{"title":"Client-centric prosthetics and orthotics practice model in technology management","authors":"Deepak Kumar, Priya Ranjan, Pramanjan Kumar","doi":"10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_16_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_16_23","url":null,"abstract":"Innovation in technology has changed the way we interact, collaborate and conduct business. In the next 10 years, there will be a lot of changes in how we, as patients, clients and healthcare workers, experience healthcare. As they consider how to adapt medical and clinical specialists who focus on devices, such as prosthetists and orthotists, are presented with both an opportunity and a challenge. Less focus is placed on engineering and business abilities in the current prosthetic and orthotic education and practice, and more emphasis is placed on clinical skills. However, each of the three is important for a prosthetics and orthotics business to be successful and last for a long time. Furthermore, the latter two will have a significant impact on how prosthetics and orthotics look in the future. It is unclear how contemporary prosthetic and orthotic professionals can respond most effectively. In this editorial, one option is to rebalance their professional character so that the three most important parts are given equal weight. As a result, a Clinical Prosthetic Orthotic Technology Management Professional would practice their profession in a way that is client-centred, functionally grounded and incorporates eight professional traits: professional, advocate, scholar, leader, communicator, collaborator, assistive technology expert and business justification specialist.","PeriodicalId":220492,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117068582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Management of central hyperthermia in traumatic brain injury using baclofen","authors":"Ijaz Pillai, Gaurav Gomez","doi":"10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_43_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_43_22","url":null,"abstract":"Central hyperthermia in cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is often misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed due to inadequate data. The current diagnosis is one of exclusion. Existing treatment as per guidelines is symptomatic and supportive. Continuous fever after TBI may delay therapy, worsen functional outcome and prolong hospital stay. We discuss a case of a 33-year-old gentleman with TBI with recurring fever spikes during inpatient rehabilitation, non-responsive to antipyretics and antibiotics. A diagnosis of central hyperthermia was reached after eliminating other possible causes. Based on a prior case report, baclofen was tried successfully to manage central hyperthermia. In our patient, a complete cessation of fever was noted within 2 days of initiation of baclofen. To test the effect and minimise the possibility of coincidental dissipation of fever, baclofen was temporarily withdrawn. The corresponding decrease in temperatures and days of baclofen administration followed by recurrence with cessation, are depicted graphically. Once baclofen was resumed, he remained afebrile for the remainder of his inpatient period. This case brings to light the possible efficacy of low-dose baclofen in the management of fever of central origin. It also highlights the importance of considering the possibility of fever of central origin in the subacute stage after TBI. Standardisation of baclofen use with well-designed clinical trials is the proposed next step.","PeriodicalId":220492,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116422735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proceedings of the 16th Annual State Conference of IAPMR Kerala Chapter","authors":"","doi":"10.4103/0973-2209.382044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-2209.382044","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":220492,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114855807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Management of neurogenic bladder in traumatic spinal cord injury","authors":"Margaret Chabungbam, S. Roy, S. Venkataraman","doi":"10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_9_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_9_23","url":null,"abstract":"Neurogenic bladder in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) is a critical issue as it can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. Complications such as urinary tract infection, bladder/renal stones, social embarrassment from incontinence and renal damage are some complications related to neurogenic bladder if managed inadequately. In India, the average annual incidence of SCI is 15,000 with a prevalence of 0.15 million. Most of these are illiterate, belonging to a low-income group with poor living conditions. Incontinence, social withdrawal and infection can pose a major impediment to vocational rehabilitation, community integration and living an independent life. The goals of the management of neurogenic bladder are to prevent incontinence, allow adequate storage till emptying of the bladder at an appropriate time and prevent infection and upper tract damage. In recent times, various pharmacological, non-pharmacological and surgical options have come up. While some are feasible in the Indian scenario, some are still not. Furthermore, there is a dearth of data related to SCI. The purpose of this review is to present the recent literature on the management of neurogenic bladder with a special focus on patients with traumatic SCI.","PeriodicalId":220492,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129994068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Management of chronic truncal wall type-I complex regional pain syndrome in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus: Case report","authors":"Chandrakant Pilania, Dhaval Morvadiya, Nagma Sheenam, Himanshu Agrawal, Nitesh M. Gonnade","doi":"10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_17_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_17_23","url":null,"abstract":"Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic pain syndrome associated with sensory, vasomotor, sudomotor, motor and trophic changes commonly affecting the upper and lower extremities; however, we report a case of truncal wall CRPS in an uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus patient. A male in his late fifties presented with right lower chest and upper abdominal wall burning, sharp and stabbing type of pain for 5 years associated with hyperalgesia and allodynia. The extensive evaluation ruled out any underlying pathology and the symptoms were increasing with time. He failed to respond to conservative pharmacological, non-pharmacological treatment and rehabilitation measures. In our institute, he underwent alcohol neurolysis of subcostal transversus abdominis plane and rectus sheath nerves with rehabilitation measures and reported significant relief in his symptoms. It has now been 6 months since the procedure was done and he has complete relief in pain. Hence, if sympathetic block is difficult to do, peripheral nerve block with alcohol and rehabilitation measures provide desirable effect in abdominal wall CRPS.","PeriodicalId":220492,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134010435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Saphenous nerve block for anteromedial knee pain in osteoarthritis knee: A technical review","authors":"Anil Sharma, M. Joshi, Nidhi Negi","doi":"10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_8_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_8_23","url":null,"abstract":"The saphenous nerve, a purely sensory branch of the femoral nerve, supplies the lower limb's medial, anteromedial and posteromedial aspects from the thigh to the foot. It is generally blocked for anaesthesia during knee, ankle and foot surgeries and to relieve post-operative pain. Knee osteoarthritis is a common joint disorder in middle-aged and older adults with pain, articular stiffness and decreased physical activity. Pain owing to osteoarthritis is most often reported at the anteromedial aspect of the knee. Recently, many researchers have studied using ultrasound-guided saphenous nerve blocks in knee osteoarthritis to relieve pain. For knee pain relief, a saphenous nerve block can be done using one of the techniques, namely peri-femoral, sub-sartorial, trans-sartorial and para-condylar (at the medial femoral condyle). We briefly describe these here, mentioning the pre-requisites, contraindications, possible complications and clinical significance.","PeriodicalId":220492,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132485262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response to forum 3","authors":"Shareena Musthafa","doi":"10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_14_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_14_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":220492,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130985495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Himanshu Agrawal, Chandrakant Pilania, Nitesh M. Gonnade
{"title":"Suprascapular nerve block: A technical review","authors":"Himanshu Agrawal, Chandrakant Pilania, Nitesh M. Gonnade","doi":"10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_41_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_41_22","url":null,"abstract":"Suprascapular nerve block (SSNB) is a safe and effective method to treat pain in chronic diseases that affect the shoulder, such as irrecoverable injury of rotator cuff, rheumatoid arthritis, calcific tendinitis, cancer, stroke sequels and adhesive capsulitis. SSNB has been applied in the management of acute and chronic shoulder pain as well as for the diagnosis of suprascapular neuropathy. Since this procedure is very handy for physiatrist and pain physicians, here we tend to provide the basic anatomy of the nerve and associated structures along with the review of the basic techniques described in literature with the insights of the author for the same.","PeriodicalId":220492,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124327566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of ultrasound-guided versus anatomical landmark-guided approach for perineural steroid infiltration in carpal tunnel syndrome: A prospective randomised controlled trial","authors":"Sonika Rathoor, Anil Gupta, Dileep Kumar, Ganesh Yadav","doi":"10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_17_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_17_22","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), a compressive neuropathy is usually managed by conservative treatment and/or decompressive surgery. Minimally invasive perineural steroid injections have been shown to be very effective in early-onset CTS. We evaluated the clinical efficacy and safety of ultrasound (USG)-guided steroid injection over anatomical landmark-guided approach in CTS. Methodology and Results: Eighty-four consecutive Stage I-II primary CTS patients enrolled between August 2017 and December 2018 were randomised prospectively into two groups in 1:1 fashion. In Group I, anatomical landmark guided and in Group II, USG guided 1 ml steroid (40 mg methylprednisolone) was injected perineurally. Symptom and functional assessments were done using Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (BCTQ) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score at 3, 6 and 12 weeks' follow-up. Significant improvement was seen in BCTQ and VAS scores of both groups at 3 weeks follow-up. At subsequent follow-ups (at 6 and 12 weeks), marked improvement of BCTQ and VAS scores in USG-guided group was observed. Conclusion: USG-guided perineural steroid injections had early-onset significant and sustained symptom reduction and functional improvement at 6- and 12-weeks follow-up when compared to anatomical landmark-guided approach with both the techniques being equally safe.","PeriodicalId":220492,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134011845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rehabilitation in ataxia","authors":"Anupam Datta Gupta, N. Prakash, Hafis Rahman","doi":"10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_42_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpmr.ijpmr_42_22","url":null,"abstract":"Ataxic disorders are numerous and relatively uncommon. They can result in lesions in the cerebellum, spinal cord, thalamic nuclei, vestibular nuclei, cerebral white matter and sensory pathways. Ataxia can be acute, subacute or chronic onset and progressive in nature. As pharmacological treatment, especially in chronic and progressive ataxia, is efficient nor is generally effective in treating various issues, rehabilitation has an important role to play in alleviating symptoms and quality of life. Various rehabilitation strategies such as conventional physical and occupational therapy, gait training and coordination therapy have been used for a long time. In the last 3–4 decades, there has been an addition in the armamentarium of rehabilitation with the use of non-invasive brain stimulation, virtual reality, body weight support treadmill training and robotic gait training to improve various aspects of the illness. The current evidence with rehabilitation strategies is also insufficient, so further longitudinal studies with bigger sample size and specific goal-directed therapies are the need of the hour.","PeriodicalId":220492,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133395896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}