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Assistant Professor
Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Centre for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics (CEBO), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark, Denmark
Dr Liaghat has a PhD degree from the Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark, a master's degree in Sports Physiotherapy from the University of Bath, United Kingdom, and a bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy from University College Lillebaelt, Denmark. Furthermore, Dr. Liaghat has been a clinical specialist in Sports Physiotherapy for six years.
During his PhD, Dr. Liaghat successfully conducted and completed a randomised clinical trial including 100 patients with ‘hypermobile shoulders’ from Danish primary care, providing the initial data to support progressive high-load strengthening exercise as a treatment. The work has been published in one of the first-rank sports medicine journals, the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Dr. Liaghat also received recognition as the best scientific abstract at the Scandinavian Sports Medicine Congress in 2022. Currently, Dr Liaghat is conducting a randomised controlled trial about rehabilitation following proximal humerus fracture at the Centre for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Denmark in a part-time position.
Dr Liaghat has received the EliteResearch Travel Grant from the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science and the Young Researcher Award 2022 from the European Society of Shoulder and Elbow Rehabilitation. Dr Liaghat has a strong track record of working collaboratively with other researchers across universities and has been appointed an expert during the development of the National Clinical Guidelines for treating shoulder impingement syndrome by the Danish Health Authority. With his career, Dr Liaghat strives to provide evidence-based knowledge to inform ‘best practice’ within the musculoskeletal and sporting field.