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Ayman Mohamed is a is a physical therapist with an extensive clinical and research experiences. He has worked as a Visiting Scholar at Rehabilitation Engineering Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA and as an Assistant Lecturer at Faculty of Physical Therapy, Beni Suef University, Egypt. Also, Ayman has 14 years of clinical experience in different in-patient and out-patient facilities. Ayman also, has an extensive research experience as 

He obtained his PhD, MSc. and BSc. in Physical Therapy from Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt.  His research focuses on the proprioception training for people with proprioception dysfunction. Ayman is passionate about advancing knowledge to help people with proprioception dysfunction. Also, he conducted three clinical trials. The first was about the proprioception training for patients with adhesive capsulitis, and the second was about the effect of exaggerated studying time among the medical students on the central somatosensory conduction time. The last one was about effect of forward head posture correction on the central somatosensory conduction time. Additionally, he had three years of teaching skills in the field of Physical Therapy and Biomechanics.

Now, he is working on three research projects;
1. The balance control and fall risks in older adults particularly, those with diabetes mellitus. I chose those people because of the greater complexity in the fall risk presented when older people have diabetes mellitus and the research on them is very limited. I have worked on the effect of using the very low subsensory vibrating insoles on the balance control in older adults with diabetes. Also, I wrote a systematic review about the proprioception training as an important element in the balance training to reveal immediate results in older adults with diabetes. 
2. I have worked on investigating the elastic properties of the lower limb muscles in older adults to answer the reason behind the infectiveness of the strengthening exercise in improving the balance control. In this study, I used an elastosonongraphy to investigate the elastic characteristics of the lower limb muscles. 
3. I am working now on the effect of proprioception training as a new direction of treatment to improve the fatigue in older adults. In these projects, I intent to train the receptors that are responsible for the sensation of the fatigue itself.

Master Title

EFFECT OF SCAPULAR PROPRIOCEPTION RESTORATION PROGRAM ON PATIENTS WITH FROZEN SHOULDE

Master Abstract

Background: Frozen shoulder is controversial by definition and diagnostic criteria that are not sufficiently understood. It is defined as an insidious and progressive loss of active and passive mobility in the glenohumeral joint presumably due to capsular contracture. Purpose of this study: was to investigate the effects of the scapular proprioception restoration program on active shoulder range of motion of flexion, abduction and external rotation, level of pain, disability level in frozen shoulder patients. Thirty patients (age: 40-60 years old) of both sexes participated in this study; all subjects had stage II unilateral frozen shoulder. Patients were classified into two equal groups Control group: was consisted of fifteen subjects. They were received infrared radiation and ultrasound and traditional physical therapy. Study group: was consisted of fifteen patients. They were subjected to the same protocol as control group in addition to scapular proprioception restoration program. The affected shoulder range of motion was assessed clinically by electrical goniometer and pain and disability level by shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI) at the beginning of the treatment and after four weeks at the end of treatment. Results: showed that there was significant difference in active shoulder range of motion of flexion, abduction and external rotation, level of pain, disability level in frozen shoulder patients between both groups in favors of experimental group. Conclusion: scapular proprioception restoration program had significant effects on frozen shoulder patients regarding active shoulder range of motion of flexion, abduction and external rotation, pain level and disability level. Keywords: scapular proprioception restoration program, frozen shoulder ultrasound, infrared, electrical goniometer, shoulder pain and disability index.

PHD Title

IMPACT OF FORWARD HEAD POSTURE CORRECTION ON CENTRAL SOMATOSENSORY CONDUCTION TIME

PHD Abstract

Abstract Background: Forward head posture causes a severe pain in the neck because it causes a muscle imbalance. This imbalance includes a shortening od deep cervical extensors and pectoralis muscle and a weakness of deep cervical flexors and shoulder retractor muscles. Due to the myodural connection presented between deep cervical extensors and dura matter of the spinal cord, an increase in the tension force placed on the spinal cord. This increases the time of central somatosensory conduction time. Thus, this study was conducted to investigate the effect of forward head posture correction on decreasing the central somatosensory conduction time. Methods: Thirty participants with forward head posture participated in this study. The participants were randomly distributed between two groups of exercise and control groups. The exercise group received a 30-minute forward head posture correction exercise. This exercise program was performed for 3 sessions/week for 10 weeks. The main outcome was to measure the central somatosensory conduction time and the secondary outcome was the craniovertebral angle. Results: The results of this study showed that the central somatosensory conduction time was significantly decreased in the exercise group (p< 0.05) and significantly increased in the control group (p< 0.05). Also, the craniovertebral angle was significantly increased in the exercise group (p< 0.05) and significantly decreased in the control group (p< 0.05). In between groups analysis, exercise group didn’t significantly change over control group for either the central somatosensory conduction time nor the craniovertebral angle (p> 0.05). Conclusion: results of the current study showed that forward head correction exercise program consisting of strengthening of the weak muscles and stretching of shortened muscle significantly decreases the central somatosensory conduction time in a period of 10 weeks. Keywords: Central somatosensory, conduction time, forward head, postural correction.