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Chandan Kumar ¹, Poonam Mehta ¹, Sobika Rao ¹

Affiliations
1 M.M Institute of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Mullana, Ambala, IN

Abstract

Purpose: The Purpose of the Study is to See the Effectiveness of a 12 Week Physiotherapeutic Intervention to Improve the Handwriting Quality of School Going Children.

Methodology: This Study is a Randomized Clinical Trial of 60 School Going Children who have Handwriting Problem as Diagnosed with Handwriting Proficiency Screening Questionnaire (hpsq). the 60 Subjects are than Randomly Divided into 2 Groups, Group a (intervention Group) which Consists of a Set of Physiotherapeutic Exercises and Group B (ergonomic Advice) . the Handwriting Quality was Evaluated Using Minnesota Handwriting Assessment (mha).

Results: The Results of the Present Study Showed that both the Groups Showed Significant Improvement but the Group Receiving 12 Week Physiotherapeutic Intervention Showed more Significant Improvement.

Conclusion: Finally it can be Concluded that a well Planned Physiotherapeutic Program can Help to Improve the Handwriting Quality of School Going Children over a Short Period of Time and thus Help the Child to Improve his Self-confidence and his Academic Results.

Keywords

Handwriting Skills, Physiotherapy Intervention, Assessment Scales

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Gagandeep Kaur ¹, Poonam Mehta ¹, Chandan Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 M M IPR, M M University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India, IN

Abstract

Introduction

Cerebral palsy is a static neurologic condition resulting from brain injury that occurs before cerebral development incomplete. Hand impairments are related to the manual ability. Hand impairments are not rare in the cerebral palsy but they are not considered significantly. We assessed the hand impairments in relation to manual ability amongst Cerebral palsy children who were spastic diplegics and quadriplegics.

Material and Methods

Thirty cerebral palsy children were assessed. Hand impairments included grip strength, fine finger dexterity, gross manual dexterity and these were assessed by hydraulic hand handle dynamometer, pegboards and box and block test respectively. Manual ability was assessed by Abilhand kid’s questionnaire. All the subjects according to the inclusion criteria were included in the study. One time assessment was taken. For the grip strength and fine finger dexterity three readings were taken and average of these three readings was taken as the final score. For box and block test single reading was taken. Spasticity was assessed by the Modified Ashworth Scale. Results were calculated by using Pearson’s correlation.

Results

There is a significant correlation between grip strength, fine finger dexterity, gross manual dexterity and manual ability. Grip strength has correlation of -0.459(P=

Keywords

Cerebral palsy, impairments, manual ability

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Poonam Mehta ¹

Affiliations
1 School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, IN

Abstract

Attraction and retention of employees is probably the biggest challenge in Civil Aviation Industry, due to the presence of emotional work in their job roles. To win against this challenge, organisations have been focusing on job satisfaction of employees. It has been found in literature that job satisfaction of employees is significantly related to personal, social, interpersonal and organisational factors. Present paper throws light in same direction and has made an attempt to investigate the presence of any association between job satisfaction and demographic variables. Purpose of this paper is to examine the association between job satisfaction and nine demographic variables such as age, gender, marital status, education, sector, job profile, working hours, experience and gross monthly income. Data have been collected from 300 employees working in civil aviation industry at Amritsar and Delhi on different profiles. The Chi-square test has been applied and findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between the level of job satisfaction and six demographic variables such as gender, marital status, sector, job profile, working hours and experience of employee.

Keywords

Job Satisfaction, Age, Gender, Demographic, Civil Aviation.

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