Dr Erin LU
BSocSc (CityU), PhD (PolyU)
Biography
Dr Erin Lu received her Bachelor’s degree in psychology from City University of Hong Kong, and accomplished PhD in Psychology in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Dr Lu joined Department of Rehabilitation Sciences as a postdoctoral fellow in 2017 and developed research interests in East meets West in Rehabilitation Sciences. Dr Lu has research experiences about the antidepressive effect of qigong and health benefits of aromatherapy for elderly. She also provided research support for the consultancy study of the Rehabilitation Programme Plan (RPP) of the Government of the HKSAR. Dr Lu is interested in the research on psychosocial benefits of complementary and alternative medicine, especially in terms of the promotion of positive psychology.
Research Interests
Research Output
- Lu, E. Y., Lee, P., Cai, S., So, W. W. Y., Ng, B. F. L., Jensen, M. P., Cheung, W. M., & Tsang, H. W. H.* (under review). Qigong for the treatment of depressive symptoms: Preliminary evidence of neurobiological mechanisms. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
- Cai, S.*, Tsang, H. W. H., Lu, E. Y., Leung, M. K. W., Cheung, W. M, & Jensen, M. P. (under review). Enhancing subjective well-being through qigong: A randomized controlled trial in older adults with chronic physical illness in Hong Kong. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine.
- Lee, P., Cai, S., Lu, E. Y., Ng, B. F. L., Jensen, M. P., & Tsang, H. W. H.* (2020). Qigong reduces depressive symptoms of Taiwanese older adults with chronic physical illness: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 26, 76-78. https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2019.0354
- Man, D. W., Tsang, W. S., Lu, E. Y., & Tsang, H. W. H.* (2019). Bibliometric study of research productivity in occupational therapy and physical therapy/physiotherapy in four Western countries and five Asian countries/regions. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 66(6), 665-762. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.12608
- Ye, S.*, Ng, T. K., Lu, E. Y., & Ma, Z. (2018). Chinese Proverb Scale: Development and validation of an indigenous measure of Chinese traditional values. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 21(3), 156-177. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12217
