Society for Hand Therapy, India Newsletter

Society for Hand Therapy, India Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 1, March 2012 An Official Publication of Society for Hand Therapy, India

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Hand Therapy Conference Report [25th to 27th Nov, 2011 at Manipal, Karnataka] Compiled by Ms. Sumedha Kamath & Mr. Shovan Saha Photo by: Hemant Nandgaonkar

The 2nd Annual Conference of Society for Hand TherapistIndia was held at Hotel Fortune Inn Valley View, Manipal from 25th Nov. to 27th Nov. 2011 along with the 35th Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand Conference.

The Hand Therapy section of the conference was hosted by Department of Occupational Therapy, Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal, with Mr. Shovan Saha, OT as the Coordinator and Ms. Sumedha Kamath, OT as the Assistant Coordinator.

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The meeting at Manipal was a significant one, as it led to the first formal interaction between ISSH and SHT-I. The build up to this meeting was facilitated by continuous interaction between Dr. Sabhapathy [President, ISSH], Dr. Rath [Secretary, ISSH] and Shovan Saha [Vice-President, SHT-I] .

The discussions helped to clarify certain mutual doubts and it was agreed upon that ISSH will acknowledge that SHT-I as the body for Hand Therapy in India.

Prabhakar Chavan, Dr. Bhaskaranda Kumar [Org. Chairman], Hemant Nandgaonkar

Hemant Nandgaonkar, Dr. Rajasabhpathy, Shovan Saha

Shovan Saha, Dr. Rath, Sanjiv Kumar, Prabhakar Chavan, Hemant Nandgaonkar Society for Hand Therapy, India Newsletter

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The Executive Committee of SHT-I was represented by Hemant Nandgaonkar, President SHT-I; Shovan Saha, VicePresident and Prabhakar Chavan, Joint Secretary.

Fifty hand therapist delegates from different parts of the country participated in the conference which had open parallel sessions with the hand surgeons where therapists were allowed to attend the surgeons’ sessions and vice versa.

Following the conference all the delegates and presenters were handed over the certificate of participation and presentation.

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The first day, 25th November 2011 started with registration followed by a CME on CURRENT CONCEPTS IN HAND THERAPY from 9am-1pm with presentations on Recent trends in Hand Rehabilitation by Mr. Ganesh B.M. Asst. Prof., Dept. of PT, Manipal; Neurodynamics in Upper quarter dysfunctions by Mr. Ranganath Gangavelli, Asst. Prof., Dept. of PT , Manipal; Scar Management in Hand

by Dr. Arun Maiya G, Prof., Dept of PT, Manipal and Bands, Balls and Balance for Hand & U/E Rehabilitation by Mr. Hemant Nandgaonkar, Asst. Prof., Dept. of OT, Seth G.S Med College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai. This session was chaired by Mr. Shovan Saha, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of OT, Manipal.

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The 2nd day, 26th November 2011 was Free Paper Presentation. Six papers were presented. Dr. Charu Eapen from Mangalore presented a paper titled Clinical and ultrasound evaluation of the CTD of thumb in young cell phone user; Ms. N. Aruna from Coimbatore presented a paper titled Physiotherapy following nerve transfer for shoulder & elbow movement after BPI; Mr. K. Gobinath from Coimbatore presented a paper titled Evaluation of spastic hand in patient with cerebral palsy; Ms. S. Shivapriya from Coimbatore presented a paper titled Physiotherapy following post burn contracture release on dorsum of hand, Ms. Rupinder Jit Kaur from Amritsar presented a paper titled Functional outcome of flexor tendon injuries at wrist and distal forearm level and lastly Mr. Ranganath Gangavelli from Manipal presented a paper titled Reliability and diurnal variations of flexor carpi radialis H-reflex latency and its correlation with median nerve vibration thresholds. This session was chaired by Mr. Hemant Nandgaonkar, Asst. Prof., Dept. of OT, Seth G.S Med College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai.

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H I G H L I G H T S Hands on demonstration of Hand Splints by Sanjiv Kumar, OT and Basic Hand Evaluation by Sumedha Kamath, OT; Clinics on Contracture and video on Hand Splinting by for Hand Therapy, India Newsletter 9 Shovan Saha,Society OT. All faculty from Dept. of OT, Manipal.

The Conference had all ingredients for making it a truly memorable event – expansive campus, glittering entertainment program, banquets, and beautiful sight-seeing.

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My sincere thanks to Shovan Saha and his entire team at the Dept. of OT, Manipal University for organizing the event in such a nice and efficient way.

Hemant Nandgaonkar, President, SHT- India.

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Physical Agent Modalities for Hand & Upper Extremity Rehabilitation on 17th and 18th March 2012, Mumbai, INDIA Resource Person: Prabhakar Chavan, Sachin Etam, Stuti P, Bhavesh Shah

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Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injuries – Therapy Concepts February 2012 at ICMR, KEM Hospital, Mumabi Speaker: Shrikant Chinchalkar, OTR, CHT from Canada Done in collaboration with Occupational Therapy Training School and Center, Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai Session inaugurated by Prof. Jayashri Kale Society for Hand Therapy, India Newsletter

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9th Triennial Congress of International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT) in March – 2013 In New Delhi http://www.ifssh-ifsht2013.com/

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Annual National Conference at Amritsar in September - 2012 • For more details please write to Dr. Ravi Kumar Mahajan drravimahajan@rediffmail.com

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Highlights of the Year 2011-2012 42 new members One conference Two workshops One newsletter Newsletter Edited by: Nandgaonkar Hemant Society for Hand Therapy, India Newsletter

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