Dr Paapa Kwesi Ampiah
Lecturer (Teaching & Research) in Physiotherapy
Mary Seacole 301
- Email: paapakwesi.ampiah@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 268564
- Physiotherapy
- Physiotherapy and Physician Associate
- College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Summary
Paapa is a musculoskeletal physiotherapist who qualified as a Physiotherapist in 2010 from the University of Ghana. Paapa practised clinically at many levels (in Ghana and UK) in physiotherapy but had keen interest in musculoskeletal and orthopaedic physiotherapy. In 2017, Paapa graduated with an MSc in Physiotherapy, Advancing Neuromusculoskeletal Practice, from the University of Nottingham, where Paapa was introduced to contemporary evidence-based approaches to managing chronic musculoskeletal pain. Paapa’s PhD at the University of Nottingham explored the feasibility of delivering evidence-based interventions for the management of people with chronic musculoskeletal pain in low- and middle-income countries, with Ghana as a starting point.
Paapa is very keen on improving global health systems (for example, inequality, low efficacy and nonevidence based approaches, inaccessibility, research) especially in resource-limited contexts like low- and middle-income countries. Paapa is also keen on promoting equality/diversity/inclusivity in both teaching and research in Physiotherapy.
Qualifications
BSc Physiotherapy - Unviversity of Ghana - 2010
MSc Physiotherapy - University of Nottingham - 2017
PhD Physiotherapy - University of Nottingham - 2023
Newest selected publications
Ampiah, JA., Moffatt, F., Diver, C. and Ampiah, PK. (2023) 'A Qualitative Investigation of the Psychosocial Impact of Chronic Low Back Pain in Ghana'. BMJ Open, 13 (7). pp. 1 - xx. ISSN: 2044-6055 Open Access Link
Ampiah, JA., Moffatt, F., Diver, C. and Ampiah, PK. (2022) 'Understanding how patients' pain beliefs influence chronic low back pain management in Ghana: A grounded theory approach'. BMJ Open, 12 (12). pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 2044-6055 Open Access Link
Ampiah, PK., Hendrick, P., Moffatt, F. and Ahenkorah, J. (2020) 'Operationalisation of a biopsychosocial approach for the non-pharmacological management of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review'. Musculoskeletal Care, 18 (3). pp. 227 - 244. ISSN: 1478-2189
Ampiah, PK., Hendrick, P. and Moffatt, F. (2020) 'Implementation of a biopsychosocial physiotherapy management approach for patients with non-specific chronic low back pain in Ghana: a study protocol for a mixed-methods, sequential, feasibility, pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study'. Physical Therapy Reviews, 26 (2). pp. 109 - 123. ISSN: 1083-3196
Ahenkorah, J., Moffatt, F., Diver, C. and Ampiah, PK. (2019) 'Chronic low back pain beliefs and management practices in Africa: Time for a rethink?'. Musculoskeletal Care, 17 (4). pp. 376 - 381. ISSN: 1478-2189