Kazi Md Amran Hossain is a full-time faculty member at JUST, a Musculoskeletal sinologist, and the founder of 'Amran's School of Thoughts', a volunteer platform for healthcare professionals. He holds a leadership position in the Bangladesh Physiotherapy Association and several specialized platforms of global physiotherapy. His research focuses on Long COVID, Musculoskeletal medicine, and Mental health. In 2024, he completed a project helping women with lumbar disc herniation and cauda equina syndrome funded by the University of Brighton, UK as “Official Development Assistance- ODA” grant. He is one of the pioneers of mental health first aid services for the university students at Jashore, Bangladesh.

Besides working as an educator, he is a collaborative researcher at NHS- UK and DNDi; and has been awarded 4 International R & I award from ASCoN (2020), SCS Gold medal (2021), Australia Award Fellowship (2018) & EKHUFT-NHS (2021). Dr. Amran is the Equality, diversity, belonging co-director of the Long COVID Physio international forum.

Research Profile  

Total Publications: 64

Total Citation: 561

Cumulative Impact (Jan- October 2024): 13.8  

2024

Akter, S., Hossain, M. S., Hossain, K. A., Uddin, Z., Hossain, M. A., Alom, F., ... & Raigangar, V. (2024). Comparison of Structural Diagnosis and Management (SDM) approach and MyoFascial Release (MFR) for improving plantar heel pain, ankle range of motion and disability: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, 32(4), 368-377. https://doi.org/10.1080/10669817.2023.2214020 [Impact factor 1.6]

Kabir, M. F., Nyein Yin, K., Htwe, O., Saffree Jeffree, M., Binti Ahmedy, F., Faizal Zainudin, M., ... & Hossain, T. (2024). Symptom response and episodic disability of long COVID in people with spinal cord injury: A case-control study. PloS one, 19(6), e0304824. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304824 [Impact factor 2.9]

Sarker, A. H., Hossain, K. A., Kabir, M. F., Jahan, S., Hossain, M. Z., Hossain, T., & Jahid, I. K. (2024). Comparing effectiveness of physiotherapy versus drug management on fatigue, physical functioning, and episodic disability for myalgic encephalomyelitis in post-COVID-19 condition: a study protocol of randomized control trial. Trials, 25(1), 321. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08077-x [Impact factor 2.0]

Kabir, M. F., Yin, K. N., Jeffree, M. S., Ahmedy, F. B., Zainudin, M. F., Htwe, O., ... & Chakrovorty, S. K. (2024). Clinical presentation of post-COVID pain and its impact on quality of life in long COVID patients: a cross-sectional household survey of SARS-CoV-2 cases in Bangladesh. BMC Infectious Diseases, 24(1), 375. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09267-3 [Impact factor 3.4]

Sharmin, F., Hossain, K. A., Kabir, F., Hossain, M. Z., Jahan, S., Rahman, E., & Islam, M. A. (2024). Efficacy of neck muscle activation versus strengthening for adults with chronic cervical radiculopathy: a study protocol for a randomised clinical trial. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 10(1), e001819. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001819 [Impact factor 3.9]

2023

Chakrovorty SK, Hossain KA, Shafin R, Ahammad S, Jahid IK. Does post COVID-19 characterize new diseases and disabilities?. The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia. 2023 Aug 1;15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100234  

Ahmed F, Hossain KM, Islam MS, Hassan MN, Nahid ZB, Uddin MK, Islam MW, Haque MO. The effects of closed kinetic chain exercise on pain and physical function in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a narrative review. Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy. 2023 Dec;28(1):1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43161-023-00161-8 [Impact factor 0.06]

Hossain MS, Akter S, Siddique MA, Siddique MK, Reza GM, Alom FM, Ali M, Noman MO, Rahman MM, Islam MS, Hossain KA. Multidisciplinary Conservative Treatment Outcomes of in-Patient Physiotherapy Set-Up Among Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation in Dhaka City, Bangladesh: A Retrospective, Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 2023 Dec 31:587-601. https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S400021 [Impact factor 2.919]

Akter S, Hossain MS, Hossain KMA, Uddin Z, Hossain MA, Alom F, Kabir MF, Walton LM, Raigangar V. Comparison of Structural Diagnosis and Management (SDM) approach and MyoFascial Release (MFR) for improving plantar heel pain, ankle range of motion and disability: A randomized clinical trial, Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/10669817.2023.2214020 [Impact factor: 1.4]

Kabir MF, Yin KN, Jeffree MS, Ahmedy F, Zainudin MF, Hossain KA, Jahan S, Islam MW, Hasnat MA, Fazal AI. A comprehensive systematic scoping review for physiotherapy interventions for people living with long COVID. F1000Research. 2023 May 24;12(368):368. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.132098.2  [Impact factor 2.9]

Hossain KA, Shafin R, Yeasmin MH, Jahid IK, Hossain MA, Rana S, Kabir MF, Chokrovorty SK, Faruqui R. Community Coping Strategies for COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey. COVID. 2023 Mar 2;3(3):320-35. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3030024

2022

Siddique MA, Rahman MM, Islam MS, Islam MW, Islam N, Uddin Z, Hossain S, Akter S, Ali M, Hossain KA. Physiotherapy versus pain medication for managing chronic cervical radiculopathy: protocol for a multi-arm parallel-group randomized clinical trial. F1000Research. 2023 May 4;12:465. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.129158.1 [Impact factor 2.9]

Hossain MZ, Hossain MA, Al Ansary MY, Raigangar V, Rahman MH, Akter R, Ahmed S, Jahan S, Jahid IK, Hossain KA. Predictors of unwillingness or inaccessibility to receive the COVID-19 vaccination among persons with disabilities in Bangladesh. F1000Research. 2022 Dec 22;11(1564):1564. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.128506.1 [Impact factor 2.9]

Ali M, Uddin Z, Amran Hossain KM, Uddin TR. Depression, anxiety, stress, and suicidal behavior among Bangladeshi undergraduate rehabilitation students: An observational study amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic. Health Science Reports. 2022 Mar;5(2):e549. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.549 [Impact factor 1.56]

Hossain KA, Sakel M, Saunders K, Kabir MF, Hasnat MA. Rehabilitation of a young girl with acute transverse myelitis and prolonged lower motor neuron features: a longitudinal case report over 12 months. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation. 2022 Jan 2;29(1):1-0. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2020.0049 [Impact factor 1.37]

2021

Hossain MA, Hossain KA, Sakel M, Kabir MF, Saunders K, Faruqui R, Hossain MS, Uddin Z, Kader M, Walton LM, Haque MO. Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavioural Practises, and Psychological Impact Relating to COVID-19 Among People Living with Spinal Cord Injury During In-Patient Rehabilitation in Bangladesh. Frontiers in Neurology. 2021;12. www.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.739354 [Impact Factor 3.552] 

Hossain, M. A., Hossain, K. A., Saunders, K., Uddin, Z., Walton, L. M., Raigangar, V., ... & Jahid, I. K. (2021). Prevalence of Long COVID symptoms in Bangladesh: a prospective Inception Cohort Study of COVID-19 survivors. BMJ global health, 6(12), e006838. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021- 006838 [Impact factor: 5.558] 

Hossain, M.A., Jahid, M.I.K., Hossain, K.M.A., Walton, L.M., Uddin, Z., Haque, M.O., Kabir, M.F., Arafat, S.Y., Sakel, M., Faruqui, R. and Hossain, Z., 2020. Knowledge, attitudes, and fear of COVID-19 during the Rapid Rise Period in Bangladesh. PloS one, 15(9), p.e0239646. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239646 [Impact Factor: 3.24]

Career Summary 

2022- Present: Lecturer of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation at the Department of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation at Jashore University of Science & Technology (JUST)  

2019- 2022: Lecturer of Physiotherapy at Bangladesh Health Professions Institute

2016-2019: Clinical Physiotherapist at the Department of Physiotherapy in the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP)  

2015-2016: In-charge and Clinical Physiotherapist of Stroke Rehabilitation, Elderly Care and Dementia Centre at Sir William Beveridge Foundation

Awards: 

·       Research & Innovation Award from the East Kent Hospitals University NHS FT of the UK (March 2021)  

·       Spinal Cord Society Conference ISSICoN Gold Medal Award (December 2020)

·       Asian Spinal Cord Network Conference-best oral presenter (October 2020)

·       Australia Awards Fellowship (Short Course) in Public health leadership at Nossal Institute for Global Health (September 2017)

Professional Leadership 

Organizing Secretary (2021- 2023), Office Secretary (2018-2020), Press secretary (2016-2018), Bangladesh Physiotherapy Association (BPA), the member organization of the World Physiotherapy 

Research Grants 

March 2024 - July 2024: Principal investigator (Bangladesh) in “Effectiveness of an 8 week physiotherapy intervention program for Rural women having Lumbar Disc Herniation with Cauda Equina Syndrome in villages of Jashore, Bangladesh” funded by University of Brighton, UK.  

July 2022- June 2023: Principal investigator in Outcome of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) on Depression, Anxiety, Stress (DASS), and Suicidal Behavior for the Students of Jashore University of Science & Technology (JUST) funded by Jashore University of Science & Technology.

April 2022- June 2022: Project Co-lead in Promoting “Community Based Health Care” for People of Jashore District funded by Jashore University of Science & Technology.

June 2021- December 2022: Project Co-lead in Promoting “Health Security Model” for Women with Disabilities Residing in Savar, Dhaka funded by Australia Awards- Bangladesh, Partnership for Recovery- Alumni Support Grant.