Physiatrists are specialists in the diagnosis and treatment of patients of all ages in three major areas of medical care.
1. Diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries and pain syndromes: these include sports and / or work injuries to degenerative condition as common as arthritis or low bake pain.
2. Electrodiagnostic medicine: Physical Medicine and rehabilitation is the only speciality of medicine in which special training in electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction studies is reqired. These precedures are used of evaluation of various neurologic disorders.
3. Rehabilitation of patients with severe impairments: the physiatrist directs a comprehensive rehabilitation team of professionals that may include physical therapists, occupational therapists, recreational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, psychologists, social workers, speech-language pathologists and others. Physiatrists treat neurologic rehabilitation conditions including stroke, brain injury, and spinal cord injury. Many other disabling conditions such as amputations, multiple traumas, burns and sports injuries are treated as well.
LEVEL OF Courses held: Speciality
SUBJECT TAUGHT TO STUDENTS ON FOLLOWING COURSES:
Residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
AREAS OF RESEARCH:
• Research into muscles, the skeleton, mechanism of back pain, muscular paralysis, shoulder pain, knee inflammation
• Invention of several mechanical models of the human body
• Clinical measurement tools
• Ankle inflammation
• Rehabilitation of children and geriatrics
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