Rajan Balakrishnan

Introduction: To study the effects of Pilates exercise and conventional exercise on trunk and postural stability in collegiate basketball players. Objectives: To determine the effects of pilates exercise on trunk and postural stability in collegiate basketball players. To determine the effects of conventional exercise on trunk and postural stabilit...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a complex condition characterized by various symptoms caused by the compression of the median nerve within the inflexible carpal tunnel at the wrist. Imbalances in the musculoskeletal system resulting from overuse and underuse of hand and forearm muscles can contribute to the narrowing of the carpal tunnel, making it...

Obesity is a chronic medical condition characterized by excessive body fat accumulation. It is a primary global health concern associated with various adverse health outcomes. Lack of physical activity is one of the primary reasons for obesity. This study compares the abdominal pressure changes and cardiac parameters between obese individuals with...

Powerlifting is an individual endeavor that involves three attempts at lifting the heaviest possible weights in three key lifts: the Squat, Bench Press, and Deadlift. Compared to their lean counterparts, obese individuals tend to have higher cardiac output and lower total peripheral 267 resistance, primarily due to increased stroke volume rather th...

An overview of the pre-rehabilitation and rehabilitation for space astronauts. It helps to know how the micro gravity impact the space sailors on musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular system and neurological system. It is an innovative approach on new physiotherapy techniques and exercises for space sailors.

Abstract: Chat GPT is an artificial-intelligence chat bot developed by Open AI and launched in November 2022. It is built on top of Open AI's GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 families of large language models and has been fine-tuned using both supervised and reinforcement learning techniques (1). Chat GPT is a natural language processing tool driven by AI technol...

Introduction: Powerlifting has three disciplines, including squatting, bench press, and deadlifting. Their Heavy weights may be are lifted during training and competitions (1). In the competitions, the powerlifter has to lift each technique 3 times, and the highest weight was considered. It is calculated as four times more than own body weight. Dur...

Introduction: Powerlifting has three disciplines includes, squat, bench press, and dead lifting. There may be heavy weights are lifted during training and competitions (1). In the competitions the powerlifter has to lift each technique 3 times and highest weight was considered. It is calculated as four times more than own body weight. During traini...

The aim of the study is to assess the awareness of young adults regarding infertility issues. Besides, it also evaluated the level of knowledge regarding the factors affecting and leading to infertility. A cross sectional survey among the young adults has been conducted with distribution of questionnaire containing 43 questions, divided into 5 sect...

Purpose of study: To determine whether the fifteen-minute water immersion treatment affects the normal ankle joint position sense (JPS) at the middle range of dorsiflexion and plantar flexion actively. Objective: Significant or no significant finding on using the water immersion cryotherapy treatment for 15minutes would affect the normal ankle join...

Title: Effect of stress relieving technique on individuals with psychological stress during Menstruation among AMU student. Objective: The objective of this study is to identify the effectiveness of Jacobson's Progressive Muscle Relaxation (JPMR) Technique in coping with stress during Menstruation compared with self-awareness. Background: Most of t...

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine physiological quadriceps lag, among male young healthy students Background: A quadriceps lag is present when a person cannot fully actively extend the knee using muscle contraction, resulting in decrease in the range of motion at the joint on which it acts. Lag on quadriceps muscle may cause o...

Objective: The study is aimed to find out the prevalence work-related musculoskeletal disorders among physiotherapists in Sabah. Background: Physiotherapists are known to be prone to Work-Related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) but its prevalence among physiotherapists in Sabah (East) Malaysia has not been reported. This study investigated the pr...

Title: A comparative study on the effects of autogenic mechanism and reciprocal mechanism on hamstring flexibility among AMU students. Background: There are less studies was done to investigate the effect on hamstring flexibility by using autogenic mechanism and reciprocal mechanism and all these studies have used combination of few mechanisms to i...

Objective and Background: We all need the good core stability program to prevent low back pain, to initiate limb movement, for proper utilization of the muscle forces and to enhance performance. And also, there is lack of literature support in normal subject and the benefits of core endurance in everyday activities. To compare the effectiveness of...

Title: Effect of body mass index on VO₂ max in female AMU students. Background: According to previous studies done, the correlation study of BMI and VO₂ max mainly done among male, healthy and obesity population. Thus, so far there is no any study conducted mainly on females and different category of BMI. Therefore the main aim of this study select...

Title: A comparative study on the effect of hot pack and ultrasound therapy prior to passive stretching on the extensibility of plantar flexors among Asia Metropolitan University students. Background: Reduced ankle dorsiflexion is a common problem which will cause calf pain. Limited dorsiflexion is so often caused by tight calf muscles and is itsel...

Title: Comparison of static and dynamic balance among male amateur basketball Players. Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between Star Excursion Balance Test reach distance and lower extremity injury among male basketball players. In this study we can expected that reach distance will be normalized to limb length...

Objective-The study aimed to compare the heart rate responses during stair climbing versus treadmill walking and to determine whether the responses were of sufficient magnitude to elicit cardio respiratory training effects. Background-There is numerous studies done on effective exercise mode and alternatives exercise as a choice for maintaining and...

Title: Effects of Isometric Quadriceps Contraction on the Q angle among university female students in standing and supine position. Objective: The purposed of this study was to analyze the effects of isometric quadriceps contraction on Q-angle among university female students in standing and supine position. Background: Young active females have co...

Title: Prevalence of low back pain and its risk factors among secondary school teachers at Bentong, Pahang Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of low back pain among Secondary School Teachers and to investigate the associated risk factors at Bentong, Pahang. Methodology: A self-administered questionnaire was distribu...

Title: Extensive usage of hand held devices will lead to musculoskeletal disorder of upper extremity among student in AMU: Survey Objective: The use of hand held devices (HHD) has been increase dramatically in past decade. While texting or using HHD user has to use their thumb and palm (upper limb) muscle extensively. The objective of this study is...

Background: The studies had been attempt to determine the effectiveness of corrective exercises and insole placement on flatfoot in overweight individuals but it appears that the results are varied. A study on the effectiveness of corrective exercises and insole placement on flatfoot in overweight individuals resulted that exercise alone provide le...