Dr Osman Ahmed

BSc (Hons), PGDip (Sports Physiotherapy), PhD

Para Football Physiotherapy Lead and Classification Lead, Football Association

Associate Editor, British Journal of Sports Medicine and BMJ Open Sports & Exercise Medicine

Visiting Senior Lecturer, University of Portsmouth

Poole, United Kingdom

Dr Osman Ahmed

BSc (Hons), PGDip (Sports Physiotherapy), PhD

Physiotherapist, Football Association

Associate Editor, British Journal of Sports Medicine and BMJ Open Sports & Exercise Medicine

Medical and Sports Science Director, International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football

Visiting Senior Lecturer, University of Portsmouth

Poole, United Kingdom

Bio

Dr Osman Ahmed is the Para Football Physiotherapy Lead and Classification Lead for the Football Association (England) and works as a Senior Physiotherapist at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (Poole, England). Alongside his leadership roles at the Football Association, he is the lead Physiotherapist to the England Cerebral Palsy football team. His passion for Para Football began when he began working within disability football in 2003, and since then has been a member of the Team GB medical staff at both the 2008 Beijing and 2016 Paralympic Games. He teaches on the FA’s “Advanced Trauma Medical Management in Football” course and is a member of the FA’s Expert Panel

on Head Injury and Concussion.

His PhD was focused on sports concussion and Facebook, and since then he has both published and presented widely, primarily on concussion in sport and technology in healthcare. He holds several governance roles within Para Sports federations including Medical & Sports Science Director at the International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football, Medical Unit Co-Lead at the Para Football Foundation, and Medical Committee member of the International Blind Sport Association. He is a Co-Chair of the Concussion in Para Sport Group, and a member of the Concussion in Sport Group.

Dr Ahmed is a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth (England) and holds Associate Editor positions at the British Journal of Sports Medicine and at BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. He sits on the Institutional Ethics Committee of World Rugby as an external member and was a Scientific Committee member at the 29th edition of the Isokinetic Football Medicine Conference (Lyon, 2022) and the 6th International Conference on Concussion in Sport (Amsterdam, 2022). He regularly publishes in the field of sports medicine, para sport, and concussion in sport, and is frequently invited to given presentations at national and international conferences.

Para Sport

Concussion

Sports Physiotherapy

eHealth

Employment History

The Football Association
Para Football Physiotherapy Lead and Classification Lead
England
July 2022-present

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Physiotherapist
Poole, England
December 2020-Present

Bournemouth University
Senior Lecturer
England
April 2016-December 2020

The Football Association
Lead Physiotherapist for the England Cerebral Palsy Football Squad
England
December 2012- Present

Poole Hospital
Senior Physiotherapist
England
October 2012- April 2016

School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago
Research Assistant
Dunedin, New Zealand
February 2009- July 2011

School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago
Clinical Educator
Dunedin, New Zealand
March 2009- November 2009

The Football Association
Lead Physiotherapist for the England Cerebral Palsy Football Squad
England
August 2007- November 2008

Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Senior Inpatient Physiotherapist
Bournemouth, England
January 2007-December 2007

The Football Association
Lead Physiotherapist for the England Amputee Football Squad
England
May 2003- Feb 2006

Poole Hospital
Junior Physiotherapist
England
January 2003- January 2005

Professional Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
December 2013

Post Graduate Diploma (Sports Physiotherapy)
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
June 2007

BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England
July 2002

Affiliations

University of Portsmouth
Visiting Senior Lecturer
England

International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy
Registered International Sports Physical Therapist

Concussion in Para Sport Group
Co-chair

British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
Full Member

British Journal of Sports Medicine
Associate Editor, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI)
Committee member, BJSM Physiotherapy Steering
Committee

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
Associate Editor

International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football
Medical and Sports Science Director

Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine
Associate Member and EDI Working Group Member

Concussion in Sport Group
Full Member

UK Concussion Prevention Network
Steering Group Member

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Member

Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports and Exercise Medicine
Member

Physiotherapy Board of NZ
Annual Practicing Certificate Holder

Concussion Alliance
Expert Advisory Board Member

Publications

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Publications

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Publications

2299

Citations

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Selected Publications

Ensuring football for all: a strategy for increasing inclusivity at The Football Association
R Weiler, OH Ahmed
British Journal of Sports Medicine 58 (6), 348-349

Concussion, 2017. Educating the masses: suggestions for improving online concussion information via the mainstream media
Ahmed OH, Blake T, Hall EE.

Open

Rheumatology 2018. The self-management of long-term conditions in the online era: an exploration of osteoarthritis-related videoson YouTube from 2017 in the United Kingdom..
Curran AJ, Heron E, Ahmed OH, Lawson J, Adams J.

Open

Rheumatology 2018. Online social media platforms and public health information: an exploration into arthritis related videos onYouTube in 2017.
Heron E, Curran A, Ahmed OH, Lawson J, Chapman L, Adams J.

Open

Manual therapy for chronic migraine: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial study protocol.
Odell J, Clark C, Hunnisett A, Ahmed OH, Branney J.

Open

Jamie Kissick: a champion for concussion education and Para sport
L Purcell, OH Ahmed, C Blauwet, W Meeuwisse, KJ Schneider
British Journal of Sports Medicine 58 (4), 235-236

Are physiotherapists expected to be competent in digital health practice? Meta-synthesis of internationalphysiotherapy practice competency standards
M Merolli, O Ahmed, K McCreesh, L Remedios, K Butler-Henderson
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 1-12

A year of heading: an audit of heading in training at an English premier league club during the 2021/2022 season
J Evans, A Crossley, R Collinge, D Broman, OH Ahmed, R Weiler.
British Journal of Sports Medicine 58 (Suppl 1), A141-A141

Introducing the child Sport Concussion Offi ce Assessment Tool 6 (Child SCOAT6)
GA Davis, JS Patricios, LK Purcell, V Anderson, GA Gioia, CC Giza, et al.
British Journal of Sports Medicine 57 (11), 668-671

Introducing the Child Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 6 (Child SCAT6)
GA Davis, RJ Echemendia, OH Ahmed, V Anderson, C Blauwet, BL Brett, et al.
British Journal of Sports Medicine, 632-635

Recent Honours & Awards

Graduated from the “Emerging Leaders Programme” run by the British Association of Sport & Exercise Medicine and the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine.
2024

Successful in secondment application to the Dorset Allied Health Professionals Faculty on projectexploring diversity within the Allied Health Professional workforce in Dorset (funded by HEE)
2023

Awarded place on the Initial cohort of the University Hospitals Dorset “Beyond Difference” Programme, for aspiring leaders from minority backgrounds
2022