Fields of Experience
- Musculoskeletal Pain,
- Sports and Exercise Medicine,
- Interventional Pain Medicine (fluoroscopy and ultrasound guided injections),
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography,
- Sports Performance Medicine.
Sports Physician/Team Doctor Duties
- 2024-… ENKA Sports Club, Sports Physician
- 2019-… Fulya Modern Dance Group Sports Physician
- 2016-2019 TED International Tennis Tournaments, Tournaments Sports Physician
- 2014-2019 Çanakkale Women's Volleyball Team, Team Sports Physician
- 2011-2014 Yesilyurt Sports Club, Women's Volleyball Teams, Sports Physician
- 2016 Club Teşvikiye Sports Club, Sports Physician
- 2011-2012 Galatasaray Men's Basketball Team, Team Sports Physician
Academic Career
| Degree | Department/Program | University | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Doctor | Medicine | Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty | 1989 |
| Medical Specialization | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty | 1995 |
| EU Expertise (FEBPRM) | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | EBPRM | 2005 |
| Master in Science | Sports & Exercise Medicine | University of Bath | 2016 |
| Diploma | Musculoskeletal Medicine | FSEM | 2021 |
- Foreign language: English, Persian, Azeri
- Area of Expertise: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine, Musculoskeletal Pain and Sports Injuries.
Certificates
- 2005 – European Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
- 2009 – IELTS, Academic Module, score 7,
- 2009 – American College of Sports Medicine Personal Trainer,
- 2009 – American College of Sports Medicine Health Fitness Specialist,
- 2016 – Master in Science, Sports and Exercise Medicine, University of Bath, England,
- 2015 – Flouroscopic injection Course, British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine, England,
- 2016 – Flouroscopic injection Course, British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medcine, England.
- 2018 – Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
- 2018 – Senior Fellow European Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
- 2021 – Dploma in Musculuskeletal Medcine, Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, England
- 2022 – Advanced Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Imaging, SMUG, England
- 2022 – Cadaveric Ultrasound Guided Musculoskeletal Injection, SMUG, England
Memberships in Scientific Organizations
- 2024 – Royal Society of Arts
- 2023 – International Spine Intervention Society
- 2023 – Royal Society of Medicine
- 2021 – British Medical Acupuncture Society
- 2021 – The Faculty of Sports & Exercise Medicine
- 2012 – Turkish Association of Sports Sciences
- 2012 – European College of Sports & Exercise Physicians
- 2007 – British Association of Sports & Exercise Medicine
- 2006 – American College of Sports Medicine
- 2004 – European Board of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
- 2004 – International Myopain Society
- 2004 – International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
- 2004 – American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- 1991 – Turkish Association of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- 1989 – Turkish Medical Association
Works
Articles Published in Internationally Refereed Journals
A1. Javid Majlesi MD, Halil Ünalan MD, “High Power Pain Threshold Ultrasound Technique in the Treatment of Active Myofascial Trigger Points: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Case-Control Study”, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol 85, 833-836 (2004).
A2. Halil Ünalan, Javid Majlesi, “High Power Pain Threshold Ultrasound Technique in the Treatment of Active Trigger Points”, Research Ideas, Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, Vol. 13(3), 71-72 (2005).
A3. Javid Majlesi, Halil Ünalan, “Myofascial pain Syndrome: Efficacy of Different Therapies”, Letter to the Editor, Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 20, (2007).
A4. Javid Majlesi, Halit Togay, Halil Ünalan, Sadık Toprak “The Sensitivity and Specificity of the Slump and the Straight Leg Raising Tests in Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation”, Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, Vol 14, No 2, 87-91 (2008) .
A5. Halil Ünalan, Murat Uludağ, Müfit Akyüz, Belgin Erhan, Şafak Sahir Karamehmetoğlu, Ahmet Dinç, Javid Majlesi, Deniz Palamar, Şükrü Gündüz “ASIA-A Patients with Partial Preservation versus Partial Recovery, Dynamic Grading”, Neurosurgery Quarterly, Vol 18, No 4, 273-276 (2008).
A6. Cengiz Bahadır, Javid Majlesi, Halil Ünalan, “The Effect of High Power Pain Threshold Ultrasound Therapy on the Electrical Activity of Trigger Points and Local Twitch Response on Electromyography: A Preliminary Study”, Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain (2009).
A7. Halil Ünalan, Hilal Sever, Javid Majlesi, Pınar Işıkçı, Cengiz Bahadır, “Intraosseous Lipoma of the Illium: Case Report” Trakya Univ Medical Faculty Journal 2009;26(2):182-185
A8. Javid Majlesi, Halil Üanalan. Effect of Treatment on Trigger Points. Invited Review. Current Pain and Headcache Reports (2010); 14:353-360.
A9. Seçil Yalgın, Halil Ünalan, Serdar Öztezcan, Javid Majlesi, Ferda Özkan, Ülkü Akarırmak. “Experimental Study on Static Ultrasound (High-Power Pain Threshold Ultrasound) Application: Potential Adverse Effects on Rats”. 2010; Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, Vol 18(3).
A10. Javid Majlesi, Deniz Mataracı Çevik, Nurdan Mengi, Kaya Kanberoğlu, Meryem Kaya, Hülya Bingöl, Levent Alimgil, Halil Ünalan, Hüseyin Botanlıoğlu,. “Wilson Disease Presented with Severe Low Back Pain and Involuntary Movements: A Case Reoprt.” 2010; Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 56:141-4.
A11. Halil Ünalan, Javid Majlesi, Filiz Aydın, Deniz Palamar. “Comparison of High-power Pain Threshold Ultrasound Therapy with Local Injection in the Treatment of Active Myofascial Trigger Points of the Upper Trapezius Muscle”. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2011, April, Vol 92.
A12. Müfit Akyüz, Halil Ünalan, Deniz Palamar, Alev Demirdalı, Ayşe Kutlu, Tuğçe Özekli Mısırlıoğlu, Pınar Işıkçı, Javid Majlesi, and Ülkü Akarırmak. “Correlation of Upper Extremity Function to Quality of Life of Primary Caregivers of Ambulatory Stroke Survivors Living in the Community”. Neurosurgery Quarterly. 2014.
A13. Halil Unalan, Tugce Özekli Misirlioglu, Belgin Erhan, Mufit Akyuz, Berrin Gunduz, Javid Majlesi, et al. “Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of Spinal Cord Independence Measure-III”. Spinal Cord (2015),1–6.
A14. Javid Majlesi. Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain of 3 – 6 Month Duration Already Have Low levels of Health Related Quality of Life and Physical Activity. Journal of Current Pain and Headache Reports. 2019
Papers Presented at International Scientific Meetings and Published in Proceedings
B1. Javid Majlesi, H Ünalan, “Comparison of the Rate of the Positivity and Negativity of the Slump and the SLR Tests”, 5th European Congress of Physical and Rehebilitation Medicine, Turkey, 2004.
B2. Halil Ünalan, Javid Majlesi, Filiz Yıldız Aydın, Deniz Palamar, Merih Eryzvuz, “High Power Pain Threshold Ultrasound Therapy is as Effective as Local Injection in the Treatment of Active Myofascial Trigger Points” European Congress of Pain, Istanbul, 2006.
B3. Cengiz Bahadır, Javid Majlesi, Halil Ünalan, “The Effect of High Power Pain Threshold Ultrasound Therapy on the Electrical Activity of Trigger Points and Local Twitch Response on Electromyography: A Preliminary Study” European Congress of Pain, Istanbul, 2006.
B4. Javid Majlesi, A Karasu, C Kılınçer, H Ünalan, “Comparison of Lateral Values of Straight Leg Stretch and Slump Tests in Lumbar Disc Herniation”, Turkish Neurosurgical Society, XXI. Scientific Congress, Antalya, Turkey, 2007.
B5. H Ünalan, T Özekli Mısırlıoğlu, B Erhan, M Akyüz, B Gündüz, E Irgi, H Arslan, A Baltacı, S Aslan, D Palamar, A Kutlu, Javid Majlesi, Ü Akarırmak, SS Karamehmetoğlu. “Validity and Reliability Study of Turkish Version of Spinal Cord Independence Measure-III”. 51st ISCOS Annual Scientific Meeting, September 3 – 5, 2012, London, UK.
B6. Javid Majlesi. “Are Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Spinal Rehabilitative Interventions Advantageous in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgey?” 5th TURKMISS/6th ISMISS Turkey. 2013.
