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BACKGROUND: Postural control is critical for ensuring a safety activity of daily living. Individuals with poor stability are more prone to fall while doing activities of daily living. A certain level of sway is essentially present due to small perturbation within the body during shifting body weight from one to other foot, breathing, etc. The purpose of this study was to analyze the correlation between body mass and postural control in normal, lean and obese individual. AIMS: to analyze the correlation between body mass and postural control in healthy individuals using sway meter. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is an observational study done with 75 participants. Both male and female healthy individuals between 18-23 years were included in this study. Individuals with any musculoskeletal injuries, neurological conditions, peripheral artery disease and pregnant women were excluded from the study. BMI of each participant was calculated and assigned into three groups. Group A-lean, group B-normal and group C-obese. Postural control was analyzed for each group by using sway meter; level of postural sway was compared between groups A, B & C. RESULTS: On comparing mean values of groups A, B and C there was a positive association and strong correlation between body mass index and postural control with eye open and eye closed in anterior, posterior and postural sway towards left between the groups at (P ≤ 0.05). However, there was a negative association and weak correlation between BMI and postural control with eye open & eye closed in postural sway towards right between the groups at (P ≥ 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This study reveals that there is strong correlation between BMI and postural control. Subjects in eyes closed and eyes opened conditions showed sway in anterior, posterior and left directions but there was less sway towards right side direction.

Objective: The aim of the study is to find out the effect of exercise along with medications in individuals with alcohol withdrawal syndrome and to compare their result with individuals taking medications alone for alcohol withdrawal syndrome. Background of the Study: Worldwide alcohol consumption in 2010 was equal to 6.2 litres of pure alcohol which translates into 13.5 grams of pure alcohol/day. In 2012, about 3.3 million deaths were attributable to alcohol consumption. When someone stops using alcohol after a period of heavy drinking, a sought of symptoms typically includes anxiety, fast heart rate, shakiness, sweating, vomiting and a mild fever. More severe symptoms includes seizures, visual & auditory hallucination and delirium tremens (DTs). The symptoms typically begins around 6 hours following the last drink, and are worst at 24 to 72 hours. There are three stages of AWS. Stage 1(mild), stage 2(moderate) and stage 3 (severe). The treatment for AWS includes only medical intervention and psychological therapy which has good improvement. This study aims to analysis the effect of exercise along with medical intervention and psychological therapy for better improvement. Methodology: This was an experimental study design with comparative pre and post study type. Once the study is reviewed and approved by Institutional Review Board, 40 samples among 60 were selected from Turning Point Deaddiction Centre - Maduravoyal. The study includes the samples only if with stage 1, stage 2 AWS and those who are willing to participate in the study. Excludes those with stage 3 AWS, recurrent episodes of seizure, delirious mental state and old age people above 65 yrs. The outcome measure used was a questionnaire CIWA-Ar. After getting the consent, the 40 samples were equally divided and allocated into two groups–group A and group B. Group A received exercise in the form of relaxation exercise, breathing exercise, balance exercise (eg. Frenkel coordination) and low intensity high repetition endurance training along with medications. Group B received medications alone prescribed by consent registered medical practitioners in their rehabilitation centre. The intervention was carried out for 45 days. The exercise intervention for group A carried out for 5 days/week and 2 session/day. The endurance training was progressed once in a week. The post score was recorded. The pre and post data were analysed using SPSS version 21.0. Result: On comparing the mean value, both the groups showed much reduction in signs and symptoms of alcohol withdrawal syndrome. The pre test mean value for group A is 38.80. After giving them exercise intervention for 45 days, the signs and symptoms reduced to greater extent with the post mean of 9.15. In Group B, the pre and post mean are 38.75 and 19.0 respectively which is significant at P ≤ 0.001. Hence Null hypothesis is rejected. On comparing the post mean of Group A and Group B, Group A showed much reduction in the signs and symptoms of AWS than Group B. Conclusion: Exercise along with medication shows greater improvement among the individuals with alcohol withdrawal syndrome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This study was aimed to compare the effects of stretching exercise versus aerobic dance on pain and stress in primary dysmenorrhea. Background: Primary dysmenorrhea is a common menstrual symptom in women of reproductive age, which usually affects the quality of life. Exercises are usually preferred as an evident remedy for menstrual symptom in control of pain. Hence, the purpose of the study was to compare the effect of stretching exercise versus aerobic dance in controlling pain as well as in the management of stress. Methodology: This study is an experimental study of pre- and post-comparative type which was carried out in Faculty of Physiotherapy at Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute. After the approval of the study by the institute research review board, 30 samples were recruited and trained for a period of 8 weeks for about 45 min for 3 days/week. Girls aged 17-23 years with regular menstrual cycle and visual analogue scale (VAS) scoring >6 and depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21) scoring >19 were included in the study. Athletes, married women, and girls who were regularly exercising, having any pelvic pathology, abnormal menstrual cycle, or taking painkiller medications were excluded from the study. Outcome measures: VAS and DASS-21 questionnaire was used to asses pain and stress during pre and post intervention period. Procedure: Participants were randomly divided into two groups, namely Groups A and B. Group A was trained with stretching exercise and Group B with aerobic dance. Both groups were trained for 3 days/week for a period of 8 weeks. Stretching exercise concentrating on muscles of whole body was given for about 45 min. In aerobic dance, each session was carried out for 45 min, which includes 10 min of warm-up session and 25 min of training followed by 10 min of cool down session. Training was avoided during the period of menstrual cycle. Results: Both the groups showed reduction in pain and stress, but Group B showed more reduction in symptoms. On comparing pre-test and post-test within Group A and B on VAS and DASS, highly statistically significant difference was found in mean values at P ≤ 0.001. Conclusion: Aerobic dance was significantly efficient than stretching exercises in reduction of pain intensity and duration as well as stress in primary dysmenorrhea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The aim of the study is to determine the effect of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation versus strengthening of lower extremity (LE) in dancers performing drop landing. Background of the Study: Dancers performing drop landing causes fatigue and pain in LE. Fatigue presents as a potential risk factor for injury and also reduces the endurance in dancers. Activation patterns of the lower limb muscle groups have been consistently reported to alter in response to fatigue during landing tasks. Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation technique is more effective in producing long-term flexibility overtime and endurance. Strengthening will improve the muscle endurance. The purpose of the study was to increase the endurance and performance level. Methodology: The experimental study was conducted among the modern dancers for the duration of 8 weeks. 20 subjects were randomly selected from dancers and separated into two groups equally with the age group between 16 and 21 years. The study was done in ACS Medical College. Only dancers were included with drop-landing performance. The standing stroke test was used to find the endurance level. Procedure: A total of 20 selected subjects were taken based on the standing stroke test and will be divided into two Groups A and B. Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation technique was given to Group A and muscle strengthening was given to Group B for the duration of 8 weeks. Preassessment was taken at the beginning of the study and post-assessment was done at the end of 8th week. Assessment was done at every month end. Results: There was a significant difference in the pre-test and the post-test values of standing stork test (SST) between the Group A and Group B. On comparing both groups of their pre- and post-test values of SST, Group A shows higher mean value (28.3) than Group B (25.6) where P < 0.001 which is highly statistically significant. Conclusion: This study shows that the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation technique increases the endurance and performance in dancers performing drop landing than the strengthening of the LE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: The aim of this study is to find the effect of proprioception exercise and backward walking training among diabetic neuropathy patients. Background of the Study: The physical activity is the key element in prevention and management of diabetes mellitus. Physiotherapy intervention, such as aerobic exercise, resisted exercise, and endurance exercise lower blood glucose level, among diabetes mellitus patients. The background of the study is to find the effectiveness of proprioception training and backward walking training among diabetic neuropathy patients for the improvement of proprioception sensation of lower limbs and improve the quality of life in diabetic neuropathy patients. Materials and Methods: Once the study is approved by the Institutional Review Board, 30 patients both male and female were selected from clinically diagnosed diabetic neuropathy. The study setting was in Chennai. The source population includes patient with a clear history of diabetes mellitus, the patient has symptoms of neuropathy such as numbness and tingling sensation of extremities, loss of sensations, and abnormal sensation (dysesthesia), for example, burning and electric pain and both male and female. The age group was within 40-55 years. The Patient who score <20 s in time up and go test. Patient who score 21-40 in berg balance scale (BBS) grading test. Clinically diagnosed diabetes mellitus. The study population excludes severe traumatic illness in lower limbs, poor vision that affects walking, severe cardiopulmonary insufficiency, presence of other forms of neuropathies such as mononeuropathy, severe pain, and muscle weakness, and psychiatric illness. The samples were fully explained about the benefits of participating in the study. They were asked to fill the consent form duly signed by the samples and therapist. Data regarding the balance were collected using the BBS and time up and go test. Result: The result of this study shows that both proprioception exercise training and backward walking training are effective in increasing proprioception sensation of lower limbs. However, proprioception exercise training was better than backward walking training in improving the proprioception sensation of lower limbs among diabetic neuropathy patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]