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Dr Ghazala Tabasam

Senior Lecturer

Dr Ghazala Tabasam is a Senior Lecturer in Physiology and a core team member of the pain research team in the School of Health.

Ghazala has been investigating the non-pharmacological interventions for pain relief and assessing the analgesic effectiveness of different stimulating parameters of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and interferential current stimulation (IFT) for more than 22 years. Ghazala has presented her research at national and international conferences and published in peer reviewed journals.

Ghazala and the pain research team conduct laboratory studies on healthy humans as well as conducting evidence based reviews. Ghazala is interested in factors influencing pain sensitivity response (e.g. gender, ethnocultural, obesity) and the effectiveness and factors influencing response to electrotherapy (TENS and IFT).

Ghazala is also involved with the Unmasking Pain project exploring creative approaches to telling stories of life with persistent pain that is funded by the Arts Council England and the Rethinking pain project which is a new community-based chronic pain service available to all Primary Care Networks across Bradford District & Craven. The pain research team showcase their work at regular pain showcase events and also at public engagement events including the Royal Society Summer Exhibition and Asia Techfest.

Current Teaching

BSc (H) taught course provision including Biomedical Sciences, Dietetics, Human Nutrition, Nursing, Physiotherapy.

Post-graduate research provision including MSc Biomedical Sciences.

Research Interests

Current research topics include gender and pain responses and evaluations of the effectiveness of TENS and IFC for the management of pain. Research conducted within the pain research team is regularly presented at conferences and published in peer reviewed journals and reaches a wide audience of health care professionals. It is also incorporated into our teaching practices.

0113 81 23958
G.Tabasam@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Portland Building, 306, City Campus

School of Health

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Biomedical sciences

Selected Outputs

ALABAS OAM; TASHANI O; TABASAM G; JOHNSON MI (2011) An investigation on the effect of pain-related anxiety on cold pressor pain in healthy Libyans.
CHEN C; BENHAM A; TABASAM G; MARCHANT P; JOHNSON M (2008) The hypoalgesic effects of high and low frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on cold induced pain in healthy human participants.
FRANCIS R; JOHNSON M; TABASAM G (2008) A comparison of acupuncture-like and conventional TENS. A systematic review of studies using pain-free participants and pain patients.
FRANCIS R; MULVEY M; TABASAM G; MARCHANT P; JOHNSON M (2008) A study to compare the during-stimulation effects of conventional and acupuncture-like TENS on cold-induced pain in healthy human participants.

Dickie A; Tabasam G; Tashani O; Marchant P; Johnson MI (2009) A preliminary investigation into the effect of coffee on hypolagesia associated with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 29 (4), pp. 293-299.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-097X.2009.00869.x
CHEN C; TABASAM G; JOHNSON M (2008) Does the pulse frequency of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) influence hypoalgesia? A systematic review of studies using experimental pain and healthy human participants. , 94 (1), pp. 11-20.
Chen C-C; Tabasam G; Johnson MI (2008) Does the pulse frequency of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) influence hypoalgesia?. A systematic review of studies using experimental pain and healthy human participants. Physiotherapy, 94 (1), pp. 11-20.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2006.12.011
Brown L; Tabasam G; Bjordal JM; Johnson MI (2007) An Investigation Into the Effect of Electrode Placement of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) on Experimentally Induced Ischemic Pain in Healthy Human Participants. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 23 (9), pp. 735-743.

https://doi.org/10.1097/ajp.0b013e31814b86a9
Johnson MI; Tabasam G (2003) An investigation into the analgesic effects of different frequencies of the amplitude-modulated wave of interferential current therapy on cold-induced pain in normal subjects 11No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or any organization with which the authors are associated. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 84 (9), pp. 1387-1394.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-9993(03)00151-5
Johnson MI; Tabasam G (2003) A single-blind investigation into the hypoalgesic effects of different swing patterns of interferential currents on cold-induced pain in healthy volunteers. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 84 (3), pp. 350-357.

https://doi.org/10.1053/apmr.2003.50005
Johnson MI; Tabasam G (2003) An Investigation Into the Analgesic Effects of Interferential Currents and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Experimentally Induced Ischemic Pain in Otherwise Pain-Free Volunteers. Physical Therapy, 83 (3), pp. 208-223.

https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/83.3.208
Johnson MI; Tabasam G (2002) A single‐blind placebo‐controlled investigation into the analgesic effects of interferential currents on experimentally induced ischaemic pain in healthy subjects. Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 22 (3), pp. 187-196.

https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1475-097x.2002.00416.x

TABASAM G (2010) Innovation and Enterprise - The experiences of an academic in trying to develop a hand held electrical device for the management of self harm.
TASHANI O; TABASAM G (2009) Invited presentation.
TABASAM G (2008) Pharmacological Management of Neuropathic Pain.