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Pain Management 2019 & Internal Medicine 2019
International Journal of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
ISSN: 2471-982X
Page 83
JOINT EVENT
7
th
Edition of International Conference on
Pain Management
8
th
Edition of International Conference on
Internal Medicine &
Patient Care
&
March 25-26, 2019
Rome, Italy
Int J Anesth Pain Med 2019, Volume 5
DOI: 10.21767/2471-982X-C1-006
A multicentre cross sectional survey on
physiotherapy treatment practices in
hemiplegic shoulder pain and subluxation
in stroke patients
Muhammad Tahir Aslam
Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan
Objectives
:Todetermine thephysiotherapymanagement,
used in hemiplegic shoulder pain and subluxation in
stroke patients.
Methodology:
A cross sectional study will be conducted
on 151 Neuro musculoskeletal Physical Therapists, who
fulfill study inclusion criteria and working in different
Physiotherapy departments in Karachi, Pakistan by
using Non probability purposive sampling Technique.
The purpose of the study will be explained and informed
consent will be taken from all the Physical therapists
taking part in this study.This study will use a self-
designed structured questionnaire that is pretested
through a pilot survey on 25 subjects prior to assess their
attitudes and treatment practices. The questionnaire has
two sections, in the first section information related to
the participant’s demographic, educational details and
clinical experiences will be asked. Whereas, in section
two, information related to their clinical practices will be
inquired. Data will be analyzed through SPSS Version 21.
Frequencies and percentages will be calculated for all
categorical variables, mean and standard deviation will
be estimated for all continuous variables and Chi-Square
test will be used to find the association between group
variables like experience, education and attitudes and
therapeutic practices for managing hemiplegic shoulder
pain. P-value <0.05 will be considered statistically
significant.
tahiraslam.bhutta@yahoo.com