Nepali Connor Davidson Resilience Scale

We translated, cross-culturally adapted Connor Davidson Resilience Scale into Nepali; and assessed measurement properties.We translated, cross-culturally adapted Connor Davidson Resilience Scale into Nepali; and assessed measurement properties.

Nepali Numerical Pain Rating Scale

We translated, cross-culturally adapted Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and Global Rating of Change into Nepali, and assessed measurement properties of NPRS.

PEN-LBP Trial protocol published in BMJ Open

The Pain Education in low back pain in Nepal feasibility clinical trial protocol is published in BMJ Open.

Editorial on chronic pain published in BJPT

Why clinicians should consider the role of culture in chronic pain….

New publication in JOSPT

Psychometric properties of the Nepali version of the Patient Specific Functional Scale got published in JOSPT.

Career advice: Part 2 – Pursue PhD?

linkphysio | October 30, 2019

Almost all (educated) parents in Nepal want their children to do a Ph.D. It is next to becoming...

Career advice: Part 1

linkphysio | March 22, 2019

I find at least one person a week asking me which career track to follow in future. Most...

Summary and reflection of year 2018

linkphysio | January 28, 2019

As a ritual, I am writing this blog to summarize my year 2018 and reflect on it. As...

Low back pain update presentation at NEPTACON 2018

linkphysio | December 3, 2018

I flew to Nepal last week to deliver an invited talk on "low back pain- update" at Nepal...

About Research Group

LinkPhysio is started by Saurab Sharma which is an initiative to improve evidence based practice, share recent knowledge with physiotherapists and physiotherapy students in Nepal and other developing countries. This website will also encourage active participation of physiotherapists and students in writing evidence based articles to share with all. The topics covered in the website will focus especially on topics...

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Workshop on evidence-based practice April 7, 2018

About Publications

Saurab completed his Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 2008. After working for 3 years as a physiotherapy teaching assistant and a physiotherapist at the Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences and Dhulikhel Hospital respectively, he studied Master of Physiotherapy (Orthopedics, with Manual Therapy as Elective) from at Manipal University, and completed in 2013. See the master’s thesis here. He worked for another additional 3+ years in the same institution as a Lecturer in Physiotherapy and after being promoted to Assistant Professor, he joined PhD at Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand under the supervision of Professor J. Haxby Abbott in February 2017.

The Role of Physical Therapists in the Medical Response Team Following a Natural Disaster: Our Experience in Nepal.

Nepal Physiotherapy Association (Reed D, Shakya N, Pokhrel S, Sharma S)

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