physiotherapy (Credit), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (2015)
Diploma in Physiotherapy, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore (2012) 
BA Mass Communications, RMIT, Australia (2001)

Biography

Isaac made a mid-career switch from media into healthcare, and is a registered senior Physiotherapist specialising in neurological rehabilitation (stroke, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, Parkinson’s disease). He is currently a research associate at the Rehabilitation Research Institute of Singapore (RRIS). 

 

​​​​​Academic & Professional Experience

Registered Physiotherapist (AHPC) (Singapore)

​​​​​Research Interest

Stroke Rehabilitation, Neurological Rehabilitation

​​​​​Project

Ability Data Project

​​​​​Publication
  1. Tan, Isaac Okumura et al, Personalized upper limb stroke rehabilitation using data-driven multi-modal electroencephalography (EEG) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) based brain computer interface (BCI) with soft robotic glove, Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, Volume 18, Issue 1, 475 (abstract)
  2. Premchand B, Zhang Z, Ang KK, Yu J, Tan IO, Lam JPW, Choo AXY, Sidarta A, Kwong PWH, Chung LHC. A Personalized Multimodal BCI–Soft Robotics System for Rehabilitating Upper Limb Function in Chronic Stroke Patients. Biomimetics. 2025; 10(2):94. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics10020094
  3. Sidarta A, Lim YC, Wong RA, Tan IO, Kuah CWK, Ang WT (2022) Current clinical practice in managing somatosensory impairments and the use of technology in stroke rehabilitation. PLoS ONE 17(8): e0270693. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0270693
  4. Yu Chin Lim, Russell Wong, Isaac Tan, Christopher Wee Keong Kuah, Ananda Sidarta, Managing Somatosensory Impairments in Stroke: Current Clinical Practice and The Use of Technology, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Volume 103, Issue 12, 2022, Pages e192-e193,ISSN 0003-9993, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2022.08.959.
  5. Goh LY, Tan IO, Yang LC, Ng SSM. Effects of cognitive and motor tasks on the walking speed of individuals with chronic stroke. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Mar;96(9):e6232. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000006232. PMID: 28248885; PMCID: PMC5340458.
  6. Tan IO, Ng JK, Ng SSM. Assessing advanced walking ability in people with stroke using the Groningen Meander Walking Test. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2018 Nov;40(23):2810-2816. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1358298. Epub 2017 Aug 2. PMID: 28768439.

Conference

  1. Poster Presentation accepted at ICORR 2025, as part of
    RehabWeek 2025 in Chicago, USA. “Design and Evaluation of a Single-Sided Mobility Assistive Exoskeleton (SMAEXO) for Hemiplegia”
  1. Oral presentation at 4th Annual Symposium of the International Musculoskeletal, Mental, and Social Health (I-MESH) Consortium, March 2025, Virtual.  “Role of Kinesiophobia in mediating the relationship between knee function and life space utilization among patients with knee Osteoarthritis and Falls” 
  1. Poster presentation at 6th International Brain Stimulation Conference, Kobe, Japan, 23-26 February 2025. “Personalized upper limb stroke rehabilitation using data-driven multi-modal electroencephalography (EEG) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) based brain computer interface (BCI) with soft robotic glove”
  2. Abstract presentation at Singapore Rehabilitation Conference, 8-9 November 2024. “Personalised Stroke rehabilitation using Multimodal EEG and NIRS-based Motor Imagery Brain-Computer Interface with Soft Robotic (PmBCI-SR)”
  3. Abstract presentation at Singapore Rehabilitation Conference, 8-9 November 2024. “Comprehensive Phenotyping and Innovative Granular Assessment Tools for Advancing Stroke Rehabilitation”
  4. Poster presentation at Asia Pacific Stroke Conference, Adelaide, 25-28 September 2024. “Upper limb kinematic assessment of a lateral-reach grasp task in stroke survivors after an Electroencephalography-based Brain-Computer intervention.”
  5. Abstract presentation Singapore Rehabilitation Conference, 8-9 November 2024. “Ability data-driven Personalized stroke rehabilitation using multimodal EEG and NIRS-based BCI with Soft Robotic (PmBCI-SR)”
  6. Abstract presentation at 10th Pan Pacific Conference of Rehabilitation (PPCR), Shanghai, 6 November 2016. “Assessing dynamic walking capabilities of stroke survivors with the Groningen Meander Walking Test (GMWT)”.