Dr. Ebrahim Rajab

Peer reviewed publications
1.    Othman MA, Rajab E, AlMubarak A, AlNaisar M, Bahzad N, Kamal A. Erythropoietin protects against cognitive impairment and hippocampal neurodegeneration in diabetic mice. Submitted. BMC Neuroscience. 2018.
2.    Rajab E, Al-Kafaji G, Al Enazi H, Al Qassab N, Sakusic A, Kamal A. Additive benefits of environmental enrichment and voluntary exercise on cognition and motor coordination in diabetic mice. Bahrain Medical Bulletin 39, 11-16, 2017.
3.    Maki D, Rajab E, Watson PJ, Critchley DJ. Cross-cultural translation, adaptation and psychometric properties of the Back Beliefs Questionnaire in Modern Standard Arabic. Disability and Rehabilitation 39(3):272-280, 2016.
4.    Rajab E, Alqanbar B, Naiser MJ, Abdulla HA, Al-Momen MM, Kamal A. Sex differences in learning and memory following short-term dietary restriction in the rat. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience 36, 74-80, 2014.
5.    Rajab E, Abdeen Z, Hassan Z, AlSaffar Y, Mandeel M, Al Shawaaf, Al-Ansari A, Kamel A. Cognitive performance and convulsion risk after experimentally-induced febrile-seizures in rat. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience 34, 19-23, 2014
6.    Maki D, Rajab E, Watson PJ, Critchley DJ. Cross-cultural translation, adaptation and validation of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire into Modern Standard Arabic. Spine 39(25):E1537-44, 2014.
7.    Rajab KE, Issa AA, Hasan Z, Rajab E, Jaradat A.  Incidence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Bahrain during the period 2002 – 2010: a retrospective study of 49,552 pregnant women. International Journal of Gynaecology & Obstetrics 117, 74-7, 2012.
8.    Rajab P, Fox J, Riaz S, Tomlinson D, Ball D, Greenhaff PL. Skeletal muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms and energy metabolism after clenbuterol treatment in the rat. American. Journal of Physiology. 279, R1076-1081, 2000. 

Conference abstracts
1.    Al Enazi H, Rajab E, Al Qassab N, Al-Ghareeb S, Al Arab E, Kamal A. Additive benefits of environmental enrichment and voluntary exercise on cognition and motor coordination in diabetic mice. Endocrine Abstracts (2016) 43 OC13.
2.    Ansari AA, Rajab E, Othman M, AlNaisar M, Almubarak A. PT681. The protective role of erythropoietin on the cognitive power deficit of the brain and histological changes in the hippocampus of diabetic mice. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 2016;19(Suppl 1):48.
3.    Maki D, Rajab E, Watson PJ, Critchley DJ. Cross-cultural translation, adaptation and psychometric properties of the Back Beliefs Questionnaire in Modern Standard Arabic. WCPT Congress. May, 2015.
4.    Maki D, Rajab E, Watson PJ, Critchley DJ. Determining the feasibility of a physiotherapist-led pain management programme for Arab patients with low back pain in Bahrain. WCPT Congress. May, 2015.
5.    Al-Jairan D.N., Al Maeeli H.K., Al Fadhel A.R., Al Saeedi E.S., Shibu L., Rajab E. Prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders amongst physiotherapists in the Kingdom of Bahrain. WCPT Congress. May, 2015.
6.    Rajab EK, Rajab KE, Trinidad P. Overweight and obesity amongst children and adolescents in Gulf Cooperation Council States: a systematic review.  Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 16, Suppl. 1, A128, P324, 2014.
7.    Maki D, Rajab E, Watson P, Critchley D. Cross-cultural translation and adaptation of the Arabic Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire. WCPT-AWP and ACPT Congress. September. 2013.
8.    Rajab E, Al Ali H, Al-Ghareeb S, Kamal A. Benefits of socialization & environmental enrichment on spatial memory and motor coordination in diabetic mice. The 23rd Annual Neuroscience Conference: Brain Plasticity and Neurorehabilitation. March. 2013.
9.    Rajab E, Al Ali H, Al-Ghareeb S, Kamal A. Beneficial effects of voluntary exercise on motor coordination and spatial memory in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. The 5th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes. February. 2012.
10.    Rajab P, Greenhaff PL, Constantin-Teodosiu D, et al. Dietary creatine supplementation increases creatine transporter mRNA content and 26S proteasome activity in rat Myocardium. J. Physiol. (London) 515P, 54-65, 1999.
11.    Rajab P, Constantin-Teodosiu D, Mayer RJ, et al. Changes in proteasome-dependent proteolysis 6 hours after single bolus administration of clenbuterol. Br. J. Pharmacol. S126, 27P, 1999.
12.    Rajab P, Constantin T, Arnold J, et al.  4 days clenbuterol treatment increases proteasome activity in rat skeletal muscle. Med. Sci. Sports. Exerc. 30, S226, 1287, 1998.
13.    Greenhaff PL, Rajab P, Bennett T, et al. Cardiovascular effects of daily clenbuterol administration in the conscious rat. Med. Sci. Sports. Exerc. 30, S27, 151, 1998.
14.    Ashley EA, Rajab EP, et al. Short term relaxation training can reduce the physiological cost of running.  Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 27:5 Supplement. 1995.  

Book chapters
LM Shibu, EK Rajab, T Eldabi. Evaluating professional development in healthcare with outcome based models. Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century II, 31-38.