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Xue-Cheng Liu, PhD

Xue-Cheng Liu, MD, PhD

Professor, Research Director

Locations

  • Orthopaedic Surgery
    Children's Wisconsin - Main Campus

Contact Information

General Interests

Bone and joint diseases, Human movement science, Orthotics, Bone growth Modulation, Spine, Pediatric sports medicine

Education

Research Fellowship, Pediatric Orthopedics, 91ɫƵ, Milwaukee, WI, 1999
MD, University of Pellenberg Hospital, Belgium, 1997
PhD, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, 1994

Biography

Dr. Liu’s research interests involve the study of neuromuscular diseases using biomechanical techniques. Specific research includes: gait analysis, spine kinematics, muscle EMG, bone growth modulation, 3D raster stereography imaging, and computer aided modeling and design (orthotics, and medical devices etc.). Dr. Liu joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the 91ɫƵ as a faculty member in 1999 after completing a two-year pediatric orthopedics research fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. He was one of the founding members of the hospital’s pediatric orthopedic musculoskeletal research center. He is an investigator at the Children’s Research Institute, a member of the Children’s Environmental Health Sciences Core Center, an adjunct associate professor of the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Engineering Center (OREC) at Marquette University, and an adjunct associate professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). Dr. Liu received his PhD in 1994 and his MD of Orthopaedics in 1997 from the Catholic University of Leuven and its affiliated hospital, Belgium. Dr. Liu has published peer-reviewed papers in many prestigious orthopedics and rehabilitation and related research journals. He actively participates in several professional societies, including the Orthopaedic Research Society, the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society, the International Research Society of Spinal Deformities, and the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America etc.

Research Experience

  • Kinematics and kinetics, spinal image and biomechanics, orthotics, and growth modulation

Clinical Expertise

  • Clinical researches related to orthopaedic deformities in pediatric population: scoliosis, clubfoot, cerebral palsy, and sport injuries

Publications

  • (Fletcher J, Liu XC, Thometz JG.) Journal of Orthopaedics. April 2025;62:66-69 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85206817128 04/01/2025

  • (Patel M, Liu XC, Tassone C, Escott B, Yang K, Thometz J.) Spine Deform. 2024 Jul;12(4):1001-1008 PMID: 38403800 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85185949083 02/26/2024

  • (Patel M, Liu XC, Yang K, Tassone C, Escott B, Thometz J.) Children (Basel). 2024 Jan 26;11(2) PMID: 38397270 PMCID: PMC10886742 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85185907340 02/24/2024

  • (Rizza R, Liu XC, Anewenter V.) Proceedings of the 2024 Design of Medical Devices Conference, DMD 2024. 2024 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85205983100 01/01/2024

  • (Liu XC, Rizza R, Hebert C, Thometz J, Tassone C, Escott B, Thiessen A, Anewenter V.) Prosthetics and Orthotics International. 2024 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85209691127 01/01/2024

  • (Guy A, Coulombe M, Labelle H, Rigo M, Wong MS, Beygi BH, Wynne J, Hresko MT, Ebermeyer E, Vedreine P, Liu XC, Thometz JG, Bissonnette B, Sapaly C, Barchi S, Aubin CÉ.) Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2022 Aug 01;47(15):1103-1110 PMID: 35275852 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85130019388 03/12/2022

  • (Olson BJ, Van Valin S, Liu XC.) WMJ. 2022 Apr;121(1):36-40 PMID: 35442577 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85128794401 04/21/2022

  • (Liu XC, Thometz J, Campbell J, Tassone C.) J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2022 Feb;25:101758 PMID: 35036311 PMCID: PMC8741602 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122359510 01/18/2022

  • (Rizza R, Liu X, Anewenter V.) Front Rehabil Sci. 2022;3:889905 PMID: 36188888 PMCID: PMC9397975 10/04/2022

  • (Dasari SP, Kukushliev VV, Graf AR, Liu XC, Van Valin SE.) Foot Ankle Orthop. 2022 Jan;7(1):24730114211069063 PMID: 35097491 PMCID: PMC8793615 02/01/2022

  • (Lenhart RL, Tassone C, Liu XC, Thometz J, Spellman C, Escott B.) Stud Health Technol Inform. 2021 Jun 28;280:291-292 PMID: 34190120 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85110012940 07/01/2021

  • (Tassone C, Syed A, Escott B, Liu XC.) Stud Health Technol Inform. 2021 Jun 28;280:187-191 PMID: 34190085 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85109186033 07/01/2021