Sweni Shah

About

Sweni Shah is an early career researcher with a research interest in knowledge translation in low back pain management among Indian physiotherapists. She is working as an associate professor cum In-charge principal at Rita A. Patel Institute of Physiotherapy, CVM University, INDIA. She had translated and validated the Gujarati language of the Oswestry disability index. She published 6 research articles in Web of Science / Scopus indexed journals with H- Index of 2. She is a coinvestigator in an international collaborative project investigating pain literacy among physiotherapists in five South Asian countries (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam and India). She served as a speaker in a focused symposium on “Towards the development of a shared protocol to explore and enhance pain literacy in physiotherapists” in the World Physiotherapy Asia Western Pacific Regional Congress with Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association (HKPA) conference held in Hong Kong (June 2022).

Employment

• CVM University Associate professor cum In-charge Principal
  2024 - Present
• Charotar University of Science and Technology Assistant Professor
  2016 - 2024

Education

• Charotar University of Science and Technology Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
  2018 - 2023
• Charotar University of Science and Technology Master of Physiotherapy (MPT)
  2014 - 2016
• Charotar University of Science and Technology Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT)
  2009 - 2014

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (29)

• Dr Google: Quality and Readability of online information available on websites about exercise for neck pain management
  World Physiotherapy Congress-Dubai 2023
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• Factors influencing Indian physiotherapists adherence to high value care in the management of low back pain: A qualitative study
  60th   Annual IAP Conference-Ahmedabad 2023
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• Factors influencing physiotherapists implementation of high value care in the management of nonspecific low back pain in Indian healthcare settings: A qualitative study
  Musculoskeletal Science and Practice 2023 DOI: 10.1016/J.MSKSP.2023.102838
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• Physiotherapists barriers to managing low back pain with high value care: a qualitative study
  13th National Physiotherapy Summit Physiofest 2023-Rajkot 2023
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• Determinants of Indian physiotherapists’ adherence to high value interventions in the management of low back pain: a cross sectional study
  World Physiotherapy Congress- Dubai 2023
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• Low educational quality and trustworthiness of YouTube videos by physiotherapists on shoulder joint mobilization techniques: a descriptive study
  Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy 2022 DOI: 10.1080/10669817.2022.2056319
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• Limited evidence exists on determinants of physiotherapists' adherence to high value interventions in nonspecific low back pain management: A scoping review
  Musculoskeletal Care 2022 DOI: 10.1002/msc.1609
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• What is known about factors improving physiotherapists' adherence to high value interventions in nonspecific low back pain? A scoping review protocol
  Musculoskeletal Care 2022 DOI: 10.1002/msc.1558
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• Towards development of shared protocol to explore and enhance pain literacy in physiotherapists
  World Physiotherapy –Asia Western Pacific Regional Congress- Hong Kong 2022
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• Determinants of physiotherapist adherence to high value interventions in non-specific low back pain? A Scoping review
  Physio summit, National conference-Vadodara 2021
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