Research Project
Dr
Saurab Sharma
Current Appointments
Postdoctoral Research FellowKey Research Areas
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Dr Saurab Sharma is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at NeuRA and the UNSW School of Health Sciences. Saurab is supported by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) John J. Bonica Fellowship (2020). Dr Sharma received the Exceptional Thesis Award for his PhD by the University of Otago (2020). Before joining a PhD in 2017, Saurab worked as an educator and musculoskeletal physiotherapist in Nepal for a decade. Saurab has won multiple awards including The Otago Most Promising Pain Research Award (2021) and The UNSW School of Health Sciences Early Career Researcher of the Year Award (2022).
Saurab has published >65 peer-reviewed publications in top general medical (BMJ) and specialist journals (e.g., PAIN, J Physiotherapy). He currently serves as Associate Editor for JOSPT and Physiotherapy. He is one of the Commissioners for the Lancet Commission on Osteoarthritis. Saurab is a Development Group Member for the World Health Organisation’s initiative of developing rehabilitation intervention package for osteoarthritis. Saurab serves on 5 IASP committees and taskforces including Global Alliance of Partners for Pain Advocacy, Global Year Against Pain 2022 and 2023.
Saurab currently leads research theme on Equitable Pain Care – Globally (EQUIP-ALL) within the Centre for Pain IMPACT led by Professor James H. McAuley with an aim to improve pain care for underserved populations. Within this theme, Saurab currently chairs a Consortium for Low Back Pain in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) which consists of 65 multidisciplinary stakeholders from 35 countries. Follow Saurab’s work on Google Scholar.
Publications
2024 Dec
Insufficient structure and reporting of process evaluations of complex interventions for musculoskeletal conditions in randomised controlled trials: a systematic review
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111637
2024 Dec
The STarT Back Screening Tool: The Nepali Translation, Cross‐Cultural Adaptation and Measurement Properties in Adults With Non‐Specific Low Back Pain
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1952
2024, 26 Nov
Physical Function Following Total Knee Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis: A Longitudinal Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1182770393
2024, 13 Nov
Why might fears and worries persist after a pain education-grounded multimodal intervention for chronic back pain? A qualitative study
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1182315176
2024 Nov
It is time to take a broader equity lens to highlight health inequalities in people with pain
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2024.09.026
2024 Sep
Exploring the association of gender role expectations of pain and measures of pain sensitization in people with knee osteoarthritis: A cross-sectional study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2024.03.117
2024, 09 Aug
Global pattern, trend, and cross-country inequality of early musculoskeletal disorders from 1990 to 2019, with projection from 2020 to 2050
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1172373779
2024, 01 Aug
How Low Back Pain is Managed—A Mixed-Methods Study in 32 Countries. Part 2 of Low Back Pain in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Series
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1170649143
2024, 01 Jul
The Smallest Worthwhile Effect on Pain Intensity of Exercise Therapy for People With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Discrete Choice Experiment Study
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1170815213
2024 Jul
A Qualitative Study Identifying Barriers and Enablers to Exercise Adherence in People with Chronic Low Back Pain. “It’s a personal journey”
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2024.02.002
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