Publications

  1. Rathore MFA, Rashid P, Butt AW, Malik AA, Gill ZA, Haig AJ. Epidemiology of spinal cord injuries in the 2005 Pakistan earthquake. Spinal Cord 2007; 45: 658–663
  2. Rathore FA, Farooq F, Muzammil S, New PW, Ahmad N, Haig AJ. Spinal cord injury management and rehabilitation: highlights and shortcomings from the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2008; 89:579-85.
  3. Rathore FA, Gill ZA, Malik AA, Farooq F. Acute flaccid Paraplegia: A rare complication of meningococcal meningitis. Spinal Cord 2008 ;46: 314–316
  4. Rathore MF, Farooq F, Butt AW, Aasi MH. (Letter to editor) Re: Complications in Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries Sustained in an Earthquake in Northern Pakistan. J Spinal Cord Med. 2008; 31:103–104.
  5. Rathore MF, Farooq F, Butt AW, Gill ZA. (Letter to editor) An update on Spinal cord injury patients of Oct 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. Spinal Cord 2008; 46:461–462
  6. Rathore MF, Hanif S, Rashid P, Butt AW, New P, S-U Khan. The incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in a cohort of patients with Spinal Cord Injury following the Pakistan earthquake of October 2005 Spinal Cord. 2008; 46:523–526
  7. Rathore FA, New PW, Waheed A. Pressure ulcers in spinal cord injury: at an unusual site with an unusual etiology. American J Phys Med Rehabil. 2009;88:587–590
  8. Malik AY, Nasreen G, Malik SA, Rathore FA. Metal in stomach: a rare cause of gastric bezoar. British Medical Journal Case Reports.2009 [doi:10.1136/bcr.06.2008.0278]
  9. Muzammil S, Rao SE, Rathore FA, Malik NI, Hobbs NJ, Aslam N. A Technique for Suture Introduction in Multi-Strand Flexor Tendon Repairs. Techniques in Orthopedics 2009 ;24: 317-318
  10. Yasmeen R, Rathore FA, Butt AW, Ashraf K. How do chronic spinal injury patients in Pakistan manage their bowels? A cross sectional survey of 50 patients. Spinal Cord 2010; 48:872-5.
  11. Rathore FA, Farooq F. (Letter to editor) Physical therapy versus heparin for prevention of deep venous thrombosis. Spinal Cord 2010:765.
  12. Rathore FA, New PW, Iftikhar A. A report on Rehabilitation Medicine in Pakistan: Past, Present and future perspectives. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2011; 92:161-166.
  13. Rathore FA, Ayub A, Farooq S. Suicide bombing as an Unusual Cause of Spinal Cord Injury: A descriptive Case series from Pakistan. Spinal Cord Spinal Cord 2011;49:851-4
  14. Jan D. Reinhardt, Jianan Li, Gosney JE , Rathore FA , Haig AJ ,Marx M, Delisa JA . Disability and health-related rehabilitation in international disaster relief .Global Health Action 2011, 4: 7191 - DOI: 10.3402/gha.v4i0.7191
  15. Rathore FA ,Gill ZA, Muzammil S.( Letter to Editor): A Comment On Management of Spinal Injuries in the October 2005 Pakistan Earthquake .Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2011;5 174-175
  16. Rathore FA, Farooq F, Mansoor SN. Non-operative management is superior to surgical stabilization in spine injury patients with complete neurological deficits: Some additional perspectives. Surg Neurol Int. 2012;3:22. Epub 2012 Feb 15.
  17. Rathore FA, Ahmad N. An overview of the Rehabilitation Medicine in Pakistan Armed Forces: The road covered so far and the journey ahead. Medical Corps International 2012;49-53.
  18. Burns AS, O’Connell Colleen, Rathore FA. Meeting the Challenges of Spinal Cord Injury Care Following Sudden Onset Disaster - Lessons Learned. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2012:44; 414-420.
  19. Rathore FA , Gosney JE, Jan D. Reinhardt, Haig AJ, Jianan Li, , Delisa JA. Medical Rehabilitation after natural Disasters: When, Where, How? .Archives of PMR 2012; 93: 1875-81.
  20. Rathore FA, Mansoor SN, Bin Qureshi S, Burns AS, O'Connell C. Re: Burns AS, O'Connell C. The challenge of spinal cord injury care in the developing world. J Spinal Cord Med. 2012; 35:3-8. J Spinal Cord Med. 2012; 35(4):195-7.
  21. Mansoor SN, Rathore FA, Fahim M. Back pack palsy as a rare Cause of Shoulder Pain and Weakness–A Case Report .Indian Journal of PMR 2012;23: 120-2.
  22. Rathore FA, Mansoor SN. Letter to editor: Pressure ulcer management in disasters in low-resourced countries. Ostomy Wound Management 2013;59: 8-9.
  23. Rathore FA, Muzammil S. Editorial:Perspective: Inadequate Long-term outcomes in female paraplegics of the 2005 Pakistan earthquake: looking beyond the gender discrimination .Journal of Emergency and Disaster Medicine 2013;2:1-3
  24. Rathore FA, Gosney JE, Raissi GR, Li J. Experience and preparedness of major incidents in developing countries. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2013 Apr;7(2):127-8.
  25. Rathore FA, Mansoor SN. Letter to editor: Rehabilitation of persons with spinal cord injury in Afghanistan: Some Recommendations. Spinal Cord 2013 ;51(6):514. doi: 10.1038/sc.2013.11
  26. Rathore FA, Gosney JE. Management of musculoskeletal trauma & spinal injuries in disasters: stem cells vs. medical rehabilitation .Indian Journal of Medical Research 2013;808-810
  27. Rathore FA. Letter to editor: Neglected traumatic spinal cord injuries: Experience sharing from Pakistan .Spinal Cord 2013; 51(8):652-3. doi: 10.1038/sc.2013.49.
  28. Rathore FA, Mansoor SN. Factors associated with the development of pressure ulcers after spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. 2013: 51;84
  29. Rathore FA, Mubashir H, Mansoor SN, Farooq F. How adequate is the knowledge of Pakistani health care professionals (HCPs) about disability? A nationwide cross sectional survey of 381 HCPs . Polish Journal of Rehabilitation Research 2013
  30. Gosney JE, Reinhardt JD, von Groote PM, Rathore FA, Melvin JL. Medical rehabilitation of spinal cord injury following earthquakes in rehabilitation resource- scarce settings: implications for disaster research. Spinal Cord. 2013 51(8):603-9. doi: 10.1038/sc.2013.50.
  31. Mansoor SN ,Rathore FA, Qureshi AZ. Patellar Tendon Rupture: Case report of a rare complication of Total Knee Replacement. Int J Phys Med Rehabil 1: 125. doi:10.4172/jpmr.1000125
  32. Mansoor S N, Rathore FA. The popeye sign. Indian Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2013;24 (1): 29.
  33. Rathore FA, Mansoor SN, Qureshi AZ. The many faces of traditional pain management in developing countries: A case series from Pakistan .Polish Journal of Rehabilitation research 2013; 5(3)50-55
  34. Khan F, Amatya B, Gosney J, Rathore FA, Burkle FM Jr. Medical Rehabilitation in Natural Disasters: A Review. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2015; 96(9):1709-27. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.02.007.
  35. Mansoor SN, Rathore FA. Myths and misconceptions regarding facial nerve palsy management: Interesting perspectives from a developing Country. J Neurosci Rural Pract 2015; 6: 454-5.
  36. Rathore FA, Waqas A, Zia AM, Mavrinac M, Farooq F. (2015) Exploring the attitudes of medical faculty members and students in Pakistan towards plagiarism: a cross sectional survey. PeerJ 3:e1031 https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1031
  37. Mansoor SN, Ayaz SB, Rathore FA, New P. Longitudinal cleavage of the penis in chronic spinal cord injury: two case reports. J Spinal Cord Med. 2015 Jun 25. [Epub ahead of print]
  38. Hussain A, Qureshi AZ, Ayaz SB, Rathore FA. Framingham Risk Scores for coronary heart disease in a cohort of Saudi Arabian men and women with spinal cord injury. Acta Neurol Belg. 2015 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print] National Publications
  39. Malik T, Yasmin R, Rathore FA, Rashid P, Niazi HK, Tariq S. Types and Frequency of Medical Complications during Stroke Rehabilitation at Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine”. Annals of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences 2007;3: 152-55
  40. Rathore FA, Hanif S, Farooq F, Butt AW, Ahmed N. Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries At A Tertiary Care Rehabilitation Institute In Pakistan. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2008;58:53-57
  41. Hanif S, Tassadaq N, Rathore FA, Rashid P, Ahmad N, Niazi F. Role of therapeutic exercises in neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome. Journal of Ayub Medical College 2008;19:85-88
  42. Hanif S, Malik T, Yasmin R, Rathore FA, Hassan M et al. Urodynamic Evaluation.. Professional Med J Sep 2008; 15(3): 361-366
  43. Rathore FA, Malik T, Waheed A. Pitfalls in stroke rehabilitation – A Pakistani perspective. Pak Armed Forces Med J 2009;2: 56-61
  44. Gill ZA, Rathore FA, Iftikhar A. Posterior interosseous neuropathy during appendicectomy. Pakistan Journal of medical research. 2010; 49:94-5.
  45. Choudhary KA, Rathore MFA, Hanif S, Rashid MH. Lateral epicondylitis: Steroid Injections for management. Professional Medical Journal 2011; 18:133-138
  46. Rathore FA, Muzammil S. Epidemiology of Non-Disaster Spinal Injuries at a Spine Unit (Letter to Editor) Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan 2011; 21.
  47. Mansoor SN, Rathore FA, Ahmad N, Rahman SS. Frequency of peripheral polyneuropathy in a cohort of diabetic patients having symptoms of polyneuropathy using Electrodiagnostic procedure. Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal 2011
  48. Khan MB, Muhammad WW, Nawaz KH, Ahmad I, Yousaf MA, Ahmad N, Rathore FA .Frequency of Axonal variant of Gullian –Barre Syndrome in Pakistan. Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal 2011 3:61-65.
  49. Mahboob F, Ahmed N, Rathore FA, Razzaq S. Frequency of Urinary tract infection (UTI) and commonest causative organisms in spinal cord injury patients with various voiding modes. Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal 2011 3:74-78.
  50. Rathore FA, Farooq F. (Letter to Editor) Going beyond the resident duty hours in Pakistan. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2012;62:189-190
  51. Farooq F, Rathore FA. (Letter to Editor) How to improve medical reading in Pakistani doctors? Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2012; 62:518-519.
  52. Gill ZA, Rathore FA, Waheed A, Rustam Z. Significance Of NCS/EMG In Bilateral Martin-Gruber Anastomosis With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome .Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal 2012; 62:134-136
  53. Rathore FA, Farooq F. Letter to the editor: Poor patient counseling: A black mark on our health care system. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2012:62; 744.
  54. Malik AY, Nasreen G, Malik SA, Rathore FA. Stercolith Peforation Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan 2012; 22 : 455-457
  55. Rathore FA, Gill ZA. Pneumorrhachis of the thoracic spine following gunshot wound. Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan 2012; 22 :529-530
  56. Gill ZA, Rathore FA, Waheed A, Ahmed N. Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystropy: a Case report. Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal 2012; 62
  57. Farooq F ,Rathore FA. Letter to editor: Is the good cholesterol that good at preventing cardiac events?. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2012:62;980- 981.
  58. Rathore FA. View Point: How I wrote and published my first case report? Khyber Med Univ J 2012; 4(4):197-198.
  59. Rathore FA, Mansoor SN. Letter to editor: Developmental milestones: Even the Physicians don’t know enough and what we need to do? Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2013:63;132-133.
  60. Rathore FA, Waheed A. Marked thenar wasting in long standing carpel tunnel syndrome. J Pak Med Stud. 2013; 3(2):66-67
  61. Rathore FA, Mansoor SN. Letter to editor: Developmental milestones: Even the Physicians don’t know enough and what we need to do? Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2013:63;661.
  62. Razzaq S, Mansoor SN, Rathore FA, Akhter N, Yasmeen R. Rehabilitation Outcomes following lower extremity amputation at the Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine using lower extremity functional scale. Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal 2013;63: 210-15.
  63. Mansoor SN, Omar Yousaf, Rathore FA. Azad AA, Ishfaque. Frequency Of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Dental Professionals at the Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry.Journal of the Pakistan Dental Association. 2013:22;183-6.
  64. Ikram M, Ayaz SB, Gill ZA, Rathore FA. Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; A report of three cases from Pakistan. RMJ. 2014; 39(1): 96-99.
  65. Mansoor SN, Rathore FA. Rehabilitation medicine: Awareness and survival in Pakistan. Khyber Med Univ J 2014;6(3):139-140
  66. Rathore FA. Undergraduate medical research is not an endangered species and why its future is bright in Pakistan?( Letter to editor) Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2014:64; 853-4.
  67. Mansoor SN, Rathore FA. Insufficiency Fracture In Rheumatoid Arthritis: a Case Report khyber Med Univ J 2014; 6: 35-37
  68. Rathore FA, Fareeha Farooq. Plagiarism detection softwares: Useful tools for medical writers and editors. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2014:64; 1329 30
  69. Qureshi AZ, Rathore FA. Number of Pakistani physicians working abroad; Do we really need to know? Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2014: 64:1410-12.
  70. Rathore FA, Sohail Muzammil .The decrepit state of trauma care in under-developed healthcare settings and the need to integrate trauma rehabilitation as a continuum of care. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2015: 65:108-9.
  71. Rathore FA, Akhtar Waheed. Stroke rehabilitation in Pakistan: what we know and what we need to do? Pakistan Journal of Neurological sciences 2014;9:3-4.
  72. Rathore FA, Mansoor SN. How to conduct a workshop on medical writing: Tips, advice and experience sharing. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2015: 65:665-668.
  73. Rathore FA .Editorial: The need and roadmap for Stroke Rehabilitation guidelines in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Neurological sciences 2015;10:3-4.
  74. Rathore FA. JE Gosney. Editorial: Rehabilitation lessons from the 2005 Pakistan earthquake and others since - looking back and ahead. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2015: 65(10):1036-37.
  75. Rathore FA . Editorial: Revisiting the 2005 earthquake paraplegics: What has changed in a decade? .Journal of Ayub Medical College 2015; 27(3):513-14.
  76. Rathore FA, Farooq F. Thinking Out of the Box: Alternative Career Choices for Young Doctors in Pakistan. Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan 2016;26 (2): 145-147
  77. Rathore FA, Waqas A, Marjan AZ. A thirteen-year audit of manuscripts related to medical education published in leading medical journals of Pakistan. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2016: 66(10):439-441.
  78. Razzaq S. Rathore FA. An overview of Pathophysiology, assessment and management strategies of post stroke shoulder subluxation. Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences 2016:11(3); 42-48.
  79. Rathore FA, Wasay M. (Editorial) Acute Stroke care and long term rehabilitation in Pakistan: Challenges and solutions .Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2016; 66(10):1203-4.
  80. Mansoor SN, Rathore FA. Association of Rheumatoid arthritis with the pigmented villonodular synovitis of the Knee: A case report. KMUJ : Khyber Medical University Journal 2016:8
  81. Rathore FA, Mansoor SN. (Editorial) Neurorehabilitation in Pakistan: Needs, challenges and opportunities. Khyber Med Univ J 2016; 8(2): 59-60.
  82. Mangat SA, Rathore FA, Nasir SA, Shahid M, Altaf H. South Asian contributions to the international Rehabilitation literature: an online literature survey of 10 years. PJNS 2016; 11:12-16.
  83. Toor IN, Rathore FA, Mahboob F. Identification of barriers in the reintegration of Pakistan military amputees at the workplace: A cross sectional survey. Journal of Bahria university Medical and Dental College 2017 7(3): 160-164.
  84. Rathore FA, Ayaz SB. Arthritis mutilans: Case report of an uncommon squeal of psoriatic arthritis Journal of Bahria university Medical and Dental College 2017 7(4): 26-66.
  85. SN Mansoor,Rathore FA. The need for medical rehabilitation during floods. A cross sectional survey of physicians from Pakistan Armed Forces Journal of Bahria University Medical and Dental College 2017 7(4): 214-17.
  86. Rathore FA, Ilyas A. Integrating rehabilitation physicians in stroke rehabilitation challenges in Pakistan. Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan 2017:27 (12): 798
  87. Rathore FA, Farooq F. The Need for Formal Training in the Peer Review Process and Role of Publons Academy. Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan 2018, Vol. 28 (1): 78-79
  88. Rathore FA, Ayaz SB, Mansoor SN. Ochronotic Arthropathy: Two Case Reports from a Developing Country. Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016:9 15–20 doi: 10.4137/CMAMD.S31560.
  89. Khubaib MK, Rathore FA, Waqas A, Jan MM, Sohail S. Knowledge regarding basic facts of Stroke among Final Year MBBS students and House Officers: a cross sectional survey of 708 respondents from Pakistan. Cureus. 2016 Mar 23;8(3):e539. doi: 10.7759/cureus.539
  90. Rathore F A, Ayaz S B, Mansoor S N, et al. (April 11, 2016) Demographics of Lower Limb Amputations in the Pakistan Military: A Single Center, Three-Year Prospective Survey. Cureus 8(4): e566. doi:10.7759/cureus.566
  91. Rathore F A, Ahmad F, Zahoor M U (October 03, 2016) Case Report of a Pressure Ulcer Occurring Over the Nasal Bridge Due to a Non-Invasive Ventilation Facial Mask. Cureus 8(10): e813. doi:10.7759/cureus.813
  92. Khan F, Amatya B, Sayed TM, Butt AW, Jamil K, Iqbal W, Elmalik A, Rathore FA, Abbott G. World Health Organisation Global Disability Action Plan 2014-2021: Challenges and perspectives for physical medicine and rehabilitation in Pakistan. J Rehabil Med. 2017 Jan 19;49(1):10-21. doi: 10.2340/16501977-2149.
  93. Rathore F A, Attique R, Asmaa Y (January 26, 2017) Prevalence and Perceptions of Musculoskeletal Disorders among Hospital Nurses in Pakistan: A Cross-sectional Survey. Cureus 9(1): e100
  94. Rathore F A, Butt A W, Soomro N, Noreen Akhtar. (January 31, 2017) A Questionnaire-Based Survey of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Training in Pakistan. Cureus 9(1): e1005. doi:10.7759/cureus.10051. doi:10.7759/cureus.1001
  95. Negrini S, Arienti C, Gimigliano F, Grubišić F, Howe T, Ilieva E, Levack W, Malmivaara A, Meyer T, Patrick Engkasan J, Rathore FA, Kiekens C. Cochrane Rehabilitation: Organization and Functioning. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Sep 25. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000832. [Epub ahead of print]
  96. Rathore F A, Ahmad F, Khan O J (October 10, 2017) Compression Stockings and Pressure Ulcers: Case Series of a Neglected Issue.2017 Cureus 9(10): e1763. doi:10.7759/cureus.1763
  97. SN Mansoor, FA Rathore. Symptomatic accessory navicular bone: A case series. The Egyptian Rheumatologist 2017; 39:263-266.
  98. New PW, Eriks-Hoogland I, Scivoletto G, Reeves RK, Townson A, Marshall R, Rathore FA. Important Clinical Rehabilitation Principles Unique to People with Non-traumatic Spinal Cord Dysfunction. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation 2017; 23:299-312.
  99. Nasir Mansoor SN, Rathore FA. Bladder management practices in spinal cord injury patients: A single center experience from a developing country. J Spinal Cord Med. 2018 Jan 11:1-5. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2017.1417803. [Epub ahead of print])
Book Chapters
  1. Rathore FA, Farooq F. Tips on effective Biomedical Literature search. In Kasi PM. RESEARCH: What, Why and How? A Treatise from Researchers to Researchers. AuthorHouse TM , Bloomington, IN 47403, USA 2009, ISBN: 978-1- 4389-9171- 9 (e)
  2. Rathore FA , SN Mansoor. Demographics of Spinal Cord Injuries in Pakistan. In Movaghar, Jazayeri SB ,Vaccaro AR. Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injuries. (pp. 177- 192) Nova Publishers, NY, USA 2012.
Encyclopedia Chapter
  1. Rathore F. Spinal Cord Injuries in the Developing World. In: JH Stone, M Blouin, editors. International Encyclopedia of Rehabilitation. 2010. Available online: