250105l FIRST SERIES OF STUDENT RESEARCH GROUP MEETINGS: GROUP #12 9.00-9.55pm 08/01/2025

Agenda of Meeting with PNU Students prepared by  Prof Omar Hasan Kasule MB ChB (MUK), MPH (Harvard), DrPH (Harvard). 

 

Time	Sunday Jan 5, 2025	Monday Jan 6, 2025	Tuesday Jan 7, 2025	Wednesday Jan 8, 2025	Thursday Jan 9, 2025
7.00pm –  7.55pm	Group 1	Group 4	Group 7	Group 10	Group 13
8.00pm –  8.55pm	Group 2	Group 5	Group 8	Group 11
9.00pm –  9.55pm	Group 3	Group 6	Group 9	Group 12

 

AGENDA

• Know one another: self-introductions – 5 minutes
• The way forward – 5 minutes
• Presentation of the proposed research program -5 minutes
• Q&A and open discussion – 30 minutes

 

WAY FORWARD

• Vision: publish at least 2 papers; the first a review within 6 months and the second based on laboratory or data analysis within 1-3 years.
• First step: We shall start by brainstorming about the assigned topic, then the group will review the literature to narrow down the topic and develop keywords
• Second step: Systematic literature review within the group and a 1-hour presentation to Prof Omar once a week or once every two weeks.
• Third step: familiarization with available laboratory equipment and procedures to prepare one or more research proposals from each group. Faculty will be appointed as supervisors or principal investigators. Students will be co-authors.
• Some of the research will be new and innovative. Some of it will be attempts at validating research carried out outside the Kingdom.

 

RESEARCH PROGRAM TO ANALYZE KAAUH DATABASES OF PHYSIOTHERAPY AND PHYSICAL REHABILITATION PROCEDURES FOR LONG-TERM OUTCOMES RELATING TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS

• Physiotherapy and occupational therapy services are offered in the hospitals for many conditions. Patients are usually followed for a long time. There is a need to assess the long-term outcome of the procedures.
• Patients seeking physiotherapy services have regular visits to the same outpatient clinic, and their records are recorded over a long time. There is therefore a lot of data to analyze.
• We can study the long-term outcomes of specific procedures for common conditions in the hospital and identify their modulating factors
• The findings of the analysis can be used to improve the services offered.

 

SOME INITIAL REFERENCES

1. Hayden JA, Ellis J, Ogilvie R, Malmivaara A, van Tulder MW. Exercise therapy for chronic low back pain..Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Sep 28;9(9):CD009790.
2. Owen PJ, Miller CT, Mundell NL, Verswijveren SJJM, Tagliaferri SD, Brisby H, Bowe SJ, Belavy DL. Which specific modes of exercise training are most effective for treating low back pain? Network meta-analysis. Br J Sports Med. 2020 Nov;54(21):1279-1287.
3. Will JS, Bury DC, Miller JA. Mechanical Low Back Pain. m Fam Physician. 2018 Oct 1;98(7):421-428.
4. Patrick N, Emanski E, Knaub MA. Acute and chronic low back pain. .Med Clin North Am. 2014 Jul;98(4):777-89, xii.
5. Karlsson M, Bergenheim A, Larsson MEH, Nordeman L, van Tulder M, Bernhardsson. Effects of exercise therapy in patients with acute low back pain: a systematic review of systematic reviews. S.Syst Rev. 2020 Aug 14;9(1):182.
6. Kazeminia M, Rajati F, Rajati M. The effect of pelvic floor muscle-strengthening exercises on low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis on randomized clinical trials. Neurol Sci. 2023 Mar;44(3):859-872.
7. Liddle SD, Pennick V. Interventions for preventing and treating low-back and pelvic pain during pregnancy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Sep 30;2015(9):CD001139.