Saurab Sharma, PhD
@link_physio
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Chief Clinical Scientist | Pain Management & Research Centre @NthSydHealth | MSK Physiotherapist 🇳🇵 | #Pain #HealthEquity | A new dad | Views = own
Royal North Shore Hospital
Joined September 2013
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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"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: https://t.co/yhRPRQBL0x
#Scholcomms
#PublicationIntegrity
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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:
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🆕 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. - https://t.co/LJg5AbGqeQ
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🏃♂️🍎🥦🚭Adding healthy lifestyle management to guideline-based care improves disability for low back pain🚭🥦🍎🏃♂️ Synopsis: https://t.co/oIOkAjMUKw Commentary: https://t.co/aEgxVcbkrW
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🎯 TARGET Guideline co-published during the @peerrevcongress in @JAMA_current & @bmj_latest TARGET is a reporting guideline for observational studies of interventions that use the target trial framework. TARGET Statement https://t.co/fJETosXEW0
@UNSWMedicine @neuraustralia
jamanetwork.com
This Special Communication introduces the Transparent Reporting of Observational Studies Emulating a Target Trial (TARGET) 2025 guideline, a consensus-based guidance for reporting observational...
Until now there has not been specific guidance for how to report target trial emulation studies. The TARGET Statement published in JAMA provides guidance for reporting analyses of observational data that aim to estimate causal effects by explicitly emulating a target trial. 🔗
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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. https://t.co/OAatUUjEqA
https://t.co/sk22GshNJq
@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
Chronic pain is prevalent among adolescents and is associated with significant impairments in physical, emotional, social, and academic functioning. Despite advances in pediatric pain research,...
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🔥 Assessing pain intensity in people from non-western countries: A multi...
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📣New Study in @BrazJPhysTher validates the Subjective Happiness Scale in Nepali adults with musculoskeletal pain. @link_physio @Pain_NeuRa
https://t.co/qa44PkTM7H
#musculoskeletalpain #reliability #validity
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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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Contrary to guidelines, patients with low back pain prefer facts, not advice.
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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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:
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🔓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
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IASP’s 2025 Global Year: Pain Management, Research, and Education in Low- and Middle-Income Settings continues with new fact sheets. Check out the latest additions advancing pain research and education in low- and middle-income settings: https://t.co/syPkeTOsV0
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@link_physio and @tieparma kicking off #APS2025 and the @IASPpain Global Year for pain management in low and middle income settings. A call to action to improve pain management in these settings @AusPainSoc
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Comprehensive overview of non-pharma interventions for LBP led by @rodrizzo_pain and a pretty solid team - @AidanCashin @mcferraro_ @link_physio @hopinlee @edeloh @AndreaFurlanMD @MauritsvTulder
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Not sure who's still here, but anyway! We collected all the placebo controlled trials for non-surgical Rx on back pain together in a systematic review. It was pretty epic, and pretty sobering results-wise. Hope you like it. https://t.co/hiQO8q3lNe
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What are the benefits and harms of antidepressants for low back pain and spine‐related leg pain? Find out in our Cochrane review, published today: https://t.co/gWlh4Cindw
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