User:Osman Ahmed

I am an English-trained Physiotherapist and am currently studying for my PhD at the University of Otago, New Zealand. My area of research is on the use of Social Networking Sites (specifically Facebook and Twitter) in the management of sports-related concussion.

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Osman Ahmed

About Me
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I am an English-trained Physiotherapist currently studying for my PhD at the University of Otago, New Zealand, focusing on the use of Social Networking Sites (specifically Facebook) in the management of sports-related concussion.

My clinical background is in Sports Physiotherapy, and I have held several positions in the UK with elite able-bodied and disability sports sides. My responsibilities in working for the English Football Association resulted in my attendance at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing as team physiotherapist for the Great Britain Cerebral Palsy Football Squad.

Education[edit | edit source]

Bsc (Hons) Physiotherapy, University of Nottingham, England- 2002

Post Graduate Diploma (Sports Physiotherapy), University of Otago, New Zealand- 2006

PhD (Physiotherapy), University of Otago, New Zealand- Expected graduation 2012

Professional Affiliations
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• MCSP:
Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

• ACSPM:
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine

• Physiotherapy Board of NZ:
Registered with the Physiotherapy Board of NZ

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Publications
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• Ahmed OH, Sullivan SJ, Schneiders AG, McCrory P.
iSupport: do social networking sites have a role to play in concussion awareness?
Disability and Rehabilitation, 2010;32(22):1877-1883.

• Ahmed OH, Sullivan SJ, Schneiders AG, McCrory P.
Social networking and concussion awareness: the emerging concept of ‘‘iSupport’’.
Brain Injury, 2010;24(3):51-52(abstract).

• Ahmed OH, Sullivan SJ, Schneiders AG, McCrory PR.
Concussion Information Online: Evaluation of information quality, content, and readability of concussion-related websites.
British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2011 (doi:10.1136/bjsm.2010.081620).

• Sullivan SJ, Schneiders AG, Cheang CW, Kitto E, Lee H, Redhead J, Ward S, Ahmed OH, McCrory PR.
What’s happening? A content analysis of concussion-related traffic on Twitter.
British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2011 (doi:10.1136/bjsm.2010.080341).

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