Jonathan Quartey University of Ghana

Research profile or Interest

• Physiotherapy Education, Sports and Orthopaedics physiotherapy

Completed Research support

1. Problem-based teaching approach to enhance self-directed learning in undergraduate physiotherapy students at the University of Ghan (Principal Investigator). Agency: Office of Research Innovation and Development (ORID), University of Ghana
2. Impact of physiotherapy on community reintegration among stroke survivor. (Principal Investigator). Agency: The University of Ghana-Danish Universities Academic Partnership (BSU-PHH)
3. Developing rehabilitation strategy for home-based care among pulmonary tuberculosis patients living with HIV/AIDS in the Accra metropolis of Ghana. (Principal Investigator). Agency: UG-Brown AIDS Academic Partnership (UBAAP)
4. Efficacy of behavioural graded activity compared with conventional exercise therapy in non-specific chronic low back pain (Co-Principal Investigator). Agency: The University of Ghana-Danish Universities Academic Partnership (BSU-PHH)
5. Developmental screening towards early identification of developmental delays in  children attending a rural Community Welfare Clinic in Ghana: a preliminary Study. (Co-Principal Investigator). Agency: Office of Research Innovation and Development (ORID), University of Ghana

Selected Publications

1. Quartey, J. N. A., Harrison, S. B .E., Appiah-Kubi, K. O., Owusu-Ansah, B, (2013): Associations between obesity and osteoarthritis of the knee and hip among patients reporting at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Ghana Journal of Allied Health Sciences. Vol 4 (1).
2. Ajediran I Bello, Jonathan NA Quartey and Louisa A Appiah, (2013): Screening for developmental delay among children attending a rural community welfare clinic in Ghana. BMC Pediatrics 13:119. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/13/119
3. Bello AI, Acquah AA, Quartey JNA and Hughton A. 2013: Knowledge of pregnant women about birth defects. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 13:45. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/13/45

See Also

Admissions For Other Universities In Ghana | University of Ghana Admissions