Gajanan Vithalrao Bhalerao

Sancheti Hospital, India

Title: Current clinical practices in hemiplegic rehabilitation among physiotherapist in India

Biography

Abstract

This study was aimed at understanding the current physical therapy practices in stroke rehabilitation in the India. A cross sectional study of questionnaire of 37 items was developed through literature review. These questions were sent to therapists who have treated stoke patients. A total of 459 participant’s point of view was analyzed for the study. Result showed that more than 90% the physotherapist had similar understanding about aim of treatment, tone management and neurotherapeutic approaches. There was lot of variation about the upper and lower limb splints. A majority of the therapists ranked functional performance (92%) as the most important aspect which is appreciable followed by speed, accuracy, strength and number of reputations. More than 95% use NMES in hand rehabilitation along with functional tasks NMES. Shoulder sling is used the maximum in case of shoulder pain (86%) followed by heating modalities, NMES. Walker and cane is most frequently used ambulatory device. The most preferred lower limb orthosis was dynamic AFO and static AFO. Only 9% are doing research based practice.