Xue-Cheng Liu, PhD, MD

Titles
Investigator, Children's Research Institute; associate professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Orthopedic Surgery

Research interests
Bone and joint diseases

Study interests
Bone growth modulation, human movement science (kinematics and kinetics), orthotics, pediatric sports medicine, spine.

Education
Medical degree, pediatric orthopaedic surgery, University Pellenberg Hospital, Belgium, 1997; Doctorate, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, 1994; research fellowship, pediatric orthopaedics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1999.

Representative publications

• Thometz J, Lamdan R, Liu XC, Lyon R. Correlation Between Q angle and Cobb Angle in the Patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 2000, 20:512-516.
• Liu, XC, Thometz J, Klein J, Lyon R. Functional Classification of Patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Discriminate Analysis to Determine the Curve. Spine. 2001; 26(11):1274-1278.
• Lyon R, Liu XC, Josha J. Effects of Therapeutic vs. High-intensity Ultrasound on the Growth Plate in Rabbit Knee. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2003; 21 (5):865-871. 
• Liu XC, Thometz J, Tassone C, Lyon R, Brady M. Dynamic Plantar Pressure Distribution in Normal Subjects: Free-mapping Model for the Analysis of Pediatric Foot Deformities. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 2005; 25(1):103-106.
• Lyon R, Liu XC, Schwab K, Harris G. Kinematic and Kinetic Evaluation of the Ankle Joint Before and After Tendo Achilles Lengthening in Patients with Spastic Diplegia. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 2005; 25(4):479-483.

Grants

• Functional Evaluation of Post-surgical Clubfoot: Based Upon Existing Clinical Assessment Scores and Foot Motion Analysis, Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation, co-investigator.
• Effect of High-energy Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy on Obsessive-compulsive Disorder in a Rabbit Model, co-investigator.
• Clinical Reliability and Validity of a Foot Model: Assessing Efficacy and Functional Outcome with Orthotic Intervention in Children with Cerebral Palsy, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, principal investigator.
• Development of Dynamic Pedorthosis for Improving Clubfoot Correction, NIDRR, principal investigator. 
• Conservative and Surgical Clubfoot Treatment: Multi-center Study, NIDRR, co-investigator.

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
MS C360
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 337-7323
Fax: (414) 337-7337