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Ahmad El Melhat

Physical Thearpy

a.melhat@bau.edu.lb

01 300110 Ex: 2355

Beirut

Ahmad El Melhat

Associate Professor

Dr. ElMelhat is an associate professor of physical therapy at Beirut Arab University and Cairo University. He earned his PhD in physical therapy for musculoskeletal disorders and surgeries from Cairo University.

With more than 15 years of academic and research experience and over 14 years of clinical physiotherapy practice, he specializes in musculoskeletal management, sports injuries, and manual therapy.  Dr. ElMelhat remains dedicated to advancing physical therapy education and research while working to develop innovative teaching and clinical approaches that improve patient outcomes.  These experiences have built confidence and an interest in teaching, and he looks forward to the opportunity to not only teach existing courses but also work to develop new ones.

He taught various undergraduate and postgraduate classes and published two textbooks and several research papers in peer-reviewed international academic journals. 

ORCID ID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8429-2335

Scopus ID: 57218403856

Teaching

Fall Courses
PHTH 315 Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy II (3 Crs)
PHTH 335 Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy Practice I (3 Crs)
PHTH 325 Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy Lab (1 Cr)
DPT 612 Evidence Based Seminar II(3Crs)

Spring Courses
PHTH 214 Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy I (3 Crs)
PHTH 336 Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy Practice I (3 Crs)
PHTH 436 Research Project
DPT 637 Advanced Topics in physical therapy (3 Crs)

Activities

  • Certified Orthopedic Manual therapist, UK.

  • APTA member.

  • Associate Member of International Headache Society(HIS).

  • Main Speaker in advanced courses for post graduated physical therapists organized by continuing and professional education center (CCPE) in BAU, CU.

  •  Head of Student Activities committee of the faculty of Health sciences, Beirut Arab University.

  • Speaker at 4th International Physical Therapy Conference Under the Title of: " No more Disability with Pt & Rehabilitation " at Heliopolis Cairo, the lecture was on: Biomechanical Strategies for Knee Osteoarthritis., Dec. 2022.

  • Speaker at International Webinar with title: Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for management of knee osteoarthritis, that organized by Scientific Committee -Department of physiotherapy, college of health sciences, Gulf Medical University, Sep 2022.

  • Speaker at 1st international conference on sports injuries and nutrition, 5-6 March 2020 ..Cairo Egypt..

  • Speaker at 1st annual symposium for muscloskeletal physical therapy, 8. February 2020.Cairo Egypt.."Advances in muscloskeletal rehabilitation".

  • Speaker at 2nd conference of physical therapy south vally university , 12-14 February 2020 ..Qena& Luxor..

  • Speaker at 2nd International Conference for scientific research and its practical applications in physical therapy, Cairo University : 28th Nov 2019.

  • Speaker at 1st scientific conference of physical therapy, 12-13 December 2019 ..Cairo Egypt. ."No more disability with rehabilitation..

  • Speaker at orthopedic physical therapy scientific conference 3- May 2018 ..Cairo Egypt.. "Rehabilitation Post ACL Reconstraction …What are the challenges "..

  • Speaker at "Yoga and physical therapy " 16-17 october 2017 ,Chicago ,USA

  • Speaker at orthopedic physical therapy scientific conference December 2017 ..Cairo Egypt.."How to read MRI of shoulder joint in simple way"..

  • Speaker at orthopedic physical therapy scientific conference 3- December 2017 ..Cairo Egypt.. "Evidence based clinical practice guidelines for management of knee osteoarthritis ". Workshops and Courses:(as Speaker) 

  • Evidence based orthopaedic manual therapy " work shop …May 2017 For physical therapists at ministry of health.

  • New Era in physiotherapy for sports injuries and EMG " work shop …May 2017 For physical therapists at ministry of health .

Research

Publications:

  1. 2025: El Melhat, Ahmed M., Ayman El Khatib, Shimaa Abdelalim Essa, Ahmed F. Elhalawaty, Ahmed S. Abd El Wahed, Moustafa R. Zebdawi, Ghada M. Koura, and Samah Saad Zahran. "Exploring the Association of Selected Lower Limb Biomechanical Variables on Exacerbating Pain, Disability, and Postural Balance in Female Athletes with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome." Physical Therapy in Sport. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2025.06.004
  2. 2025: El Melhat, A. M., Abbas, R. L., Zebdawi, M. R., & Ali Ismail, A. M. Effect of adding thoracic manipulation for the management of patients with adhesive capsulitis: a randomized clinical trial. Physiotherapy theory and practice, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2024.2316897.
  3. 2025: El Melhat AM, Mohamed HTK, Youssef EF, Gad AM, Al Hamaky DMA. Identifying patients with shoulder impingement syndrome who improve with scapular training: a clinical prediction study. Physiotherapy quarterly. 2025;33(1):109–116; https://doi.org/10.5114/pq/186836.
  4. 2024: El Melhat AM, El Khatib A, Youssef AS, Zebdawi MR, Abdelhamid SM, Hamada HA, Abbas RL. Influence of Changing Hip Position on Electromyographic Activities of Selected Trunk Muscles During Bridging Exercises in Healthy Subjects: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 2024 Jan 1;47(1-4):12-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmpt.2024.08.010
  5. 2024: El Melhat AM, Abd El Wahed AS, Saab IM, ABBAS RL, Zebdawi MR, Abdelhamid SM, El Khatib A. Effect of Hand Dexterity Exercises on physical therapist students’ self-efficacy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Bulletin of Physical Therapy Research and Studies. 2024 Jun 1;2(2). DOI: 10.21608/bptrs.2024.278866.1031
  6. 2024: Abbas, Rami L., Didier Cooreman, Hala Al Sultan, Mayssah El Nayal, Ibtissam M. Saab, Ayman El Khatib, Aseel El Kawam, and Ahmed M. El Melhat. "Effect of Adding Virtual Reality Training to Traditional Exercise Program on Pain, Mental Status and Psychological Status in Unilateral Traumatic Lower Limb Amputees: A Randomized Controlled Trial." Games for Health Journal. https://doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2023.0164.
  7. 2024: Ismail A, El Melhat A. Erectile dysfunction in obese men with subjective tinnitus: a sedentary lifestyle as the link between the two problems that can be solved with exercise training. Health Problems of Civilization. 2024. doi:10.5114/hpc.2024.139096.
  8. 2024: El Melhat, A. M., Youssef, A. S., Zebdawi, M. R., Hafez, M. A., Khalil, L. H., & Harrison, D. E. (2024). Non-Surgical Approaches to the Management of Lumbar Disc Herniation Associated with Radiculopathy: A Narrative Review. Journal of clinical medicine, 13(4), 974.  https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13040974.
  9. 2024: Shalash, K. A., Chabara, A. E. R., Azzam, A. H., Mohamed, N. A., and ElMelhat, A. M. Is there a subgroup of females with patellofemoral pain syndrome likely to benefit from proximal control exercises?. Physiotherapy Quarterly, 32(1), pp.43-49. https://doi.org/10.5114/pq.2024.135421
  10. 2023: Mohamed, HE, Youssef, EF, Rezk, A.-EA, Mohamedy, EA, Elmelhat, AM, & Mohamed, NA. Efficacy of hip strengthening on varus thrust in knee osteoarthritis. SPORT TK-EuroAmerican Journal of Sports Sciences , 12 , 11. https://doi.org/10.6018/sportk.580561
  11. 2022:Ahmed S.A. Youssef, Ibrahim Moustafa Moustafa, Ahmed M. Elmelhat, Xiaolin Huang , Paul A Oakley, Deed Eric Harrison. Randomized Feasibility Pilot Trial of Adding a New Three-Dimensional Adjustable Posture-Corrective Orthotic to a Multi-Modal Program for the Treatment of Nonspecific Neck Pain. Journal of  Clinical Medicine.2022 28;11(23). DOI: 10.3390/jcm11237028
  12. 2022:Ahmed S. Ali, Nahed A. Salem, Amr Hassan, Badr M. Abd Alrazek Khalel; Nabil Mahmoud Abdel-Aal, Ahmed M ElMelhat, Sara M. Ahmed, Ibrahim Mohamed Hamoda. Validity and Reliability Of Arabic-Language Version Of Medrisk Questionnaire In Assessing Patient Satisfaction With Physiotherapy Services For Low Back Pain. NeuroQuantology; 2022:20(15). DOI: 10.14704/NQ.2022.20.15.NQ88006
  13. 2022: ElMelhat AM, Eldin Fetouh Shalash KA, Chabara AE, Azzam AH, Mohamed NA. Identifying female responders to proximal control exercises in patellofemoral pain syndrome: A clinical prediction rule. J Taibah Univ Med Sci,(2022). 11;17(6):954-961. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2022.05.008
  14. 2022:Asmaa.E.G.Elhelo  , Abdulrahman.A.Chabara , Ahmad.H.Azzam , Ahmad .M. ElMelhat  and Dina S. Abd Allah: The Clinical Prediction of Patients' Age & BMI to Quadriceps Muscle Strength Training on Knee Pain and The Functional Activity Level in Female Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis. Med. J. Cairo Univ., Vol. 90, No. 6, 1737-1741 2022.  10.21608/MJCU.2022.272624
  15. 2022:Mai Hassan Desouki, Alaa Eldin Balbaa, Mohamed Samir Gobba , Ahmed M. El Melhat, Mohammed S. Abdelsalam: Effect of lumbar repositioning feedback training on pain and joint position sense in participants with chronic mechanical low back pain. Fizjoterapia Polska (Polish journal of physiotherapy) :2022; 20(4); 36-42.
  16. Ahmed M ElMelhat, Ahmed SA Youssef, Rami L Abbas, Ahmed S. Ali, Hamada Ahmed Hamad, Sara Magdy Ahmed, Samah Saad Zahran. Is Sagittal Alignment of Spinopelvic Parameters Correlated to Pain Level, Functional Disability and Frontal Plane Projection Angle in Women with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome? A Cross–Sectional Study. Journal of SPORT TK ,11,15(2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/sportk.537601
  17. Ahmed M Elmelhat, Salwa F Abdelmagid, Ebtessam F Gomaa, Ahmed M Gad. Changes in Rotator Cuff Strength Ratio, Shoulder Pain and Disability after Cervicothoracic Mobilization in Subjects with shoulder impingement syndrome. Fizjoterapia Polska :2020; 20(1); 36-42.
  18. El Melhat, A., Elbourai, E., Dewedar, H., Elgergawi, T., Alkhanbouli, M., Ahmed, S., ... & Husain, A. (2020). Comparison between prophylactic versus therapeutic doses of low-molecular-weight heparin in severely ill coronavirus disease patients in relation to disease progression and outcome. Dubai Medical Journal, 2019 3(44), 162-169. 
  19. Ahmed Elmelhat, Lillian albert, Ghada koura. Association of quadriceps torque with lower extremity dysfunction in women with early degrees of knee osteoarthritis: Current Research Integrative Medicine, 2017(1); 42.