Aishwarya Nair

Nitte University · Institute of Physiotherapy

Background: Anorectal malignancies, wherein anal cell carcinoma comprises just 2-4% of cases, are uncommon and pose particular difficulties for treatment and recovery. Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery are a few multimodal treatments. Owing to its less invasive nature, reduced post-operative complications, reduced length of hospital stay...

Swimmers' shoulder is one of the common overuse injuries having multifactorial causes with a gradual onset. Swimmers' experience pain in the pull-through phase, during the mid-stroke wherein the arm is maximally internally rotated and adducted. This occurs due to a significant amount of force generated by the pectorals, latissimus dorsi, subscapula...

Background: Halotherapy is the use of dehumidified oxygen or salt aerosol microparticles attached to a face to treat pulmonary conditions. It was first reported as a substitute to oxygen masks for speleotherapy, a healing technique utilized in saline in Eastern Europe since the early nineteenth century. Micronized NaCl (1–5 m) is effortlessly inhal...

Years of training, practice and unique skills are required for a Fighter pilot to perform demanding and challenging operations in technologically cutting-edge aircraft. To provide a concise overview of physical fitness, muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) and GZexposure and their interaction in fighter pilots. A search of PubMed, CINHAL, Google schol...

Atelectasis occurs due to impaired airway clearance or complete airway obstruction caused by inflammation, leading to the collapse of tiny airways either partially or completely. This results in impaired exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen. A chest X-ray, Computed Tomography (CT), and/or thoracic ultrasound are helpful in identifying atelectasis....

Introduction: Dance or movement therapy has been proved to have a curative power for ages. Physical fitness is controlled by a combination of the potential the person has in doing his/her own regular activity and genetically inherited capability. Belly dance is an expressionistic type of dance that initially originated in Egypt which lays emphasis...

Introduction: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, affecting multiple organ systems. The disease usually presents as mild to moderate respiratory illness but in many cases has progressed to development of pneumonia and ARDS ultimately requiring ventilatory support and prolonged ICU stay. Prolonged...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable pulmonary disease that has extensive pulmonary and pathological adaptations. Few of these pathological changes are airway , persistent airflow limitation, finally leading to pulmonary hyperinflation. The diaphragm, which is the primary muscle of inspiration, is put through...

Introduction Sacroiliac joint dysfunction (SIJD) is a prominent source of pain in low back pain (LBP) patients. Tenderness inferior to the posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS) is an important sign presented in SIJD. Techniques including muscle energy technique (MET) and mechanical diagnosis and therapy (MDT) have shown benefits in SIJD. However, t...

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) impairs the function of the diaphragm by placing it at a mechanical disadvantage, shortening its operating length and changing the mechanical linkage between its various parts. This makes the diaphragm's contraction less effective in raising and expanding the lower rib cage, thereby increasi...