Chief Clinical Scientist | Pain Management & Research Centre @NthSydHealth | MSK Physiotherapist 🇳🇵 | #Pain #HealthEquity | A new dad | Views = own
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25 Oct 2024
Thrilled to receive Research Excellence Award at the Royal North Shore Hospital, @NthSydHealth. Didn’t see that coming.
Thank you to all who’ve contributed to my research journey and life in general. @KollingINST
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15 Oct 2025
Tackling the growing burden of pain in low/middle-income countries
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Financial Aid opportunities are available to support attendance at the #2026WorldCongressonPain.
Members from developing countries and trainees worldwide are encouraged to apply.
Application Deadline: 28 February bit.ly/4oTk5r7 #IASP2026
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“For children with acute nonoperative limb injuries, pain scores did not improve with addition of either acetaminophen or hydromorphone to ibuprofen; adverse events were higher with hydromorphone.”
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Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) or Opioid Analgesia Added to Ibuprofen for Children’s Musculoskeletal Injury jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Saurab Sharma, PhD retweeted
27 Dec 2025
Well done @emwalker_exphys for leading this 👏 journals.lww.com/painrpts/fu…
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28 Dec 2025
Excited to share this clinical update for the International Association of the Study of Pain’s 2025 Global Year 🌏
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Social determinants of health equity for people with pain: from understanding to action
journals.lww.com/painrpts/fu… via @link_physio et al
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The social determinants of health shape people’s pain experiences, management and outcomes.
A recent article led by @emwalker_exphys calls for coordinated action to advance equitable pain care, by focusing on what clinicians can do in practice ✅
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"The purpose of retraction is to correct the literature and ensure its integrity, not to punish the authors."
Howard Browman, COPE Trustee, expands on this and shares updates to the latest guidelines.
👉 Read editorial: ow.ly/GYg150XbVn2
#Scholcomms
#PublicationIntegrity
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Saurab Sharma, PhD retweeted
10 Oct 2025
Original: Drs. Tamang, @link_physio et al. found that in Bhutanese patients with
musculoskeletal pain, the Faces Pain Scale–Revised was most valid, reliable, and
preferred compared to others clinical used scales.
Full: jpain.org/article/S1526-5900…
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Saurab Sharma, PhD retweeted
🆕 Largest global review (>130 studies and risk factors evaluated) of risk factors for knee #osteoarthritis (KOA) identifies obesity, knee injury & occupational risks as targets for future prevention strategies
🔓 Read free from @vickyduong et al. - oarsijournal.com/article/S10…
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Saurab Sharma, PhD retweeted
24 Sep 2025
🏃♂️🍎🥦🚭Adding healthy lifestyle management to guideline-based care improves disability for low back pain🚭🥦🍎🏃♂️
Synopsis: doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2025…
Commentary: doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2025…
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Saurab Sharma, PhD retweeted
3 Sep 2025
The TARGET guideline has been published today in JAMA and the BMJ.
We hope this guideline helps researchers report studies that use observational data to estimate effects of interventions.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
bmj.com/content/390/bmj-2025…
@UNSWMedicine @neuraustralia
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Making Underrepresented Pain Visible: Chronic Pain Disparities Among Immigrant Adolescents in 30 European Countries - The Journal of Pain jpain.org/article/S1526-5900…
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Assessing pain intensity in people from non-western countries: A multi... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Saurab Sharma, PhD retweeted
11 Aug 2025
📣New Study in @BrazJPhysTher validates the Subjective Happiness Scale in Nepali adults with musculoskeletal pain. @link_physio @Pain_NeuRa doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2025.… #musculoskeletalpain #reliability #validity
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Saurab Sharma, PhD retweeted
17 Jul 2025
Hello! 🔥NEW PAPER out today in @JAMANetworkOpen . RCT in 1080 people seeking care for #BackPain. Should we give advice, or give options?
Bravo @longtinchris & Jeremy R Chang
Thanks @pain_neura @msk_health and stellar team
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Saurab Sharma, PhD retweeted
17 Jul 2025
Contrary to guidelines, patients with low back pain prefer facts, not advice.
17 Jul 2025
Hello! 🔥NEW PAPER out today in @JAMANetworkOpen . RCT in 1080 people seeking care for #BackPain. Should we give advice, or give options?
Bravo @longtinchris & Jeremy R Chang
Thanks @pain_neura @msk_health and stellar team
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Saurab Sharma, PhD retweeted
20 May 2025
Original: Dr. @SweekritiSharma, Dr. Saurab Sharma (@link_physio) et al. show that a quarter of adults are affected by low back pain in Nepal
— Women and older people are more likely to experience back pain in Nepal
Full: jpain.org/article/S1526-5900…
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Saurab Sharma, PhD retweeted
8 May 2025
🔓31 Cochrane reviews of 644 RCTs, n= 97,183 adults with LBP. High confidence in the findings of 19 reviews, moderate confidence in 2 reviews, and low confidence in the findings of 10 reviews." @rodrizzo_pain @Pain_NeuRa @mcferraro_ @link_physio @adfurlan cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi…
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