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Ab. No. 96 Factors Associated With Lumbopelvic Pain Among Pregnant Women in Their Third Trimester
Authors: Khezhie Dziesebeinuo , Preetha R , Poojary Deepalaxmi , Adhia Divya , Shetty Jyothi , Hebbar Shripad 
Published: June 2024

Introduction:
With the increasing prevalence of lumbopelvic pain (LPP) among pregnant women, it is important to identify the factors associated with it. Previous studies have focused on the Western population. Hence, it is important to identify potential risk factors among the Indian population to find if the culture, or level of physical activity may influence the factors associated with pelvic girdle pain.
Identification of risk factors will help in early screening and development of exercise intervention for the prevention of LPP.

Methods:
Primigravidae in third trimester aged between 18 to 40 years were included. Those with medical or obstetric complications were excluded. A cross-sectional study was conducted in which subjective measures were administered through questionnaires and objective measures by physical examinations were carried out to confirm LPP.
Chi-square test was used to find the association between the variables. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression was performed to calculate the odds ratio.

Results:
Of the total 253 participants, 60.47% (n=153) were tested positive for LPP. Multivariate regression analysis (p < 0.05) demonstrated that factors associated with a greater risk of developing LPP were increase in period of gestation and pain intensity.

Conclusion:
Factors associated with lumbopelvic pain were period of gestation and pain intensity. The strength of the study is that special tests were conducted to confirm the LPP rather than subjective measures. Limitations of the study were previous history of low back pain was not noted and usage of analgesics or other remedial measures were not considered.
Future research may focus on Randomized controlled trials to find the effectiveness of structural intervention program to prevent or treat lumbo-pelvic pain.

Implications:
Antenatal exercise program must be included as an integral part of Physiotherapy program from first trimester which may prevent Lumbo-pelvic pain
Ab. No. 105 A Scoping Review of the Effectiveness of Various Exercise Regimens on the Severity of Uremic Restless Leg Syndrome and Other Outcome Metric in Hemodialysis Subjects
Authors: Parikh Yesha , Shah Harda 
Published: June 2024

Introduction:
Uremic restless leg syndrome (URLS) is a condition that occurs in individuals with kidney failure or severe kidney disease;characterized by an uncontrollable urge to move the legs, often accompanied by discomfort or a crawling sensation.URLS can be prevalent in hemodialysis patients, as kidney dysfunction contributes to its development. Hemodialysis helps in removing waste products from the blood, but it may not completely alleviate URLS symptoms. The purpose of this scoping review is to outline the literature on physiotherapy in URLS, the types of physiotherapy interventions used and the outcome measures used.

Methods:
Scoping review in accordance with Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines. From 2005 to December 2023, databases searched included PubMed, PEDro, Research Gate and Google Scholar following MESH terminology and boolean operators in accordance to the study requirement.A narrative data summary was created to explain the current evidence on physiotherapy for URLS. Articles were considered if they were about physiotherapy interventions given to URLS subjects. A narrative synthesis was conducted.

Results:
Ten studies were included (eight randomised control trials, one pilot RCTs, one quasi experimental study). PEDro scale for 4 studies were ≥5 and 6 studies were ≥5.Interventions reported were aerobic,resistance and stretching exercise. A variety of outcome measures was utilised such as severity of URLS, physical performance, balance, sleep quality, depression score and quality of life domains.

Conclusion:
The results of this review suggest that there is insufficient information to assist physiotherapists in the treatment of subjects with URLS. Aerobic, resistance and stretching exercise were the widely studied physiotherapy therapies. A variety of outcome metrics are used. High-quality clinical trials with representative populations are needed, as are investigations on physiotherapy practice and the experiences of subjects with URLS.
Ab. No. 115 Exploring Global Perspectives: A Comprehensive Review of Healthcare Professionals Understanding and Practices in the Diagnosis and Management of Sarcopenia
Authors: Joseph Anju , Rodrigues Daina , Priya Divya 
Published: June 2024

Introduction:
To describe the knowledge and awareness of Sarcopenia among Health Care Professionals. As life expectancy rises worldwide, sarcopenia emerges as a significant public health concern. Unlike many other health conditions, sarcopenia remains asymptomatic in its early stages. Timely diagnosis and intervention are crucial to mitigate its impact on individual health and well-being. The study underscores the pivotal role of healthcare professionals in fostering awareness and knowledge about sarcopenia. This awareness facilitates timely diagnosis, effective management, and improved referrals to physiotherapy services, particularly addressing the functional aspects of the ageing population.

Methods:
A comprehensive literature search across PubMed, Google Scholar, and Science Direct based on predefined inclusion criteria was conducted. Studies within the last five years, written in English, excluding those focusing on sarcopenia prevalence in community-dwelling adults above fifty years. Data extracted from eligible studies were summarized.5 cross-sectional, 1 longitudinal, and 1 scoping review, were included. The reviewed studies employed questionnaire-based surveys to assess awareness, knowledge, attitude, and practice of sarcopenia among healthcare professionals.

Results:
Healthcare professionals lack awareness and knowledge about sarcopenia, hindering screening and treatment due to resource limitations. Barriers to screening and treatment were attributed to inadequate knowledge and resource access, while facilitators were protocol implementation and training opportunities.

Conclusion:
The literature suggests a significant lack of understanding among healthcare professionals regarding sarcopenia and its diagnostic methods. Certain professions, notably geriatric rehabilitation specialists, dieticians, physiotherapists, and nurses, demonstrated better comprehension.

Implication:
Addressing these knowledge gaps through educational initiatives is imperative to enhance the identification and treatment of sarcopenia. Hence, leading to timely diagnosis and interventions, minimizing adverse health outcomes in the elderly. This, in turn, can contribute to cost reduction in health services, promote healthy ageing, and optimize healthcare systems.
Ab. No. 132 Phenomenological Exploration of Ethical Challenges Faced by Physiotherapy Professionals During Research Supervision: A Qualitative Study
Authors: Samuel Asir John , Vaswani Ravi 
Published: June 2024

Introduction:
Although ethical guidelines are available, they are not always followed during physiotherapy research. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the experiences of academic professionals in physiotherapy regarding ethical issues while supervising research conducted by physiotherapy students and scholars.
Physiotherapy professionals working in academia often face ethical challenges when guiding their postgraduate students in their research responsibilities. However, there is a lack of published literature on these issues in India and our region.

Methods:
Ten faculty members from recognized physiotherapy teaching institutions with minimum 10 years in permanent teaching position and at least 5 years as recognized postgraduate supervisors.
The phenomenological qualitative study design was implemented to conduct in-depth semi-structured interviews with 10 physiotherapy faculty members using both face-to-face (n=1) and telephone interview methods (n=9) till data saturation. Word-to-word verbatim of transcribed audio recordings were used in inductive thematic analysis.
Trustworthiness/ Research rigor was determined according to Lincoln and Guba, which includes credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability are the elements of trustworthiness used to enhance rigor in the study. Word cloud and frequency chart were used to highlight the study findings.

Results:
Five themes with 50 sub-themes/categories were identified. Identified five themes (1) Ethical concerns, (2) Informed consent form, (3) Data collection, management, and analysis, (4) Scientific misconduct, and (5) Publication ethics.

Conclusion:
Physiotherapy professionals are facing ethical issues due to fabrication, confidentiality, pay and publish for promotion/degree, signature forgery in ICF, not adhering to authorship criteria, and other issues. To improve research quality, faculty must minimize these issues during supervision.

Implications:
Physiotherapy professionals should prioritize ethical adherence and be vigilant in identifying malpractices during their research supervision.
Ab. No. 138 Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Physical Activity in Subjects With Hypertension
Authors: Sridevi S , Sheeba P , Venkatesh N , Senthil Kumar T 
Published: June 2024

Introduction:
Hypertension a commonly prevalent non-communicable disease with a national incidence of more than 2.5 million can be managed with proper medical management, sufficient physical activity (PA) and lifestyle changes. Less knowledge about Physical activity as a management for hypertension among hypertensive subjects warrants this study.
Aim of the study is to identify and analyze the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Physical activity in hypertensive subjects.

Methods:
256 consented hypertensive subjects of both Genders, age 18 to 70, with a clinical history of > 10 months were included; Patients with recent cardiac events, hospitalization in the past 2 weeks, severe comorbidities, patients contraindicated to physical activity and pregnant women were excluded. Demographic and basic clinical data were obtained. A self-developed experts validated survey questionnaire with 22 questions has been filled by the participants Based on the responses participant’s knowledge, attitude and practice of Physical Activity were identified.

Results:
In the study population, 62.1% had low PA, 36.7% had Moderate PA and only 1.2% had high PA levels.37.1% of population had Positive attitude about physical activity and 62.9% had negative attitude.Only 39.5% of population were practicing a structured physical activity. Using the Pearson’s correlation, the correlation between Physical activity levels and KAP individually were analysed and found to have statistically significant positive correlation between physical activity (IPAQ) and Practice (p value.0005) and between Knowledge and Physical activity (p value.0001).

Conclusion:
Subjects with hypertension have poor knowledge and have a negative attitude towards PA. With this KAP survey results, physiotherapists should start spreading awareness about importance of PA and the lurking danger of Physical inactivity for hypertensive subjects in general population. Proper patient education needs to be provided to emphasize the practice of tailor-made structured PA for hypertensive subjects and future multicentric studies are warranted.
Ab. No. 24 Role of Physical Rehabilitation Strategies Used in Dysphagia Management in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors- A Systematic Review
Authors: Ghatkar Shreyasi , Pattanshetty Renu 
Published: June 2024

Introduction:
Dysphagia is a common complication in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients who have undergone cancer treatment. Such patients have disrupted swallowing problems with decreased swallowing function even after 5 years post treatment. Rehabilitation strategies have been designed to enhance the mechanics of swallowing to achieve long lasting improvements. To quantitatively assess the previous research studies and to derive conclusion about various physical rehabilitation strategies focusing in decreasing dysphagia problems and improving Quality of Life (QOL) in Cancer survivors.

Relevance:
Systematic review shall help summarize existing research and contribute to informed, efficient, and reliable knowledge synthesis which will guide evidence-based decision-making in clinical practice, and research prioritization.

Materials and Methods:
Electronic search was conducted in Scopus, PubMed, PEDro, and COCHRANE databases. Studies that met the inclusion criteria were evaluated using PEDro scale and Modified McMaster Critical review form for quality appraisal. A descriptive synthesis was undertaken due to heterogeneity of the included studies.

Analysis and Results:
Total of 17 studies were assessed for Risk of Bias which comprised of 15 clinical trials, 1 Case Series, 1 Case Report that applied swallowing exercises, manoeuvres, Neuromuscular Electrical stimulation (NMES), to the HNC survivors. The outcomes highlighted improvement in swallowing, the oral intake status and QOL as assessed by various swallow/oral intake scales, radiographic examination and QOL scales.

Conclusion:
The review recommends application of swallowing exercises, manoeuvres, to HNC survivors however, authors speculate diminished use of NMES in such cases. It’s recommended that a well-designed larger sample size with randomization and double blinding would generate better evidence for combined utilization of NMES along with swallowing exercise for HNC survivors.

Implications:
This systematic review helps to know the lacunae in treatment and how we could strengthen the evidence.
Ab. No. 148 Global Research Trends on Gait Rehabilitation in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury- A Bibliometric Analysis
Authors: Phadke Vandana , Sharma Ridhi , Sharma Navita , Mitra Shambhovi 
Published: June 2024

Introduction:
This bibliometric analysis aims to comprehensively assess the literature related to gait rehabilitation for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) to identify significant contributors, and to explore the collaborations and emerging themes in the field.
This study helps to assess the scientific evolution of the field that occurs with technological advancements. Gait rehabilitation following SCI requires a multi-disciplinary approach and the current analysis will assess the global collaborations and provide insights for policymakers, funders, publishers, and future researchers.

Methods:
The Clarivate Web of Science Citation Index Expanded database was searched using the keywords (“gait” OR “walking” OR “locomot* OR “Ambulat*”) AND (Spinal cord injur*)” for all original and review English articles that were published from the inception of the database till date.
The data from the selected articles were imported into R software, and bibliometric indicators were assessed to determine author contributions, country affiliations, journal sources, and thematic trends.

Results:
A total of 1313 pertinent articles were found, with the USA leading in contributions to SCI gait rehabilitation research. Other notable contributors include Canada and Switzerland. Key journals include Spinal Cord, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, Journal of NeuroEngineering, and Journal of Neurotrauma. Leading contributors are Northwestern University, the University of Miami, and the University of Alberta. The analysis indicates a growing interest in gait rehabilitation research post-2000, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches and emerging technologies such as robotics, exoskeletons, and neuromodulation.

Conclusion:
The analysis underscores the significance of collaborative and interdisciplinary research in gait rehabilitation, revealing a shift from traditional methods to technology integration. Notably, publications from the USA and Europe have a substantial impact, emphasizing the increasing focus on technology-driven approaches and understanding neuroplasticity in gait rehabilitation.
Ab. No. 155 Effect of Brain Gym Exercises on Executive Functions and Dual –Task Performance in Person’s With Parkinson’s Disease
Authors: Bhattad Radha , Gandhi Bhavana 
Published: June 2024

Introduction:
Cognitive impairments are common in Parkinson’s disease, and one of the most noticeable features is dysfunction in the executive function. Because of these changes, performing dual tasks that require the person’s attention and concentration, tend to be more difficult to accomplish. Brain Gym exercise is an academic kinesiological program that stimulates various brain regions, with a particular emphasis on the corpus callosum, facilitating inter-hemisphere communication. In brain gym exercise participants engage in a wide variety of tasks that engage different aspects of cognitive and physical functioning. These exercises had shown to improve cognitive performance and fitness levels in active older adults. Considering this the study is conducted with an intent to find if there is any effect of brain gym exercises on executive function and dual task performance in the persons with Parkinson’s disease.

Methods:
19 persons with Parkinson’s disease age between 50-75 years with stages I-III on Modified Hoehn and Yahr classification, who can identify the sequencing from 1-25 and A-Z and can walk for at least 9 m (30ft) with or without assistive device participated in the study.
Institutional ethical committee approval and participants consent was obtained. Intervention comprising of 23 brain gym exercise, each exercise 3 times per session for 4 days a week for 2 weeks was given. Pre and post intervention Executive Function was assed using Delta Trail Making test and Dual Task Performance was assessed using Timed up and GO test – Cognition.
Wilcoxon Signed Rank test was used to compare pre and post values of outcome measures and statistically significant difference was seen in both the outcome measures (with p value of 0.000)

Conclusion:
The study concluded that Brain gym exercises are effective in improving executive function, dual task performance and can be incorporated with conventional exercises in treatment of persons with Parkinson’s disease.
Ab. No. 156 Exercise Intolerance in Individuals With Long Covid: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Authors: Gururaj Rachita , Veluswamy Sundar Kumar , Rao Akshay , Thyagaraj Vijayashree , Thomas Betty , Thomas Callum , Owen Rebecca , Bewick Thomas , Ashton Ruth EM , Faghy Mark A 
Published: June 2024

Introduction:
Long-COVID has emerged as a significant public health burden, affecting millions around the world. Exercise intolerance is a prominent symptom of Long-COVID and understanding its underlying mechanisms can help health professionals determine appropriate rehabilitation strategies. The aim is to determine potential causes of exercise intolerance in individuals with Long-COVID.

Methods:
Fifteen individuals (age=31±11years;87% female) with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis in the past and Post-Covid Functional Status ≥2 were included. Following ethical approval and informed consent, participants underwent a series of assessments including 6-min walk test, PFT, Echocardiography, Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and Isometric peak torque (IPT). A symptom limited graded CPET was conducted on two consecutive days(Vyntus CPX System) on cycle ergometer using a standardized ramp protocol. IPT was determined using Humac Norm Isokinetic Device at 90º of knee flexion, with 10seconds hold for 3sets between 2-7days post CPET.

Result:
VO2peak was 20.6±4.8ml/kg/min (RER:1.2±0.1; peakHR:166±22; MVV%:62±10) and significantly lower than predicted values. IPT of dominant quadriceps was 113.4±44.6Nm. All participants terminated exercise due to lower extremity fatigue and inability to maintain peddling rate. Only seven (47%) participants exceeded 90%of their age-predicted MHR and only two crossed 70% of their predicted MVV; indicating possibility of peripheral contribution to exercise intolerance. This could be corroborated by significant moderate correlation between VO2peak and IPT (r=0.66, p=0.008).

Conclusion:
This sample of participants with Long-COVID had significantly lower VO2peak than predicted with a possible contribution from peripheral skeletal/neural processes that present as exercise intolerance.

Implications:
Peripheral causes of exercise intolerance also need to be considered while developing appropriate rehabilitation strategies.
Ab. No. 160 Design and Develop a Low-Cost Biofeedback Respiratory Device to Improve Lung Function in Pulmonary Patients
Authors: Sridevi S , Venkatesh N , Senthil Kumar T 
Published: June 2024

Introduction:
Over the past years in medical field, biofeedback (BF) therapy programs have gained lot of importance in patient education. Using BF promises to overcome challenges that is faced in routine teaching methods such as, low focus during therapy and the difficulty of transferring it into everyday practice. The innovation of this proposal is biofeedback with good visual feedback in the form of a game. By this method, the patient would be made aware of his or her reactions through the modification of features in the game and may learn to control the physiological parameters using the feedback provided by the visual input and succeed in learning.

Methods:
The therapeutic instrument with a biofeedback intended device which contains a mouthpiece (disposable), filter (mesh), and a steel tube which would be created using hardware and coding. The device will have games that focuses on inspiratory and expiratory training activities and this would help to improve adherence.

Result and Conclusion:
Major application in pulmonary rehabilitation to train the patient effectively to improve lung function thereby reduce symptoms and to improve the quality of life of patient, for home-based exercise program, for research and clinical need. Pulmonary dysfunction causes many symptoms that affects the day today life of the patients, improving the respiratory muscle function reduces such symptoms and improves quality of life of the pulmonary patients. Exercise compliance of the patients is a challenging factor often faced by therapists and proposed device would help in improving the exercise adherence as its interesting and innovative.
Ab. No. 168 NDT & SI Integrated Rehabilitation in Rere Gene Disorder With Developmental Delay, ASD and Cochlear Implant: - A Case Report
Authors: Ghadge Tejal , Deshpande Snehal 
Published: June 2024

Introduction:
Children with hearing loss and additional disabilities benefit from cochlear implantation. However, 30%–40% of children currently receiving CIs have other neurodevelopmental, genetic, ASD, or congenital disorders, with mixed evidence of their potential benefits. The purpose is to evaluate NDT & SI integrated practices in neurorehabilitation.

Methods:
She was assessed throughout using NDT assessment, Sensory Profile, ASQ, Denver’s Score, and Developmental Checklist. Reassessment before the cochlear implant, she showed good improvement except for independent walking with adjunct.

Result:
Significant Improvement in Gross and fine motor functions, Personal & social relations & problem solving.

Conclusion:
Neuro-developmental therapy along with Sensory Integration Pre- and post-cochlear Implant showed considerable improvement in her functional abilities and participation. Further studies can be done using & SI approaches for unique Genetic syndromic cases.

Implications:
Role of NDT & SI approaches in a RERE Gene disorder.