Public Health and Health Professions
Technology for Occupational Performance Lab (TOP)
Led by Hongwu Wang · Occupational Therapy
What we study
The TOP Lab develops wearable technology, robotics, and machine learning to improve mobility, participation, and well-being in people with disabilities and older adults. Their work includes user participatory design and sensor-based outcome measures.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Clinical
- Building & testing
- Human participants
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 4
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Wearable focal vibration on mobility and pain in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy
This project studies how wearable vibration technology affects mobility and pain in people with diabetic neuropathy.
Pedaling Past Barriers: Translating Occupational Therapy Principles into Community Cycling Programs for Older Adults
This initiative adapts occupational therapy principles to improve cycling programs for older adults.
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PRAISE (Pressure Relief Assessment Information System): A Paradigm-shifting Mobile Health Platform for Pressure Relief…
PRAISE is a mobile health platform to help wheelchair users maintain pressure relief adherence.
An open road driving performance task to examine long-term medical marijuana use and prescription op
This study examines how long-term medical marijuana and prescription opioid use affect driving performance.
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Recent papers, explained
- Feasibility and Methodological Consideration of Using Wearable Devices to Examine the Relationship Between Sleep and Balance: Case Report With 2 College Students
2026 · JMIR Formative Research
Checks if wearable devices can track sleep and balance in college students over time.
- Great Toe Strength and Direct Assessment Methods: A Scoping Review for Clinical Applications
2026 · Bioengineering
Reviews methods for measuring big toe strength to help doctors and researchers.
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- Fermented Papaya and Driving Simulator Older Adult Study
2026 · Safety
Tests if a supplement from fermented papaya improves driving skills in older adults.
- Mapping the relationships among sleep, motor balance, and cognition in older adults: a systematic scoping review
2025 · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Maps how sleep, balance, and thinking skills connect in older adults.
- Effectiveness of artificial intelligence chatbots on mental health & well-being in college students: a rapid systematic review
2025 · Frontiers in Psychiatry
Summarizes how well AI chatbots help college students with mental health and well-being.
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How to reach out
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