Dr. Gil Samuelly-Leichtag (BPT, MSc.PT, PhD)
Dr. Gil Samuelly-Leichtag worked for 9 years as a physiotherapist mainly with chronic pain patients at the pain clinic in Rambam Medical hospital, the Israeli defense force and his privet clinic in Haifa. His research was focused on the effects of physical exercise on pain perception, cancer-related pain and the relationship between pain intensity, inflammatory markers, neural compression, infection, psychological factors and pain modulation in patients with confirmed painful lumbar radiculopathy.
Selected articles
- Kodesh, E., Shargal, E., Kislev-Cohen, R., Funk, S., Dorfman, L., Samuelly, G., ... & Sharvit, N. (2015). Examination of the effectiveness of predictors for musculoskeletal injuries in female soldiers. Journal of sports science & medicine, 14(3), 515.
- Aviram, J., & Samuelly-Leichtag, G. (2017). Efficacy of Cannabis-Based Medicines for Pain Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Pain medicine.
- Samuelly-Leichtag, G., Kodesh, E., Meckel, Y., & Weissman-Fogel, I. (2018). A Fast Track to Hypoalgesia–The Anaerobic Exercise Effect on Pain Sensitivity. International journal of sports medicine, 39(06), 473-481.
- Samuelly-Leichtag, G., Adler, T., & Eisenberg, E. (2019). Something Must Be Wrong with the Implementation of Cancer-pain Treatment Guidelines. A Lesson from Referrals to a Pain Clinic. Rambam Maimonides medical journal, 10(3).
