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CLUB REHAB Club Rehab Newsletter, First Edition
Campus Review; Institute Of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, KMU After establishment of Khyber Medical University in 2007, the need of physical therapy and rehab services was greatly felt so a bold step of establishing the first ever public sector physical therapy and rehabilitation educational institute in KPK was taken by the Khyber Medical University, the “Institute of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation – IPM&R”, with Sir Muhammad Ibrahim Farooqi as the first Director of IPM&R in 2009. The present Director of IPM&R is, Sir Muhammad Bin Afsar Jan and the indigenous teaching faculty includes Sir Haider Darain, Sir Mujeeb ur Rehman, Sir Muhammad Ibrahim, Sir Salman and Madam Sajida. IPM&R presently has 5 batches of DPT and 1 batch of MSPT. The first batch of DPT is to graduate in Feb 2013 from IPM&R. Talking about the infrastructure, IPM&R is equipped with state of the art Lecture Halls and Learning Resource Centre and with its Clinical Department undergoing completion and is in its final stages.
Feb 2013
“Club Rehab is a student Organization with the aim of promoting Physical Medicine & Sports Medicine and providing Students and Youth a platform to discover themselves and portray their Talent and Skills, as well as rehabilitating our youth and society physically, morally and socially for a better future, along with providing youth and students with opportunities to indulge in recreational and fun activities.” - The Editor Muhammad Osama Tanoli
In This Issue Insight of Doctor Of Physical Therapy (DPT) Regenerative Medicine; A Step towards future Young Achievers; Bilal Ehmed Lumbar Support in Sitting Club Rehab in the Year 2012 Entertainment Corner; “Desperate Measures” - The Short Film Institute Of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, KMU (Photo Credits; Muhammad Osama)
Photo Credits; Muhammad Osama
History Of the DPT Degree In 1992, the University of Southern California initiated the first post-professional "transitional" (DPT) program in the United States. This "transitional" DPT takes into account a therapist's current level of knowledge and skill and purports to offer programs that upgrade clinical skills to meet the needs of the current health care environment. Creighton University followed by initiating the first entry-level DPT program in 1993
Admission
Insight of Doctor of Physical Therapy “A Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) or Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPhysio) degree is a postbaccalaureate degree which may be conferred upon successful completion of a professional doctoral program.�- Wikipedia
Admission to a Doctor of Physical Therapy program can be highly competitive. As of 2010 in US the average GPA for enrolling students was 3.5 with a range of 3.0 to 3.85 for all programs. On average there were 290 applicants per program with an average final of 41 students per class or an average acceptance rate of 14%.
Controversies
A Transition Doctor of Physical Therapy Degree is also offered for those who already hold professional BaccaThe use of the title doctor by physical therapists laureate or Master of Physical Therapy (MSPT) degree. and other non-physician health care professionals As of 2012, of the 227 accredited and developing physi- is controversial.In a letter to The New York Times, cal therapist programs, 226 are DPT programs in the US the president of the American Physical Therapy Association responded: and similarly educational institutes are shifting from BSPT to DPT. The Commission APTA 2020 Vision Statement; "To provide accurate informaon Accreditation in Physical "By 2020, physical therapy will be protion to consumers, the AmeriTherapy Education (CAPTE) will require all programs to offer vided by physical therapists who are doc- can Physical Therapy Associathe DPT degree effective Detion has taken a proactive aptors of physical therapy, recognized by cember 31, 2015. After comconsumers and other health care profes- proach and provides clear pleting a DPT program the docguidelines for physical therator of physical therapy may con- sionals as the practitioners of choice to pists regarding the use of the tinue training in a residency and whom consumers have direct access for title "Doctor." These guidelines then fellowship. Credentialed the diagnosis of, interventions for, and state that physical therapists, in residencies are between 9 and prevention of impairments, functional all clinical settings, who hold a 36 months while credentialed limitations, and disabilities related to fellowships are between 6 and Doctor of Physical Therapy demovement, function, and health." 36 months. gree (DPT) shall indicate they
are physical therapists when
In UK the qualifying degree remains Bachelor or Master of Science, Physiotherapy (with honours). The Doctor of using the title "Doctor" or "Dr," and shall use the Physiotherapy in the UK differs from a US clinical doctor- titles in accord with jurisdictional law." ate in that it is a 5-year post-professional Physiotherapy By, specific research programme, which is offered at the University of Sussex. Other UK institutions prefer to offer The editor a generic ProfD (Professional Doctorate).
New Year Resolution; The Millennium Developmental Goals With every new year comes the New Year Resolutions, and being in health carewhat could be a better resolution than “The Millennium Developmental Goals�
What is Millinneum Developmental Goals? The United Nations Millennium Development Goals are eight goals that all 191 UN member states have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2015. The United Nations Millennium Declaration, signed in September 2000 commits world leaders to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women. The MDGs are derived from this Declaration, and all have specific targets and indicators.
Millennium Developmental Goals
Face of the Issue If you wish to be face of the issue send us your picture and details at facebook; www.facebook.com/clubrehabpk Or e-mail us at; clubrehabpk@gmail.com Regenerative Medicine
Regenerative Medicine - A Step towards Future
This issue’s Face of the Issue is Wassam Khan from 3rd Batch of Institute of Physical medicine & Rehabilitation.
Regenerative medicine is the "process of replacing or regenerating human cells, tissues or organs to restore or establish normal function". This field holds the promise of regenerating damaged tissues and organs in the body by replacing damaged tissue and/or by stimulating the body's own repair mechanisms to heal previously irreparable tissues or organs. Regenerative medicine also empowers scientists to grow tissues and organs in the laboratory and safely implant them when the body cannot heal itself. Importantly, regenerative medicine has the potential to solve the problem of the shortage of organs available for donation compared to the number of patients that require life-saving organ transplantation. Depending on the source of cells, it can potentially solve the problem of organ transplant rejection if the organ's cells are derived from the patient's own tissue or cells Regenerative Medicine refers to a group of biomedical approaches to clinical therapies that may involve the use of stem cells. Examples include the injection of stem cells or progenitor cells (cell therapies), the induction of regeneration by biologically active molecules administered alone or as a secretion by infused cells (immunomodulation therapy), and transplantation of in vitro grown organs and tissues (Tissue engineering).
Clinical Application & Significance A form of regenerative medicine that recently made it into clinical practice, is the use of heparan sulfate analogues on (chronic) wound healing. Heparan sulfate analogues replace degraded heparan sulfate at the wound site. They assist the damaged tissue to heal itself by repositioning growth factors and cytokines back into the damaged extracellular matrix. For example, in abdominal wall reconstruction (like inguinal hernia repair), biologic meshes are being used with some success.
Cord Blood & Regenerative Medicine Because a person’s own (autologous) cord blood stem cells can be safely infused back into that individual without being rejected by the body’s immune system, and because they have unique characteristics compared to other sources of stem cells, they are an increasing focus of regenerative medicine research. The use of cord blood stem cells in treating conditions such as Brain Injury and Type 1 Diabetes is already being studied in humans, and earlier stage research is being conducted for treatments of Stroke, and Hearing Loss. Current estimates indicate that approximately 1 in 3 Americans could benefit from regenerative medicine. With autologous (the person’s own) cells, there is no risk of the immune sysAbdul Hameed, MS BioTechnology, Swine Burne University, Melbourne Australia
Photo Credits; Muhammad Osama
Club Rehab at Dawn & Express News
Club Rehab at Metropolis with Shahab Durrani
Club Rehab Family at Club Rehab Fun Gala 2012 (Photo Credits; Maaz Khan & Muneeb)
Club Rehab Fun Gala 2012
Club Rehab Live Talk Show at Kay 2 Klub World Heart Day
Blog Launch
Technique to provide Lumbar Support in Sitting Sit all the way back so
there is contact with the chair and upper buttock. Lumbar support in Sitting
Lumbar Support in Sitting In this issue, Club Rehab is featuring the importance of the LUMBAR SUPPORT IN SITTING. Without this support the low back will slouch whenever one is distracted or ceases to concentrate on anything other than holding the lordosis actively with his or her own muscles, i.e. ANY moment at work and driving. To counteract this slouching, one must place the lumbar roll at the level of the beltline. The roll should be 4-5 inches in diameter before being compressed to a desired 1.5 inches. A cushion has the wrong shape and does not provide adequate pressure at the precise level of the low back. New pains are expected for a few days when sitting with lumbar support, as they are the result of new exercise through maintaining new positions. We believe that clinically, reduced lumbar lordosis over a prolonged/habitual period tightens hip flexors, thus contributing to faulty hip mechanics and resultant increased load on the knees in weight bearing; tight chest mu scle s an d weak scapular stabilizers (through increased scapular abduction) thus resulting in shoulder impingement; increased thoracic kyphosis and cervical lordosis further increasing posterior displacement of lower cervical discs, TMJ dysfunction, and reduced cerebral circulation resulting in headaches.
Lean forward to place
the roll just above the beltline. Sit back comfortably into
support.
Support Sitting Technique
By, Muhammad Osama
Young Achievers; Bilal Ehmed Bilal Ehmed is a student of BCS at NUML, born on 7th of March 1988 in lslamabad is a talented underground sketch artist who knows well how to play with his scholar sheet and pencils. Young Bilal was always fascinated by his sketch book and crayons, seeking pleasure in sketching his skills started to improve and everyone around started to notice and it was not long that he discovered his special gift of sketching. And now there is no stopping him. We at Club Rehab wish Belal Ehmed best of luck for his future.
Entertainment Corner; “Desperate Measures” - The Short Film Join the Club Rehab Family ! Join us at Club Rehab if you support our cause or wish to indulge in healthy and productive recreational & fun activities. You may join us as;
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Desperate Measures is an upcoming underground Short Film Project which revolves around the life of a Middle Class Young individual. We would rather not ruin the suspense by telling you the whole story, so get ready for the release of “Desperate Measures”, which will surely satisfy your entertainment appetite. Director: Maaz Khan D.O.P: Rizwan Gill Story by: Maaz Khan POST: Maaz Khan & Rizwan Gill Cast: Talha Hussain, Muhammad Osama, Fahd Ahmed, Umar Farooq, Rizwan Gill and Maaz Khan
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