Research from low-income and middle-income countries will benefit global health and the physiotherapy profession, but it requires support
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Disparities in research publications are common in the physiotherapy and rehabilitation fields. 1 A small proportion of published research arises from low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), 1,2 home to 85% of the world’s population. Systems-level, institutional-level, and individual-level factors contribute to these disparities. With urgent and unified actions, global health and the standard of physiotherapy research in LMICs can be improved and strengthened. In this editorial, we will discuss the challenges encountered by researchers from LMICs in conducting and publishing high-quality research and propose potential strategies to address these challenges.
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This shows the inadequate publications emerging from these countries, which could be related to funding issues, limited collaborations, networking opportunities, infrastructural challenges, resource constraints and educational and skills gaps.
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- Authors
- Sharma, S., Verhagen, A., Elkins, M., Brismée, J.-M., Fulk, G. D., Taradaj, J., Steen, L., Jette, A., Moore, A., Stewart, A., Hoogenboom, B. J., Söderlund, A., Harms, M., & Pinto, R. Z.
- Affiliations
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors
- South African Journal of Physiotherapy
- ORCID
- Venue
- International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy
- Published
- 2023-08-01
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 83948-83948
- ISSN
- 2159-2896 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10597539
- OpenAlex
- W4386995166
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Global Health and Surgery
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Keywords
- low- and middle-income countries, research disparities, physiotherapy research, global health, research capacity building, research funding, rehabilitation research, institutional support for research
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