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Comparative Exercise Physiology

Glenohumeral internal rotation deficit (GIRD) is a common impairment of neuromuscular origin that... more Glenohumeral internal rotation deficit (GIRD) is a common impairment of neuromuscular origin that affects overhead athletes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 4-week sleeper stretch program on proprioception and range of motion (ROM) in athletes clinically diagnosed with GIRD. This study was a single group crossover study design (pre-post). The athletes underwent sleeper stretching program (5 sessions/week for 4 weeks) on the affected and non-affected sides. A total of 32 male athletes (15 basketball/17 volleyball were assessed for outcome measures of internal rotation (IR), external rotation (ER), total range of motion (TROM), and proprioception in ER, IR, and TROM (eyes open and eyes closed) at baseline and at the end of intervention. The affected side ROM significantly improved from 54.53±8.90° to 77.56±4.33° and 58.27±3.33° to 81.10±3.67° for volleyball and basketball athletes, respectively (IR ROM); from 114.56±5.88° to 95.77±6.66° and 119.44±4.67° to 1...

Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management

COVID-19 vaccination campaigns have been launched across the globe to mitigate the impact of the ... more COVID-19 vaccination campaigns have been launched across the globe to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 disease. However, COVID-19 vaccination campaigns (Vaccination campaigns are the complete process of COVID-19 vaccination campaigns beyond just administrating vaccines.) are a complex multi-stakeholder process, and therefore, it is important to understand the key components and drivers of vaccination campaigns to help devise strategies to increase vaccination coverage for existing and future vaccination efforts. A system dynamics modeling approach was used to trace the vaccination campaign for the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The results identified the key stakeholders of the vaccination campaign and their inter-linkages, and the diverse perspectives of stakeholders of vaccination campaigns in Madhya Pradesh were collated in a structured format. Further, system dynamics models were developed to capture all aspects of the vaccination campaign in Madhya Pradesh, including the ch...

Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media

Twitter, used in 200 countries with over 250 milliontweets a day, is a rich source of local news ... more Twitter, used in 200 countries with over 250 milliontweets a day, is a rich source of local news from aroundthe world. Many events of local importance are first reportedon Twitter, including many that never reach newschannels. Further, there are often only a few tweetsreporting each such event, in contrast with the largervolumes that follow events of wider significance. Eventhough such events may be primarily of local importance,they can also be of critical interest to some specificbut possibly far flung entities: For example, a firein a supplier’s factory half-way around the world maybe of interest even from afar. In this paper we describehow this ‘long tail’ of events can be detected in spite oftheir sparsity.We then extract and correlate informationfrom multiple tweets describing the same event. Ourgeneric architecture for converting a tweet-stream intoevent-objects uses locality sensitive hashing, classification,boosting, information extraction and clustering.Our results, based ...

Advances in Rehabilitation

A. Exercise therapy plus manual therapy improves acromiohumeral distance measured by real-time ul... more A. Exercise therapy plus manual therapy improves acromiohumeral distance measured by real-time ultrasound in overhead athletes with shoulder impingement syndrome. Adv Rehab.

Global Journal of Enterprise Information System, 2009

Fingerprint identification from a random offline fingerprint image has become a very actively stu... more Fingerprint identification from a random offline fingerprint image has become a very actively studied field in biometric systems. This paper investigates the possibility to prepare a framework of applying the latent fingerprint obtained from a crime scene to be shared in a central data base. These fingerprints may be extremely useful to reduce the crimes from a country. In this approach each citizen is supposed to put his/her fingerprint in an organization during entry. This fingerprint will be matched to the central database for checking whether the fingerprint of that citizen matched with any finger print taken from a crime scene. The information system of an organization thus will be able to reveal the suspicious citizens causing to be investigated for further action. The quality of the fingerprint images greatly affects the performance of the minutiae extraction. The photo graph taken from different distances, uneven surface, different finger pressure, dust particles pose proble...

Computational Methods and Data Engineering, 2020

International Journal of Plant Production, 2014

The use of leaf mulch as a soil cover is effective in improving yield and soil fertility. The fie... more The use of leaf mulch as a soil cover is effective in improving yield and soil fertility. The field experiment was conducted during 2010 and 2011 to study the effect of plant spacing (30 cm × 30 cm and 45 cm × 30 cm) and four mulches {pine needles (Pinus roxburghii), poplar leaf (Populus deltoides), silver oak (Grevillea robusta) tree leaf mulch and unmulched control} on growth, yield, quality of stevia and soil fertility. Weed count and dry weed weight was not affected by spacing levels during August and at the time of harvest, whereas, in unmulched plots it was significantly higher than mulched plots. Dry leaf yield, total dry biomass and leaf area index (LAI) were significantly higher in 30 cm × 30 cm spacing level and poplar leaf mulch. All the mulched plots significantly increased organic carbon (OC), available nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), bacterial and fungal population compared to unmulched plots. Rebaudioside-A content was higher in plots mulched with popl...

Background and purpose: During the initial stages (0-6 hrs.) of ischemic stroke, the affected tis... more Background and purpose: During the initial stages (0-6 hrs.) of ischemic stroke, the affected tissues show very subtle hypo-attenuation (~4-6 H.U.) which can be missed by the radiologist due to the low tissue contrast offered by Computed Tomography (CT). This stage of stroke is known as Acute Infarct. The ability of a radiologist to detect these subtle changes depends on the accurate selection of view window (on the Hounsfield scale). The window selection is generally a trial and error process, which largely depends on the experience of the radiologist. Automatic determination of appropriate window settings can be very helpful in detection of acute infarcts. The purpose of this study is to determine automatically the appropriate view window width and examine if this would improve the diagnosis performance. The window setting determination is based on the characterization of acute stroke as a distortion in the otherwise symmetrical distribution of hypo-dense tissues in the left and r...

We propose two novel approaches to classify Indian monuments according to their distinct architec... more We propose two novel approaches to classify Indian monuments according to their distinct architectural styles. While the historical significance of most Indian monuments is well documented, the details of their architectural styles are not as well recorded. Different Indian architectural styles often show certain similar features which makes classification a difficult task. Previous work has focused on European architecture and standard datasets are available for the same, but no standard dataset exists for Indian architecture. Therefore, we have curated a dataset of Indian monuments. In this paper, we propose two approaches to classify monuments according to their styles: Radon Barcodes and Convolutional Neural Networks. The first approach is fast and consumes less memory, but the second approach gives an accuracy of 82%, which is better than the 76% accuracy of the first method.

Sport Sciences for Health, 2021

Subacute mechanical low back pain (MLBP) has been found to increase significantly in athletes in ... more Subacute mechanical low back pain (MLBP) has been found to increase significantly in athletes in the past decade. Manual therapy combined with exercises seems to be promising option; however, its potential effect in athletes is not fully known yet. The study aimed to compare between the effects of mulligan sustained natural apophyseal glides (SNAG) combined with exercise, muscle energy technique (MET) combined with exercise therapy and exercise therapy alone on pain, strength and muscle activity in athletes with subacute mechanical low back pain (MLBP). The athletes were screened for inclusion into the study using physical examination and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). The study was a randomized 3 arm repeated measure design and a total of thirty athletes completed the study (n = 30). Athletes in group 1 received mulligan sustained natural apophyseal glides (SNAG) combined with exercise, group 2 received muscle energy technique (MET) combined with exercise while those in group 3 were submitted to exercise only. Athletes in all groups received treatment 3 times a week for 4 weeks. The outcome measures were visual analog scale (VAS) scores, back extensor strength and electromyographic (s EMG) muscle activity of longissimus lumborum (LL) and transversus abdominis (Tr A). The VAS score were decreased in all three groups (p < 0.05); however, group 2 and group 1 were more effective than group 3 (p < 0.05). The back extensor strength increased in two groups (p < 0.05): group 2 showed a significant increase compared to group 1. The s EMG muscle activity of LL and Tr A increased in two groups (p < 0.05): group 2 showed a significant increase compared to group 1. There were significant time, group and interaction effects for the three outcome measures (p < 0.05). The addition of MET combined with exercise therapy reduces pain level, improves back extensor strength and muscle activity of LL and TrA in athletes suffering with subacute MLBP more than mulligan SNAG combined with exercise therapy and exercise therapy alone.

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism, 2021

Introduction. Lumbar radiculopathy (LR) is a common debilitating disorder of neuromuscular origin... more Introduction. Lumbar radiculopathy (LR) is a common debilitating disorder of neuromuscular origin that affects athletes. Material and Methods. This study was a parallel group design and a total of 24 clinically diagnosed athletes with LR were recruited for the study and randomly assigned to one of the two groups, i.e. neurodynamic mobilisation plus core stability group (NDS plus CS) and core stability group only (CS). NDS plus CS underwent neural mobilisation of the tibial nerve and core stability exercises, while CS group performed core stability for a total of 14 sessions on alternate days. The outcome measures of motor nerve conduction velocity (m NCV) of the tibial nerve and pain intensity were recorded before the start of the intervention, at midpoint (7th session) and at the end of the intervention (14th session). Results. Baseline scores of pain and m NCV (NDS plus CS: 6.75 ± 0.62, 38.10 ± 7.21 and CS: 6.58 ± 0.79, 38.92 ± 6.37) were non-significant. The outcome measures impr...

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism, 2021

Introduction. Core muscle activity is a necessary requirement in most sports. However, its role i... more Introduction. Core muscle activity is a necessary requirement in most sports. However, its role in archers has not been studied. Therefore, this study sought to determine muscle activity of Transversus abdominis (TA) and Multifidus (MF) and co-contraction index (CCI) using surface electromyography (s EMG) during different phases of shots in archers with different levels of training. Material and Methods. It was an observational study with a cross-sectional design. Twenty-eight healthy male archers were recruited and grouped according to their level of training: Group A (Beginners (n = 9)), Group B (Trained (n = 10)), Group C (Elite (n = 9)). The muscle activation (%MVIC) for MF and TA for 10 successive archery shots (distance: 10 meters in 200 seconds) was recorded using s EMG for all the phases of the shots along with CCI. Results. Three-way ANOVA revealed a significant difference for TA activity within groups (p ≤ 0.001) and phases (p = 0.002), A significant difference for MF acti...

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH, 2018

Results: Intra class coefficient (ICC 2,1) score ranged from 0.96-0.97 (standard error of measure... more Results: Intra class coefficient (ICC 2,1) score ranged from 0.96-0.97 (standard error of measurement=0.30-0.35 mm and minimum detectable change with 95% confidence=0.83-0.98 mm) for intra-rater reliability. ROC curve of dominant side concluded Area Under the Curve (AUC) to be 0.975 (p<0.001). The cutoff on dominant side of the athletic groups was reported to be 10.20 mm (sensitivity 0.90, p<0.001). Positive strong correlation were found between AHD and isometric ER strength on dominant side (r=0.924, p<0.05). Finally, at 0°, 45°and 60° dominant shoulder abduction revealed that acromiohumeral distance in SIS athletes were significantly different from other two groups (p<0.05). Conclusion: RTUS measurement of AHD has excellent test retest reliability, diagnostic accuracy and AHD and isometric external rotation are correlated in overhead athletes with SIS.

International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training, 2018

Patient-related outcome measures are often used for assessing and determining management efficacy... more Patient-related outcome measures are often used for assessing and determining management efficacy of shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) in overhead athletes. This study was undertaken to examine the psychometric properties (structural validity, convergent validity, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and minimal detectable change) and perform partial confirmatory factor analysis (PCFA) of the Hindi SPADI. Eighty male athletes with a mean age of 21.5 ± 2.20 years were enrolled in the study. Hindi SPADI test-retest reproducibility was calculated by intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC2,1), and Cronbach alpha helped determine internal consistency of the index. Pearson correlation coefficient compared the Hindi SPADI with the Hindi DASH scale to determine convergent validity, while the measurement error was calculated by minimal detectable change (MDC95). Exploratory factor analysis utilized for assessing the structural validity of the index gave a five-factor solution, w...

International Journal of Advances in Medicine, 2016

Background: Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) is a part of an autoimmune process that can a... more Background: Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) is a part of an autoimmune process that can affect the orbital and periorbital tissue, the thyroid gland, and, rarely, the pretibial skin or digits. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of TAO among Indian patients with thyroid dysfunction and the risk factors associated with TAO. Methods: A cross-sectional study of thyroid eye disease was conducted on patients with thyroid dysfunction visiting the outpatient department of a tertiary care centre. Demographic data, past medical history, family history, and lifestyle data were collected from all patients. An ophthalmologist interviewed the patients and noted the presence of symptoms and signs relevant to thyroid eye disease. Results: Out of a total of 100 patients, who were eligible for analysis, 80 were diagnosed with mild to moderate TAO and 20 were diagnosed with severe TAO. There were more male patients in patients with a severe course (50%) compared to those with a mild to moderate course (42.5%). More patients with a severe course were smokers compared to those with a mild to moderate course (chi-square test, p=0.021). More patients with a severe course had a higher clinical activity score (p=0.007). Conclusions: We have confirmed that smoking is the strongest risk factor for development of a severe course of TAO in Indian patients. Thus, it is important for patients with Graves' disease to refrain from smoking.

International Journal of Information Technology Computer Sciences Perspectives, Oct 8, 2014

Speech processing is emerged as one of the important application area of digital signal processin... more Speech processing is emerged as one of the important application area of digital signal processing. Various fields for research in speech processing are speech recognition, speaker recognition, speech synthesis, speech coding etc. Feature extraction is the most important step for speaker recognition. In this work, the Mel Frequency Cepstrum Coefficient (MFCC) feature has been used for designing a text dependent speaker identification system. MFCC is based on the human peripheral auditory System. Generally, MFCC for feature extraction is used to improve the efficiency of speaker recognition.

Bulletin of emergency & trauma, 2015

To evaluate the functional outcome and extensor apparatus of operative management of intra-articu... more To evaluate the functional outcome and extensor apparatus of operative management of intra-articular fractures of distal humerus using modification of the Triceps Tongue Flap approach. This prospective study was conducted between June, 2012 to April,2014 in NIMS Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan(India). We included 23 patients with intraarticular fractures of distal humerus that were managed surgically. Modification of Triceps Tongue Flap approach with Triceps flap in inverted 'V' shape was used. Follow-up was done using standard radiograph anteroposterior/lateral (AP/Lat) at immediate postoperative day, 1,3, 6 and 12 month intervals. Functional outcome was assessed using range of motion at elbow joint, Disability of Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH)Score and Objective Muscle Strength Testing (MRC Grade) of triceps muscle at 1,2, 3,6 and 12 month follow-up. Overall we included 23 patients of whom 16 (69.5%) were men and 7 (30.5%) were women with mean age of 34.6+4....

Applied Nanoscience, 2016

Nanoscience offers the potential for great advances in medical technology and therapies in the fo... more Nanoscience offers the potential for great advances in medical technology and therapies in the form of nanomedicine. As such, developing controllable, predictable, and effective, nanoparticle-based therapeutic systems remains a significant challenge. Many polymerbased nanoparticle systems have been reported to date, but few harness materials with accepted biocompatibility. Phosphorylcholine (PC) based biomimetic materials have a long history of successful translation into effective commercial medical technologies. This study investigated the synthesis, characterisation, nanoprecipitation, and in vitro cellular uptake kinetics of PC-based polymeric nanoparticle micelles (PNM) formed by the biocompatible and pH responsive block copolymer poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine)-b-poly(2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (MPC-DPA). Atom transfer radical polymerisation (ATRP), and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) were used to synthesise and characterise the welldefined MPC 100-DPA 100 polymer, revealing organic GPC, using evaporative light scatter detection, to be more accurate than aqueous GPC for this application. Subsequent nanoprecipitation investigations utilising photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS) revealed PNM size increased with polymer concentration, and conferred Cryostability. PNM diameters ranged from circa 64-69 nm, and increased upon hydrophobic compound loading, circa 65-71 nm, with loading efficiencies of circa 60 % achieved, whilst remaining monodisperse. In vitro studies demonstrated that the PNM were of low cellular toxicity, with colony formation and MTT assays, utilising V79 and 3T3 cells, yielding comparable results. Investigation of the in vitro cellular uptake kinetics revealed rapid, 1 h, cellular uptake of MPC 100-DPA 100 PNM delivered fluorescent probes, with fluorescence persistence for 48 h. This paper presents the first report of these novel findings, which highlight the potential of the system for nanomedicine application development.

Comparative Exercise Physiology

Glenohumeral internal rotation deficit (GIRD) is a common impairment of neuromuscular origin that... more Glenohumeral internal rotation deficit (GIRD) is a common impairment of neuromuscular origin that affects overhead athletes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 4-week sleeper stretch program on proprioception and range of motion (ROM) in athletes clinically diagnosed with GIRD. This study was a single group crossover study design (pre-post). The athletes underwent sleeper stretching program (5 sessions/week for 4 weeks) on the affected and non-affected sides. A total of 32 male athletes (15 basketball/17 volleyball were assessed for outcome measures of internal rotation (IR), external rotation (ER), total range of motion (TROM), and proprioception in ER, IR, and TROM (eyes open and eyes closed) at baseline and at the end of intervention. The affected side ROM significantly improved from 54.53±8.90° to 77.56±4.33° and 58.27±3.33° to 81.10±3.67° for volleyball and basketball athletes, respectively (IR ROM); from 114.56±5.88° to 95.77±6.66° and 119.44±4.67° to 1...

Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management

COVID-19 vaccination campaigns have been launched across the globe to mitigate the impact of the ... more COVID-19 vaccination campaigns have been launched across the globe to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 disease. However, COVID-19 vaccination campaigns (Vaccination campaigns are the complete process of COVID-19 vaccination campaigns beyond just administrating vaccines.) are a complex multi-stakeholder process, and therefore, it is important to understand the key components and drivers of vaccination campaigns to help devise strategies to increase vaccination coverage for existing and future vaccination efforts. A system dynamics modeling approach was used to trace the vaccination campaign for the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The results identified the key stakeholders of the vaccination campaign and their inter-linkages, and the diverse perspectives of stakeholders of vaccination campaigns in Madhya Pradesh were collated in a structured format. Further, system dynamics models were developed to capture all aspects of the vaccination campaign in Madhya Pradesh, including the ch...

Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media

Twitter, used in 200 countries with over 250 milliontweets a day, is a rich source of local news ... more Twitter, used in 200 countries with over 250 milliontweets a day, is a rich source of local news from aroundthe world. Many events of local importance are first reportedon Twitter, including many that never reach newschannels. Further, there are often only a few tweetsreporting each such event, in contrast with the largervolumes that follow events of wider significance. Eventhough such events may be primarily of local importance,they can also be of critical interest to some specificbut possibly far flung entities: For example, a firein a supplier’s factory half-way around the world maybe of interest even from afar. In this paper we describehow this ‘long tail’ of events can be detected in spite oftheir sparsity.We then extract and correlate informationfrom multiple tweets describing the same event. Ourgeneric architecture for converting a tweet-stream intoevent-objects uses locality sensitive hashing, classification,boosting, information extraction and clustering.Our results, based ...

Advances in Rehabilitation

A. Exercise therapy plus manual therapy improves acromiohumeral distance measured by real-time ul... more A. Exercise therapy plus manual therapy improves acromiohumeral distance measured by real-time ultrasound in overhead athletes with shoulder impingement syndrome. Adv Rehab.

Global Journal of Enterprise Information System, 2009

Fingerprint identification from a random offline fingerprint image has become a very actively stu... more Fingerprint identification from a random offline fingerprint image has become a very actively studied field in biometric systems. This paper investigates the possibility to prepare a framework of applying the latent fingerprint obtained from a crime scene to be shared in a central data base. These fingerprints may be extremely useful to reduce the crimes from a country. In this approach each citizen is supposed to put his/her fingerprint in an organization during entry. This fingerprint will be matched to the central database for checking whether the fingerprint of that citizen matched with any finger print taken from a crime scene. The information system of an organization thus will be able to reveal the suspicious citizens causing to be investigated for further action. The quality of the fingerprint images greatly affects the performance of the minutiae extraction. The photo graph taken from different distances, uneven surface, different finger pressure, dust particles pose proble...

Computational Methods and Data Engineering, 2020

International Journal of Plant Production, 2014

The use of leaf mulch as a soil cover is effective in improving yield and soil fertility. The fie... more The use of leaf mulch as a soil cover is effective in improving yield and soil fertility. The field experiment was conducted during 2010 and 2011 to study the effect of plant spacing (30 cm × 30 cm and 45 cm × 30 cm) and four mulches {pine needles (Pinus roxburghii), poplar leaf (Populus deltoides), silver oak (Grevillea robusta) tree leaf mulch and unmulched control} on growth, yield, quality of stevia and soil fertility. Weed count and dry weed weight was not affected by spacing levels during August and at the time of harvest, whereas, in unmulched plots it was significantly higher than mulched plots. Dry leaf yield, total dry biomass and leaf area index (LAI) were significantly higher in 30 cm × 30 cm spacing level and poplar leaf mulch. All the mulched plots significantly increased organic carbon (OC), available nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), bacterial and fungal population compared to unmulched plots. Rebaudioside-A content was higher in plots mulched with popl...

Background and purpose: During the initial stages (0-6 hrs.) of ischemic stroke, the affected tis... more Background and purpose: During the initial stages (0-6 hrs.) of ischemic stroke, the affected tissues show very subtle hypo-attenuation (~4-6 H.U.) which can be missed by the radiologist due to the low tissue contrast offered by Computed Tomography (CT). This stage of stroke is known as Acute Infarct. The ability of a radiologist to detect these subtle changes depends on the accurate selection of view window (on the Hounsfield scale). The window selection is generally a trial and error process, which largely depends on the experience of the radiologist. Automatic determination of appropriate window settings can be very helpful in detection of acute infarcts. The purpose of this study is to determine automatically the appropriate view window width and examine if this would improve the diagnosis performance. The window setting determination is based on the characterization of acute stroke as a distortion in the otherwise symmetrical distribution of hypo-dense tissues in the left and r...

We propose two novel approaches to classify Indian monuments according to their distinct architec... more We propose two novel approaches to classify Indian monuments according to their distinct architectural styles. While the historical significance of most Indian monuments is well documented, the details of their architectural styles are not as well recorded. Different Indian architectural styles often show certain similar features which makes classification a difficult task. Previous work has focused on European architecture and standard datasets are available for the same, but no standard dataset exists for Indian architecture. Therefore, we have curated a dataset of Indian monuments. In this paper, we propose two approaches to classify monuments according to their styles: Radon Barcodes and Convolutional Neural Networks. The first approach is fast and consumes less memory, but the second approach gives an accuracy of 82%, which is better than the 76% accuracy of the first method.

Sport Sciences for Health, 2021

Subacute mechanical low back pain (MLBP) has been found to increase significantly in athletes in ... more Subacute mechanical low back pain (MLBP) has been found to increase significantly in athletes in the past decade. Manual therapy combined with exercises seems to be promising option; however, its potential effect in athletes is not fully known yet. The study aimed to compare between the effects of mulligan sustained natural apophyseal glides (SNAG) combined with exercise, muscle energy technique (MET) combined with exercise therapy and exercise therapy alone on pain, strength and muscle activity in athletes with subacute mechanical low back pain (MLBP). The athletes were screened for inclusion into the study using physical examination and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). The study was a randomized 3 arm repeated measure design and a total of thirty athletes completed the study (n = 30). Athletes in group 1 received mulligan sustained natural apophyseal glides (SNAG) combined with exercise, group 2 received muscle energy technique (MET) combined with exercise while those in group 3 were submitted to exercise only. Athletes in all groups received treatment 3 times a week for 4 weeks. The outcome measures were visual analog scale (VAS) scores, back extensor strength and electromyographic (s EMG) muscle activity of longissimus lumborum (LL) and transversus abdominis (Tr A). The VAS score were decreased in all three groups (p < 0.05); however, group 2 and group 1 were more effective than group 3 (p < 0.05). The back extensor strength increased in two groups (p < 0.05): group 2 showed a significant increase compared to group 1. The s EMG muscle activity of LL and Tr A increased in two groups (p < 0.05): group 2 showed a significant increase compared to group 1. There were significant time, group and interaction effects for the three outcome measures (p < 0.05). The addition of MET combined with exercise therapy reduces pain level, improves back extensor strength and muscle activity of LL and TrA in athletes suffering with subacute MLBP more than mulligan SNAG combined with exercise therapy and exercise therapy alone.

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism, 2021

Introduction. Lumbar radiculopathy (LR) is a common debilitating disorder of neuromuscular origin... more Introduction. Lumbar radiculopathy (LR) is a common debilitating disorder of neuromuscular origin that affects athletes. Material and Methods. This study was a parallel group design and a total of 24 clinically diagnosed athletes with LR were recruited for the study and randomly assigned to one of the two groups, i.e. neurodynamic mobilisation plus core stability group (NDS plus CS) and core stability group only (CS). NDS plus CS underwent neural mobilisation of the tibial nerve and core stability exercises, while CS group performed core stability for a total of 14 sessions on alternate days. The outcome measures of motor nerve conduction velocity (m NCV) of the tibial nerve and pain intensity were recorded before the start of the intervention, at midpoint (7th session) and at the end of the intervention (14th session). Results. Baseline scores of pain and m NCV (NDS plus CS: 6.75 ± 0.62, 38.10 ± 7.21 and CS: 6.58 ± 0.79, 38.92 ± 6.37) were non-significant. The outcome measures impr...

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism, 2021

Introduction. Core muscle activity is a necessary requirement in most sports. However, its role i... more Introduction. Core muscle activity is a necessary requirement in most sports. However, its role in archers has not been studied. Therefore, this study sought to determine muscle activity of Transversus abdominis (TA) and Multifidus (MF) and co-contraction index (CCI) using surface electromyography (s EMG) during different phases of shots in archers with different levels of training. Material and Methods. It was an observational study with a cross-sectional design. Twenty-eight healthy male archers were recruited and grouped according to their level of training: Group A (Beginners (n = 9)), Group B (Trained (n = 10)), Group C (Elite (n = 9)). The muscle activation (%MVIC) for MF and TA for 10 successive archery shots (distance: 10 meters in 200 seconds) was recorded using s EMG for all the phases of the shots along with CCI. Results. Three-way ANOVA revealed a significant difference for TA activity within groups (p ≤ 0.001) and phases (p = 0.002), A significant difference for MF acti...

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH, 2018

Results: Intra class coefficient (ICC 2,1) score ranged from 0.96-0.97 (standard error of measure... more Results: Intra class coefficient (ICC 2,1) score ranged from 0.96-0.97 (standard error of measurement=0.30-0.35 mm and minimum detectable change with 95% confidence=0.83-0.98 mm) for intra-rater reliability. ROC curve of dominant side concluded Area Under the Curve (AUC) to be 0.975 (p<0.001). The cutoff on dominant side of the athletic groups was reported to be 10.20 mm (sensitivity 0.90, p<0.001). Positive strong correlation were found between AHD and isometric ER strength on dominant side (r=0.924, p<0.05). Finally, at 0°, 45°and 60° dominant shoulder abduction revealed that acromiohumeral distance in SIS athletes were significantly different from other two groups (p<0.05). Conclusion: RTUS measurement of AHD has excellent test retest reliability, diagnostic accuracy and AHD and isometric external rotation are correlated in overhead athletes with SIS.

International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training, 2018

Patient-related outcome measures are often used for assessing and determining management efficacy... more Patient-related outcome measures are often used for assessing and determining management efficacy of shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) in overhead athletes. This study was undertaken to examine the psychometric properties (structural validity, convergent validity, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and minimal detectable change) and perform partial confirmatory factor analysis (PCFA) of the Hindi SPADI. Eighty male athletes with a mean age of 21.5 ± 2.20 years were enrolled in the study. Hindi SPADI test-retest reproducibility was calculated by intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC2,1), and Cronbach alpha helped determine internal consistency of the index. Pearson correlation coefficient compared the Hindi SPADI with the Hindi DASH scale to determine convergent validity, while the measurement error was calculated by minimal detectable change (MDC95). Exploratory factor analysis utilized for assessing the structural validity of the index gave a five-factor solution, w...

International Journal of Advances in Medicine, 2016

Background: Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) is a part of an autoimmune process that can a... more Background: Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) is a part of an autoimmune process that can affect the orbital and periorbital tissue, the thyroid gland, and, rarely, the pretibial skin or digits. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of TAO among Indian patients with thyroid dysfunction and the risk factors associated with TAO. Methods: A cross-sectional study of thyroid eye disease was conducted on patients with thyroid dysfunction visiting the outpatient department of a tertiary care centre. Demographic data, past medical history, family history, and lifestyle data were collected from all patients. An ophthalmologist interviewed the patients and noted the presence of symptoms and signs relevant to thyroid eye disease. Results: Out of a total of 100 patients, who were eligible for analysis, 80 were diagnosed with mild to moderate TAO and 20 were diagnosed with severe TAO. There were more male patients in patients with a severe course (50%) compared to those with a mild to moderate course (42.5%). More patients with a severe course were smokers compared to those with a mild to moderate course (chi-square test, p=0.021). More patients with a severe course had a higher clinical activity score (p=0.007). Conclusions: We have confirmed that smoking is the strongest risk factor for development of a severe course of TAO in Indian patients. Thus, it is important for patients with Graves' disease to refrain from smoking.

International Journal of Information Technology Computer Sciences Perspectives, Oct 8, 2014

Speech processing is emerged as one of the important application area of digital signal processin... more Speech processing is emerged as one of the important application area of digital signal processing. Various fields for research in speech processing are speech recognition, speaker recognition, speech synthesis, speech coding etc. Feature extraction is the most important step for speaker recognition. In this work, the Mel Frequency Cepstrum Coefficient (MFCC) feature has been used for designing a text dependent speaker identification system. MFCC is based on the human peripheral auditory System. Generally, MFCC for feature extraction is used to improve the efficiency of speaker recognition.

Bulletin of emergency & trauma, 2015

To evaluate the functional outcome and extensor apparatus of operative management of intra-articu... more To evaluate the functional outcome and extensor apparatus of operative management of intra-articular fractures of distal humerus using modification of the Triceps Tongue Flap approach. This prospective study was conducted between June, 2012 to April,2014 in NIMS Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan(India). We included 23 patients with intraarticular fractures of distal humerus that were managed surgically. Modification of Triceps Tongue Flap approach with Triceps flap in inverted 'V' shape was used. Follow-up was done using standard radiograph anteroposterior/lateral (AP/Lat) at immediate postoperative day, 1,3, 6 and 12 month intervals. Functional outcome was assessed using range of motion at elbow joint, Disability of Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH)Score and Objective Muscle Strength Testing (MRC Grade) of triceps muscle at 1,2, 3,6 and 12 month follow-up. Overall we included 23 patients of whom 16 (69.5%) were men and 7 (30.5%) were women with mean age of 34.6+4....

Applied Nanoscience, 2016

Nanoscience offers the potential for great advances in medical technology and therapies in the fo... more Nanoscience offers the potential for great advances in medical technology and therapies in the form of nanomedicine. As such, developing controllable, predictable, and effective, nanoparticle-based therapeutic systems remains a significant challenge. Many polymerbased nanoparticle systems have been reported to date, but few harness materials with accepted biocompatibility. Phosphorylcholine (PC) based biomimetic materials have a long history of successful translation into effective commercial medical technologies. This study investigated the synthesis, characterisation, nanoprecipitation, and in vitro cellular uptake kinetics of PC-based polymeric nanoparticle micelles (PNM) formed by the biocompatible and pH responsive block copolymer poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine)-b-poly(2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (MPC-DPA). Atom transfer radical polymerisation (ATRP), and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) were used to synthesise and characterise the welldefined MPC 100-DPA 100 polymer, revealing organic GPC, using evaporative light scatter detection, to be more accurate than aqueous GPC for this application. Subsequent nanoprecipitation investigations utilising photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS) revealed PNM size increased with polymer concentration, and conferred Cryostability. PNM diameters ranged from circa 64-69 nm, and increased upon hydrophobic compound loading, circa 65-71 nm, with loading efficiencies of circa 60 % achieved, whilst remaining monodisperse. In vitro studies demonstrated that the PNM were of low cellular toxicity, with colony formation and MTT assays, utilising V79 and 3T3 cells, yielding comparable results. Investigation of the in vitro cellular uptake kinetics revealed rapid, 1 h, cellular uptake of MPC 100-DPA 100 PNM delivered fluorescent probes, with fluorescence persistence for 48 h. This paper presents the first report of these novel findings, which highlight the potential of the system for nanomedicine application development.