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CONTACT INFORMATION
Office : (852) 3505-3312
Email : c.liu@cuhk.edu.hk
ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT
Postgraduate teaching:
MSc in Musculoskeletal Medicine, Rehabilitation & Geriatric Orthopaedics
MPhil/PhD in Orthopaedics & Traumatology
ORCID: 0000-0001-9620-8794
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Dr. LIU Chaoran 刘超然 |
BSc(BSU), MSc(PKU), PhD(CUHK)
Research Assistant Professor
研究助理教授
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Liu is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). She obtained her BSc degree in Sports Rehabilitation at Beijing Sport University in 2017, and MSc degree in Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Therapy at Peking University in 2019. She further obtained her PhD degree in Orthopaedics & Traumatology at CUHK in 2023. She worked as a physiotherapist at Peking University First Hospital until 2020, and was a visiting scholar at McGill University in 2026.
Dr. Liu has published more than 30 peer-reviewed papers, with her first-author papers in high-impact journals, including Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, Aging Cell, Journal of Orthopaedic Translation, and Obesity Reviews. Her research focuses on both clinical and pre-clinical studies, such as gut-muscle-bone axis, osteoporosis and sarcopenia research, musculoskeletal disorders in metabolic diseases, geriatrics rehabilitation, healthy longevity in orthopaedic patients, as well as AI-based application in orthopaedics. She is currently leading a clinical trial supported by Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) - Research Fellowship Scheme as the principal investigator.
EXPERTISE
- Osteosarcopenia Translational Research
- Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
SPECIALISED RESEARCH AREAS
- Gut-Muscle-Bone Crosstalk
- Musculoskeletal Health in Metabolic Disorders
- AI-based Application in Orthopaedics
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SELECTED PUBLICATION
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Liu C*, Wong PY, Barua N, Li B, Wong HY, Zhang N, Chow SKH, Wong SH, Yu J, Ip M, Cheung WH, Duque G, Brochhausen C, Sung JJY, Wong RMY. From clinical to benchside: Lacticaseibacillus and Faecalibacterium are positively associated with muscle health and alleviate age-related muscle disorder. Aging Cell. 2025 May;24(5):e14485. |
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Liu C*, Wong HY, Tao R, Li B, Wong PY, Tam CH, Zhang N, Qin L, Xu J, Duque G, Brochhausen C, Cheung WH, Wong RMY. Advancing single-cell transcriptomic analysis to reveal age-related skeletal muscle changes: a systematic review. Aging Dis. 2025 Oct 14. |
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Liu C*, Wong PY, Wang Q, Wong HY, Huang T, Cui C, Zhang N, Cheung WH, Wong RMY*. Short-chain fatty acids enhance muscle mass and function through the activation of mTOR signalling pathways in sarcopenic mice. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2024 Dec;15(6):2387-2401. |
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Liu C*, Cheng KY, Tong X, Cheung WH, Chow SK, Law SW, Wong RMY. The role of obesity in sarcopenia and the optimal body composition to prevent against sarcopenia and obesity. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023 Mar 1;14:1077255. |
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Liu C*, Wong PY, Chung YL, Chow SK, Cheung WH, Law SW, Chan JCN, Wong RMY. Deciphering the "obesity paradox" in the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis of sarcopenic obesity. Obes Rev. 2023 Feb;24(2):e13534. |
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Liu C*, Wong PY, Tong X, Chow SK, Hung VW, Cheung WH, Qin L, Law SW, Wong RMY. Muscle plays a more superior role than fat in bone homeostasis: A cross-sectional study of old Asian people. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023 Jan 12;13:990442. |
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Liu C*, Wong PY, Chow SKH, Cheung WH, Wong RMY. Does the regulation of skeletal muscle influence cognitive function? A scoping review of pre-clinical evidence. J Orthop Translat. 2022 Oct 27;38:76-83. |
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Liu C*, Cheung WH, Li J, Chow SK, Yu J, Wong SH, Ip M, Sung JJY, Wong RMY. Understanding the gut microbiota and sarcopenia: a systematic review. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2021 Dec;12(6):1393-1407. |
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Liu C*, Shen H, Zhang K, Zhang X, Wang R, Wang N. Muscle ultrasonography texture in young, middle-aged, and older people and its association with functional performance: A machine learning-based study. Exp Gerontol. 2026 Feb;214:113029. |
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Wong RMY, Wong PY, Liu C*, Chui CS, Liu WH, Tang N, Griffith J, Zhang N, Cheung WH. Vibration therapy as an intervention for trochanteric hip fractures - A randomized double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial. J Orthop Translat. 2025 Jan 25;51:51-58. |
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