Scientific Program

DAY 1
5th October 2024
Keynote Address 08:30 AM – 09:00 AM

Prof U Singh

Professor & Head, PMR, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur

The root of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Exploring the history & transformation

MSK & Rheumatology 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Dr Partha Pratim Pan

Professor & Head, PMR, North Bengal Medical College, Siliguri

Psoriatic arthritis: Recent advances in pharmacotherapy and rehabilitation

Dr Pankaj Kumar Mandal

Professor & Head, PMR, R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata

Therapeutic advances in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Dr Manmohan Biswas

Consultant, PMR, SNP Hospital Kolkata

The Art and Science of Foot Ulcers Management

Sports Rehabilitation 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Dr Akoijam Joy Singh

Professor & Head, Sports Medicine, RIMS Imphal

Wrist injuries in cricket and return to sports

Dr Harleen Uppal

Assistant Professor (Sports Medicine), Sports Injury Centre VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi

Knee injuries in cricket and return to sports

Dr Banoth Kiran Kumar

Assistant Professor, PMR, AIIMS Mangalagiri

Low back injuries in cricket & management including a return to sports

INNAUGURATION CEREMONY 11:10 AM to 12:00 PM
Neuro-Rehabilitation 12:00 PM – 02:00 PM

Dr Selvan P

Professor, PMR, Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

Sensory Rehabilitation: A Path to Post-Stroke Healing

Dr Srikumar V

Additional Professor, PMR, AIIMS New Delhi

Motor recovery in stroke rehabilitation: From Lab to Rehab

Dr Navin B P

Assistant Professor, PMR, NIMHANS, Bengaluru

Stroke Rehabilitation: Restoring Cognitive Ability

Dr Priyadarshi Dixit

Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, AIIMS Guwahati

Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Recent Updates

Dr Jane Elizabeth Sajan

Associate Professor, CMC Vellore

Pharmacological and Rehabilitative Interventions in TBI: ICU to Ward

Dr Mohit Kataruka

Associate Professor, PMR, AIIMS Kalyani

Unlocking Neuroplasticity: rTMS in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation

LUNCH 02:00 PM to 02:40 PM
Paediatric Rehab 02:40 PM – 03:40 PM

Dr Shweta Jain

Professor, PMR, VMM College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi

Early Intervention and Rehabilitation for High-Risk Babies

Dr Ritu Majumdar

Professor & Head, PMR, LHMC & associated Hospitals, New Delhi

Paediatric Speech Delay: A Mixed Bag

Dr Sandeep Dhole

Associate Professor, PMR, AIIMS, Bibinagar

Optimising Motor Function in Cerebral Palsy: Current management & future Directions

Dr Pabitra Kumar Sahoo

Associate Professor & Head, PMR, SVNIRTAR, Cuttack

Management of Flexed Knee Gait in Cerebral Palsy

Dr Anand Kumar Gupta

Additional Professor, Department of Paediatrics, IGIMS Patna

Early Intervention in CP: Paediatrician Perspective

Vision 2024 Rehab 03:40 PM – 04:30 PM

Dr R K Srivastava

Senior Policy Analyst, NIHFW; Ex-DGHS, GoI; Ex-Chairman, MCI

PMR, Practice in 2047 in light of Digital Transformation in Healthcare today

Dr Sanjay Wadhwa

Professor & Head, PMR, AIIMS New Delhi

Strengthening PMR, in India - Vision 2047

Pain Physiatry 04:30 PM – 05:30 PM

Dr Preeti Soni

Assistant Professor, PMR, JLN Medical College, Ajmer

Peripheral Interventional Procedures for Cancer Pain: Indications & Techniques

Dr Chandanpreet Kaur

Professor, PMR, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot

Spinal Pain Interventions: Indications & Techniques

Dr Shipra Chaudhary

Professor & Head, PMR, ABVIMS & Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi

Musculoskeletal Conditions in Spinal Cord Injuries

DAY 2
6th October 2024
Papers Presentation Oral (Award Session) 08:30 AM – 09:30 AM

Dr Mongjam Anganba Khumancha

Ozone nucleolysis for failed back surgery syndrome: a case series of 6 patients

Dr Priyanka S U

Towards universal accessibility: architectural barriers in Ukhrul, a hilly district of Manipur

Dr Jyotsna J

Role of mirror therapy on upper limb functions in 6 patients at subacute stage of stroke.

Dr Sithara M

Cartilage thickness and functional improvement in primary knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial comparing ultrasound-guided intraarticular injection of platelet-rich plasma and high molecular weight hyaluronic acid

Dr Anupam

Effect of integrated intervention program on score of autism treatment evaluation checklist in children aged 3-5 years with autism spectrum disorder

Dr Ebenezer C Kyndiah

Disability in rheumatoid arthritis: Patients’ perspective

Dr Prasenjit Ghata

Effects of genicular nerve block on quality of sleep in advanced osteoarthritis knee

Dr Puja Sannyashi

A comparative study of the effectiveness of total contact casting (TCC) in the treatment of forefoot vs hind-foot neuropathic plantar ulcers

Dr Adarsh T

Comparison of early versus late initiation of rehabilitation intervention in patients of lateral epicondylitis treated by platelet rich plasma injection

Dr Ivanah P Nongrum

Role of autologous ‘platelet rich fibrin’ in chronic non-healing ulcers with various etiologies in a tertiary care rehabilitation center

Poster Presentation (Award Session) 09:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Dr Vishnu Bhardwaj

Is Dextrose Prolotherapy more effective than methyl prednisolone injection in patients with chronic lateral epicondylitis? A randomised clinical study

Dr Chuka Kumari

An interventional comparative study to compare the effect of ultrasound guided methyl prednisolone acetate injection versus dextrose prolotherapy in management of plantar fasciitis

Dr Dheerendra Kumar Mishra

Effects of Platelets rich fibrin and normal saline dressing in chronic wounds

Dr Ravi Kumar

Evaluating the Impact of Virtual Reality on Cognitive Recovery in Stroke Patients: A Comparative Single-Centered Study in the Indian Context

Dr Khhyati Jain

An observational study for association between p25(OH)vitamin D and serum testosterone levels in men with chronic traumatic spinal cord injury

Dr Pawan Sharma

Comparison of efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) and ultrasound therapy (UST) in the treatment of myofascial pain

Dr Arun Kumar Ojha

Rehabilitation of a patient with bilateral congenital limb deficiency – a case report

Dr Bidyabati Yumnam

USG guided goldinduced cytokine injection therapy in patients with knee osteoarthritis on improving pain and function: a case series

Dr Lakshmi Sajith

A case of effective management of right equinovarus deformity after comprehensive rehabilitation following incomplete non-traumatic spinal cord injury: a case report

Dr Zakir Hussain

Achieving mobility: Successful ambulation in paraplegia with transtibial amputation – a case report

TEA BREAK 10:30 AM to 10:40 AM
Medical Ethics 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM

Dr Srikumar V

Additional Professor, PMR, AIIMS New Delhi

Ethics in Physiatry

Regenerative Medicine 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Dr Sandeep Kumar Gupt

Assistant Professor, King George's Medical University, Lucknow

Regenerative Medicine in PMR, Practice

Dr Siddharth Rai

Associate Professor, PMR, Apex Trauma Centre, SGPGIMS, Lucknow

Regenerative Approaches in Neurological Conditions

Dr Hafeeza Tamton

Assistant Professor & In-charge, PMR, KMCT Medical College, Kozhikode Kerala

Regenerative Medicine in Musculoskeletal Disorders

Dr Amit Ranjan

Associate Professor & In-charge, PMR, AIIMS, Gorakhpur

Emerging Trends and Future Directions in Regenerative Medicine

Current Trends in Rehabilitation 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM

Dr Gita H Thukral

Professor, PMR, AIIMS New Delhi

Policy Analysis for Inclusion of AT in Health Systems - A Review of AIDP and PMJAY Scheme

Dr Srikant Venkatakrishnan

Consultant and Head, PMR, Narayana Health City, Bangalore

Cardiac Rehabilitation - roots, recent advances and future trends.

Dr Swapan Mishra

Professor & Head, PMR, Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata

Role of AI in the Delivery of Rehabilitation Services to Outreach Populations

Dr Debanga Raj Neog

Assistant Professor, Mehta School of Data Sciences & Artificial Intelligence, IIT Guwahati

AI-based Human Pose Estimation and its Applications in Healthcare

Dr Sumanjit Boro

Associate Professor, Burns, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, AIIMS Guwahati

Recent advances in management of pressure ulcers

Success Stories, Innovations, Novel Approaches 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM

Dr Jagannatha Sahoo

Prof & Head, PMR, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar

No-Scalpel Trigger Finger Release - A Novel Approach

Dr Anindita Mahanta

Assistant Professor, Physiology, AIIMS Guwahati

The Rubber Hand Illusion Model: Understanding the Paradigm of Body Ownership Illusions and Implications in Rehabilitation

Dr N Jugindro Singh

Associate Professor, PMR, JNIMS, Imphal

A Case of Astasia-Abasia by Psychosocial Stress

Dr Kashif Akthar Ahmed

Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics, AIIMS Guwahati

Ergonomic Conservative Treatment of Fractures - AIIMS Guwahati Series

Dr Dhrubajyoti Deka

Consultant, PMR, Govt of Assam

Accelerated Ponseti Technique

LUNCH 02:00 PM to 02:30 PM
POSTER PRESENTATION (FREE SESSION) 02:30 PM to 05:30 PM
1

Dr Priyadarshini V S

Effective comprehensive rehabilitation of cauda equina syndrome with multiple long bone injuries – a single case study

2

Dr Mansi Yadav

Developmental disorders mimicking cerebral palsy

3

Dr Divyalakshmi I R

Management of Neurogenic Bladder in Post-Encephalomyelitis Sequelae with Transcutaneous Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation – A Case Report

4

Dr Saamir Aslam

Enhancing the vocational skills with mechanical prostheses: a case report on bilateral trans-radial amputation

5

Dr Sindhu S

Successful treatment of heterotrophic ossification (HO) with Risedronate: A single case study

6

Dr Amit Kumar Upadhyay

An observational, cross - sectional study to evaluate the prevalence of shoulder pain in chronic spinal cord injury patients at Sawai Man Singh hospital and attached hospitals, Jaipur

7

Dr Vilam Kashung

Occurrence of urinary tract infection in reference to mode of bladder-emptying methods, its pathogen frequency and their antibiotic sensitivity pattern among traumatic spinal cord injury patient

8

Dr Emmanuel Mathews

Rehabilitation approach to a child with Joubert syndrome: A case report

9

Dr Athul Ved Krishnan

Alternative driving ability with adaptation of vehicles corresponding to the disability of bilateral trans-radial amputation

10

Dr Amala Sajeev

Arthritis robustus, abnormal rheumatoid in an elderly male with lower back pain - a case report

11

Dr Abinaya Aarthi

A successful rehabilitation of left transtibial amputee- overcoming stump keloid challenges: a case report"

12

Dr Deshik Nekkalapudi

Ambulatory outcomes after comprehensive rehabilitation in a child with cerebral palsy and spastic diplegia with crouch gait: a case report

13

Dr Wuppi Miku

A rare case of cerebral palsy with congenital absence of VI and VII nerves: A case report

14

Dr Anoovab Saha

Trauma-induced exacerbation of the chronic inflammatory back pain: Insights from a case of aggravated sacroiliitis

15

Dr Helana Jabeen

A case report on organophosphorus-induced delayed neuropathy: Rehabilitation point of view

16

Dr Mohd Farid Ahamad

Rehabilitation of spastic shoulder pain in hemiplegic patient – a case report

17

Dr Shruti Pandey

Hoffmann syndrome: a reversible myopathy in a young adult—the impact of early diagnosis and multidisciplinary rehabilitation: a case report

18

Dr Sonali Sahani

Case of paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity secondary to traumatic brain injury

19

Dr Ankit Sarkar

Tuberculosis in symphysis pubis: A rare case report

20

Dr Lavanya K

Unravelling the complexity of severe sensory and motor demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy –an interesting case report

21

Dr Swarnakar R

Complex regional pain syndrome of upper limb following herpes zoster: a case report of interventional physiatry

22

Dr Khwairakpam Selina Devi

Non-traumatic spinal cord injury in a case of third trimester pregnancy

23

Dr Shubham Goyal

Apixaban induced delayed leukocytoclastic vasculitis: A case report

24

Dr Merlin V Cherian

A report of rehabilitation in a recurrent intramedullary neurenteric cyst

25

Dr Bhuvaneshwari B

50 years of Indian physiatry

26

Dr Paras Yadav

A case of pediatric SCIWORA without any abnormality on MRI

27

Dr Rupesh Choudhary

Selective motor nerve block following landmark technique by aid of peripheral nerve stimulator in spinal cord injury patients with hamstring spasticity

28

Dr Saptarshi Hazra

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection for the treatment of partial Achilles tendon tear – A case report

29

Dr Lakshmi S S

Rehabilitation of a severe hemophilia patient who underwent total knee replacement

30

Dr Varshin Bal

Outcome of re-positional osteotomy in congenital radio ulnar synostosis: A case series

31

Dr Senapathi Arun Kumar

Management of pressure ulcers in spinal cord injury patients using various rotational flaps: A case series

Valedictory Session & Prize Distributions Followed by High tea