Background: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are conditions that are caused and/or aggravated by work. The most important reason behind work-related musculoskeletal disorder is abnormal and/or stressful position of joints while working. Physiotherapists are very much prone to develop work-related musculoskeletal disorders, especially while treating neurologically challenged patients. Postural assessment is a key to identify a person at risk of developing work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Proper assessment of some of the areas like neck, spine, upper and lower extremities is the key to get risk factor analysis. REBA (Rapid Entire Body Assessment) is a tool which can be used on field to quantify areas of the body which are more likely to develop work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Aims: To find out risk of MSDs among physiotherapists treating neurologically challenged patients. Study Setting and Design: At neuro-paediatric department of SBB College of Physiotherapy, an observational pilot study was conducted. Materials and Methods: Photographs of the participants were captured with their consent through smart phone camera during treatment of different patients both adult and paediatric. Selected postures were analysed and quantified based on the REBA sheet. Statistical Analysis: Descriptive analysis was done based on areas at higher risk for MSDs according to REBA sheet. Results: More than 50% of participants were at moderate to high risk of developing MSDs. Conclusion: Physiotherapists working with neurological patients were found to be at high to medium risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. There is a need to assess MSD risk in detail in all physiotherapists.
Background: Much of the importance of COVID-19 treatment has been given to acute care of the problems. Since millions of people are recovering from COVID-19 infection, it becomes a need to investigate whether capability of performing tasks and activities has been affected and/or any residual deficits are present or not. Aims and objectives: This study aimed at comparing COVID-19 survivors with healthy individuals in pulmonary and aerobic capacity parameters by using peak expiratory flow rate and six-minute walk distance as objective measures. Materials and methods: Comparison was done between two groups, one with history of COVID-19 (Group A) and another without history of COVID-19 (Group B), both males and females, who belong to age group of 40–65 years were included. Result: Mean PEFR for group A (374.8 ± 114.27) and for group B (364 ± 70.23) L/min was found. Mean six-minute walk distance for group A (392.28 ± 99.15) and for group B (408.99 ± 97.96) meters was seen. Unpaired t-test result showed non-significant result for both the outcome measures (PEFR, p = 0.689, CI = –43.14 to 64.74 and 6-min walk test (6MWT), p = 0.565, CI = –72.20 to 39.89). Conclusion: There is no significant difference in PEFR and functional capacity found among individuals with and without history of COVID-19 infection.
Objective: The study aimed to compare cognition and aerobic capacity in hypertensive and non hypertensive middle aged males and find correlation between aerobic capacity and cognition in both group, to assess the relationship of cognition with age, years of hypertension, years of diabetes mellitus (DM), aerobic capacity among individual with hypertension. Design and method: An observational analytical study was conducted at community societies in Ahmedabad using purposive sampling. According to inclusion criteria 54 (27 in each group) middle age males were included in the study. Participants were divided into two groups -hypertensive group and non-hypertensive group.Each individual performed 6 minute walk test (6 MWT) to assess the aerobic capacity and Montreal cognitive assessment (MOCA) was taken to assess the cognition. Results: Statistically significant difference between both groups in 6MWT (U=208, p<0.01). No significant difference between both groups in MOCA (U=295, p>0.05).Moderate positive correlation between aerobic capacity and cognition in hypertensive group(r=0.538, p<0.005) and no correlation in non- hypertensive group(r=0.059, p>0.05) was seen. Association between cognition with age (B=0.423, p=0.007), hypertension year (B=0.598, p=0.299), DM year (B=0.322, p=0.543) and aerobic capacity (B=0.491, p=0.003) in individual with hypertension. Conclusion: The findings suggest that lower aerobic capacity and no difference in scores of cognition in hypertensive compared to non hypertensive middle aged males is seen. Correlation between aerobic capacity and cognition in hypertensive group was seen. Cognition is ascending way highly associated with hypertension year, aerobic capacity, age and DM year so. In later cognition is affected in hypertensive group. Keywords: Aerobic capacity, Cognition, Hypertension
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