Pawel Linek
Career
- Career institution, machine-verified from the PubMed class: Department of Kinesiotherapy / Kinesitherapy and Special Methods in Physiotherapy, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education (AWF), Katowice -- 63 of his 65 classified records carry it.
- No degree or title string was machine-verified anywhere in his corpus; the profile stands on the verified career record, the closed co-author web, and the identifier below.
- ORCID 0000-0002-8542-8123 (verified e-mail claim, record owned by "Pawel Linek" as assertion source): 73 work groups matching his PubMed corpus, PLUS one self-record employment entry -- The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, no role-title string, entry created 2016-02 (publication era, not a vanity shell). The self-record employment entry is cited verbatim as recorded per the mid-grade-evidence rule; the works list (73 groups) is the substantive part of the record. Publisher Identifier tags under his author line on 17 corpus records.
- Identity basis: a 65-record class 2014-2026 (64 full-forename records + 1 initial-only "P" record, AWF-affiliated and present in his ORCID works list); the class spans both Polish diacritic spellings of the forename, unified here in their ASCII form. Class closure: every record carries a team co-record or the study-record e-mail anchor. The ORCID expanded search "family-name:Linek AND given-names:Pawel" returns exactly 1 record.
Research Work
- Research class: pediatric physiotherapy, back school programs, neuromuscular ultrasound, neurodynamic techniques, and nerve-related conditions, one continuous program 2014-2026, largely with the AWF Katowice team.
- Corresponding author of Study 14 (the PubMed record designates his e-mail linek.fizjoterapia@vp.pl as the correspondence address, a line it shares with 12+ corpus records spanning 2014-2022). Study 14 is a randomized controlled trial in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome in which manual therapy plus neurodynamic mobilization techniques were compared with electrophysical modalities (red and infrared laser plus ultrasound applied by contact method at the transverse ligament area) over 20 therapy sessions at twice-weekly intervals. Two-point discrimination (2PD) improved significantly in the symptomatic limbs of BOTH groups (p < .001), with no statistically significant difference between the two treatment groups; the authors concluded: "Both therapy programs used in this study were beneficial for improving 2PD."
Role in Study 14
Co-author and corresponding author of Study 14. See Study 14: Effect of Manual Therapy and Neurodynamic Techniques vs Ultrasound and Laser on Two-Point Discrimination in CTS (Journal of Hand Therapy, 2016; PMID 27094495).
Identifiers
ORCID: 0000-0002-8542-8123
Relationship statement: King Brand utilized the individual's work in the development of our products and treatments. The study and all the professional's work was independent of King Brand - they did not work for us, nor were they compensated by us - it is truly independent. King Brand has relied on the results of this study, this individual's work, and the work and studies of others in the development of our medical solutions.
Sources
ORCID public record 0000-0002-8542-8123 · PubMed author class (Linek P) · Corpus record (PMID 29482409) · Study 14 on PubMed (PMID 27094495)
Profile verified as of 2026-09-22; annual re-verification scheduled.