Name of the Faculty

Dr. Ruby Aikat

Designation and Department

Asst. Prof III, Department of Occupational Therapy, AIHAS

Academic qualification

PhD (IIT Delhi), M.Sc Psychology (TNOU), MOT (Mumbai University), B.Ed Spl Edu (IGNOU), B.Sc.(H) OT (Delhi University)

Specialization

Neurology, Pediatrics

Total work experience

22 years

Details of best five publications

1. Aikat R, Prasad S (2023). Cross-Cultural adaptation, Validity and Reliability of the Hindi Version of the Capabilities of Upper Extremity (CUE-H). Spinal Cord Series and Cases 9(50), Doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41394-023-00606-1. 2. Ruby Aikat, Varsha Singh (2022). Identification of Mood and Body Mass Index as Modifiable Factors for Health Improvement in Spinal Cord Injury. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation 4(1), 100174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arrct.2021.100174. Available online at www.sciencedirect.com. 3. Prasad S, Aikat R, Labani S, Khanna N (2018). Efficacy of Virtual Reality in Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Asian Spine Journal 12(5):927-934. doi: https://doi.org/10.31616/asj.2018.12.5.927. 4. Gunjan Wadhwa, Ruby Aikat. Development, Validity and Reliability of the ‘Sitting Balance Measure’ (SBM) in Spinal Cord Injury. Spinal Cord. Spinal Cord (2015), 1–5. 5. V Paneri and R Aikat, “Development of the ‘Perceived Sexual Distress Scale-Hindi’ for measuring sexual distress following spinal cord injury” Spinal Cord , 2014. 52,712-716. doi:10.1038/sc.2014.83.

Overall research summary

1 patent, 3 copyrights, total publications 32, supervised more than 50 Post graduate thesis

Awards and honours (if any)

• Paper presentation on “Is Imagery Dependent on Sensory Feedback? Implications for Therapeutic Usage of Imagery”, at National Conference on Recent Advances in Cognition and Health, on 5-6 March 2019, at BHU, Varanasi. Best paper award.
• INCPT AIIMS 2015 Conference, 29-30 November 2015, “Does mental imagery meet the rehabilitation goals in spinal cord injury? A Systematic Review and Exploratory Survey of therapists”- Gold Medal Award for Best Paper Presentation.
• ISSICON conference at Kolkata, 4-6 November 2011, “ Neural Plasticity- Hope for the Not so Hopeful”- Gold Medal Award for Best Paper Presentation.
• ISSICON conference at Kolkata, 4-6 November 2011, “Development of ‘Perceived Sexual Distress Scale’ for measuring the Sexual Distress in Subjects With Spinal Cord Injury- Hindi ”- Gold Medal Award for Best Poster Presentation.

Name of the Faculty

VIDUSHI SHARMA

Designation and Department

Asst. Prof III, Department of Occupational Therapy

Academic qualification

BOT, MOT (Neurosciences), MSc Psychology, Certified Hand Splinting, Pursuing PhD, Certified to practice Neurodynamic Solutions, Australia

Specialization

Neurology

Total work experience

12 years

Details of best five publications

• Vidushi Sharma, Amandeep Kaur. Development of a telescreening tool for early screening of balance disturbances among elderly. Abstract proceeding. Gericon. AIIMS, 2023.
• Sarju Moirangthem, Gita Jyoti Ojha, Amit Khanna, Vidushi Sharma, Ratna Maheshwari, Sofia Azad. Factors Influencing Employability of Persons with Disabilities in India: A Systematic Review Protocol. International Journal of Research and review. 2023. 10 (4), 231- 236.
• Vidushi Sharma, Bhudev Das, Prakash Kumar, Joyitha Banerjee, Reena Sharma. A mobile- health care program (m-HCP) to revamp daily activities participation and life satisfaction among breast cancer survivors: a digital intervention protocol. Abstract proceedings. Annals of Oncology Research and Therapy, March 2023Vol 3., Supplement 1.
• Mansi Gupta, Ruchi Nagar, Vibha Gupta, Vidushi Sharma. Asian Journal of Psychiatry Validity and reliability of hindi translated version of Montreal cognitive assessment in older adults. Asian Journal of Psychiatry 45(2019):125- 128·
• Bharti Jain, Vidushi Sharma, Richa Kapoor. Hindi translation, cross cultural adaptation and determining its psychometric properties of spinal cord independent measure – self reported version (SCIM -SR) – a methodological study. IJSR, 2023.
• Vidushi Sharma, Bhudev Das, Prakash Kumar, Joyitha Banerjee, Reena Sharma. Non-pharmacological strategies for managing side effects after adjuvant therapy and surgery in breast cancer survivors. Conference proceedings. 41 Annual International Conference of Indian Association for Cancer research, 2022.

Overall research summary

Research interest in area of • Neurorehabilitation, Cognition and perception, Geriatrics, Assistive technology and Splinting, Hand rehabilitation, Ergonomics

Awards and honours (if any)

Name of the Faculty

Dr Baijnath Roy

Designation and Department

Assistant Proessor - III, Department of Occupational Therapy

Academic qualification

BOT, MOT (Neurosciences), PhD (Neurology, AIIMS New Delhi)

Specialization

Neurorehabilitation

Total work experience

20myears

Details of best five publications

International:
Ø BaijnathRoy, Rohit Bhatia, Nand Kumar, Sanjay Wadhawa, M.V. Padma Srivastava. Effect of combination therapy with drug, device, and exercise for improving post stroke gait: A Randomised Controlled Trial. IBRO Reports, Volume 6, Supplement, September 2019, Page S375
Ø Baijnath Roy, Vasantha Padma Shrivastava , Rohit Bhatia , Nand Kumar , Sanjay Wadhwa. Effect of Dual-Task Exercise in Conjunction with Fluoxetine & Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Postural Stability and Gait in Stroke Patients. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 2018, Vol. 32(4-5) 317–362
Ø Arpana Singh, and Baijnath Roy. Data mining techniques for stroke: A systematic review. World Review of Entrepreneurship Management and Sustainable Development14(6):737 • January 2018
National
Ø Baijnath Roy, “A comparative study of two treatment activities on upper limb functional motor co-ordination in adults with Cerebellar Dysfunction” published in the Annals of Neurosciences, Volume 16, December, 2009

Overall research summary

Area of research interest is Neurorehabilitation, Stroke, Occupational Therapist, and Noninvasive Brain Stimulation.

Awards and honours (if any)