Title Name: To evaluate grip and pinch strength in healthy population of age group 20-40 years
Student name: Ms. Pallabi Nandi
Guide name: Dr. Rajeev K. Lal
Title Name: Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in women before and after menopause: a cross sectional study
Student name: Ms. Rashmi Palankar
Guide name: Dr. Prashant Mukkannavar
Title Name: To assess the relationship between foot deformity with lower extremity function in early adulthood” – correlation study
Student name: Ms. Supriya P.
Guide name: Dr. Sunil K. M.
2015-16
Title Name: A study to compare the short term effects of kinesio taping with rigid taping in subjects with mechanical low back pain.
Student name: Ms. Patel Bhumi Nanubhai
Guide name: Dr. Ravi Savadatti
Title Name: Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain among primary caregiver of physically disabled childrens - a cross sectionalstudy.
Student name: Ms. Naik Neha Krishna
Guide name: Dr. Sunil K M
Title Name: Assessment of musculoskeletal pain and quality of life in pregnancy and postpartum women - a prospective cohort study.
Student name: Ms. Shilpa G. Shettar
Guide name: Dr. Shweta Kulkarni
Title Name: Prevalence of radiographic knee osteoarthritis and its influence on quality of life among elderly- a cross-sectional study.
Student name: Ms. Lodha Alisha Sanjaykumar
Guide name: Dr. Prashant Mukkunnavar
Title Name: A study to compare the average hold time of deep neck flexors by using deep neck flexor endurance test in subjects with chronic non-specific neck pain and matched normal.
Student name: Ms. Jain Hiral Satish
Guide name: Dr. Rajeev K Lal
2014-15
Title Name: A study to compare the short term effects of kinesiotaping with usual physiotherapy versus usual physiotherapy alone on subjects with mechanical neck pain.
Student name: Mr. Talawadekar Darshan Pradip
Guide name: Dr. Ravi Savadatti
Title Name: A study to find out the effects of different sitting postures(thoracic kyphosis) on shoulder range of motion in all three planes
Student name: Ms. De Souza Christine Marie
Guide name: Dr. Rajeev Lal
Title Name: Prevalence of foot problem and its correlation with balance in elderly individual
Student name: Ms. Pooja Desai
Guide name: Dr. Sunil K. M.
Title Name: The prevalence of musculoskeltal pain and its association with breastfeeding patterns in exclusive breastfeeding mothers
Student name: Ms. Tendulkar Siddhi Shrikant
Guide name: Dr. Shweta D. Kulkarni
Title Name: A study to determine the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among primary school teachers- survey
Student name: Ms. Khan Sadaf Yusuf
Guide name: Dr. Sunil K. M.
Title Name: Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorder in relation to quality of life among postmenopausal women: a cross sectional study
Student name: Mr. Shashank Adhikari
Guide name: Dr. Shweta D. Kulkarni
Title Name: A comparative study to evaluate the outcome of early active mobilization with early passive mobilization in flexor tendon injury zone 2 and 3 of hand
Student name: Ms. Nupur Prakash
Guide name: Dr. Rajeev K. Lal
Title Name: Does the exposure to risk factors associated with upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders differ among gender” - a cross sectional survey
Student name: Ms. Steffi Alphonso
Guide name: Dr. Prashant Mukkannavar
Title Name: Prevalence of low back pain and exposure to risk factors among school going adolescents: a cross-sectional study
Student name: Ms. Drishti Prasad Deshpande
Guide name: Dr. Prashant Mukkannavar
Title Name: To compare the immediate effects of ischemic compression therapy versus muscle energy technique in upper trapezius trigger points
Student name: Ms. Pooja A. Kamatgi
Guide name: Dr. Ravi Savadatti
Title Name: Assessment of physical fitness in various cadres of police men and / women after 5 years of service
Student name: Ms. Deepa Dilip More
Guide name: Dr. C. G. Prashanth
Title Name: A cross sectional study to determine early detection of functional disability in subjects suffering from low back pain using quebec back pain disability scale
Student name: Mr. Akshay Kumar
Guide name: Dr. Satyanarayana Sirigeri
2013-14
Title Name: A study to compare the effectiveness of conventional physiotherapy versus conventional physiotherapy with lower trapezius strenghthening in subjects with chronic unilateral neck pain
Student name: Ms. Shreya Mane
Guide name: Dr. Sunil K. M.
Dissertations completed –
Title Name: Study to compare the effectiveness of Kaltenborn mobilisation versus Mulligan's mobilisation with movement(MWM) on outcome parameters in subjects with adhesive capsulitis of shoulder
Student Name: Fernandes Alisha
Guide Name: Ravi Savadatti
Title Name: Study to evaluate the hamstring flexibility among the elderly individuals: A cross sectional study
Student Name: Fernandes Viola Maria
Guide Name: Shweta Kulkarni
Title Name: Prevalence of leg length discrepancy in patients with low back pain: A cross sectional study
Student Name: Gauns Aparna Ganesh
Guide Name: Jyoti Jeevannavar
Title Name: Prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders among microscope users in health care professions
Student Name: Kadambi Nivedita Sridhar
Guide Name: Rajeev Lal
Title Name: Study to evaluate the impact of frozen shoulder in terms of pain, disability and poor quality of life in diabetic patients: A cross sectional study
Student Name: Kandel Binaya
Guide Name: Pramod Kshirasagar
Title Name: Study to screen for shoulder pain and disability in subjects suffering with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Student Name: Magar Rasika Prafulla
Guide Name: Satyanarayana S.
Title Name: Prevalence of low back pain in health care providers
Student Name: Mohan Aarthi
Guide Name: Ravi Savadatti
Title Name: Evaluation of workstyle risk factors on work related musculoskeletal disorders in either gender among information technology professionals
Student Name: Nandargi Snehal Mohan
Guide Name: Prashant Mukkannavar
Title Name: Relationship of core endurance with agility, speed and power performance in college level cricket players of Hubli-Dharwad
Student Name: Nikam Harshad R.
Guide Name: Poornima P. S.
Title Name: Do risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders differ between men and women in it professionals?
Student Name: Rodrigues Tamara Savia Hilda
Guide Name: Prashant Mukkannavar
2014
Title Name: Short term effects of kinesio taping in patients with mechanical neck pain: A randomized control trial
Student Name: Desai Yashoda
Guide Name: Ravi Savadatti
Title Name: To compare the effectiveness of Mulligan's mobilisation with movement versus lateral wedge insole with subtalar strapping in medial compartment osteoarthritis knee
Student Name: Fadadu Khushbu V.
Guide Name: Poornima P. S.
Title Name: Study to compare the effectiveness of mechanical intermittent cervical traction simultaneous with neural mobilisation and neural mobilisation alone on pain and disability in cervical radiculopathy
Student Name: Faldu Priya Jitendrakumar
Guide Name: Rajeev Lal
Title Name: Assessing the severity of knee osteoarthritis using womac index-modified CRD Pune version in subjects visiting SDMCMS&H, Dharwad
Student Name: Hegde Arpita T.
Guide Name: Satyanarayana S.
Title Name: Study to identify the risk factors of fall related fractures among elderly people
Student Name: Joshi Malini
Guide Name: Salima Mulla
Title Name: To determine the efficacy of self neural mobilisation following physiotherapy intervention in subjects with lumbosacral radicular syndrome
Student Name: Makadia Riddhi
Guide Name: Poornima P. S.
Title Name: Low back pain during pregnancy in Indian women: A cross sectional study of prevalence and risk factors
Student Name: Naik Amita S.
Guide Name: Prashant Mukkannavar
Title Name: Prevalence of musculoskeletal injury among Indian Bharathnatyam dancers
Student Name: Nalavade Akshata
Guide Name: Sunil K. M.
Title Name: Study to compare the effectiveness of Mulligan's mobilisation with movement and kinesio taping in subjects with shoulder impingement syndrome
Student Name: Pandey Ankita
Guide Name: Rajeev Lal
Title Name: To study the combined effect of Mulligan's mobilization with quadriceps exercises and quadriceps exercises alone on health status in patient with osteoarthritis of knee
Student Name: Patel Taysir
Guide Name: Ravi Savadatti
Title Name: Prevalence and risk factors for low back pain in nurses working in medical college hospital in Dharwad
Student Name: Sharma Gaurav
Guide Name: Pramod Kshirasagar
Title Name: Correlation of potential risk factors of neck pain with neck disability in it professionals of Hubli and Dharwad
Student Name: Thaker Mihir J.
Guide Name: Salima Mulla
Title Name: Study to measure reduced hip range of motion in subjects with or without chronic low back pain: A correlation study
Student Name: Udhale Nivedita G.
Guide Name: Sunil K. M.
Title Name: Pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy in Indian women: A cross sectional study of prevalence and risk factors
Student Name: Rodrigues Deidree Xelia
Guide Name: Prashant Mukkannavar
2013
Title Name: Pelvic girdle pain and low back pain during pregnancy and postpartum in Indian women: A prospective cohort study of prevalence and risk factors in relation to pain intensity and disability
Student Name: Daiwajna Sneha A.
Guide Name: Prashant Mukkannavar
Title Name: Study to compare the effects of different repetitions of self sustained stretching on knee passive range of motion in geriatric group
Student Name: Gollarahallimath Chaitra Satish
Guide Name: Rajeev Lal
Title Name: Study to find out the effectiveness of myofascial mobilization along with myofascial manipulation in subjects with osteoathritis knee grade III and IV
Student Name: Gudinho Pearl Assis
Guide Name: Rajeev Lal
Title Name: Study to find the combined effect of knee tape with ultrasound and ultrasound alone in patients with knee osteoarthritis
Student Name: Inamdar Neha
Guide Name: Ravi Savadatti
Title Name: Study to identify the relationship between posture and musculoskeletal disorders among dentists in Hubli-Dharwad
Student Name: Mohun Sukirti
Guide Name: Sunil K. M.
Title Name: Study to assess static flexibility using sit and reach test among normal individuals
Student Name: Nalin K.
Guide Name: Satyanarayana S.
Title Name: To compare the effectiveness of lumbar stabilisation exercise versus conventional physiotherapy in patient after lumbar disc surgery: A prospective randomized control trial
Student Name: Sanghavi Hemal Kumar Kishore Kumar
Guide Name: Pramod Kshirasagar
Title Name: Study to correlate the strength of core muscles, hip abductors and external rotators strength with functional knee rating system among professional runners
Student Name: Shilare Deepika R.
Guide Name: Sunil K. M.
2012
Title Name: Study to compare the effects of anterior versus posterior end range mobilizations on shoulder rotations range of motion in subjects with adhesive capsulitis stage II
Student Name: Biradi Mahantesh K
Guide Name: Rajeev Lal
Title Name: Study to determine the prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders among computer professionals in Bangalore: A cross sectional survey
Student Name: Hittalmani Kavya
Guide Name: Sunil K. M.
Title Name: To find the combined effect of posterior glide joint mobilization and Mulligan's mobilization on penn shoulder score (PSS) in patients with adhesive capsulitis
Student Name: Raysad Pavitra
Guide Name: Ravi Savadatti
Title Name: Immediate effect of manipulation and muscle energy technique versus muscle energy technique alone on pain and range of motion in subjects with chronic neck pain: A randomised controlled trial
Student Name: Rizvi Syed Rais A.
Guide Name: Prashant Mukkannavar
2011
Title Name: Comparative study to evaluate the immidiate effectiveness of the thoracic thrust manipulation with cervical snag's versus thoracic thrust manipulation alone in the treatment of non-specific neck pain
Student Name: Gahlot Sumit
Guide Name: Rajeev Lal
Title Name: Immediate effect of postural taping on respiratory values in individuals wIth forward shoulder posture
Student Name: Kale Sandesh Popat
Guide Name: Ravi Savadatti
Title Name: To compare the effectiveness of high grade mobilization and stretching versus deep heating modality and stretching in subjects with adhesive capsulitis of shoulder
Student Name: Shaik Aquil K.
Guide Name: Sanjay Parmar
Title Name: To compare the effectiveness of abdominal bracing activation strategy versus abdominal hollowing activation strategy in subjects with chronic low back pain - A randomized controlled trial
Student Name: Shivapuji Basavaraj
Guide Name: Prashant Mukkannavar
Title Name: Study to compare the effect of Mulligan's mobilization with Mulligan's taping versus diamond taping in chronic lateral epicondylitis
Student Name: Vader Vasudev Vithal
Guide Name: Ravi Savadatti
2010
Title Name: To Compare the effectiveness of high velocity low amplitude thrust with ultrasoound and ultrasound alone in chronic sacroiliac joint dysfunction
Student Name: Annigeri Nayantara
Guide Name: C. B. Patil
Title Name: Comparative study to evaluate the efectiveness of segmental stabilisation execises combined with MET versus MET and SSE alone in the treatment of non-specific neck pain
Student Name: D' souja Michelle
Guide Name: Sunil K. M.
Title Name: To compare the effectiveness of conventional physiotherapy and nutritional supplementary drugs with conventional physiotherapy alone in subjects with osteoarthritis of knee
Student Name: Ghivari Tejashwini
Guide Name: C. B. Patil
Title Name: To compare the effect of RICE protocol with Mulligan's mobilization with movement versus RICE protocol alone in the treatment of acute lateral ankle sprain
Student Name: Jangle Sonali
Guide Name: Ravi Savadatti
Title Name: To compare the effectiveness of tendo-achilles and plantar fascia stretching with ultrasound versus planta fascia stretching and ultrasound in plantar fasciitis
Student Name: Kulkarni Sweta D.
Guide Name: Sunil K. M.
Title Name: To study the combined effect of lumbar stabilization exercises and interferential therapy in subjects with chronic low back pain: An experimental study
Student Name: Raghani Pinky P.
Guide Name: Ravi Savadatti
2009
Title Name: To find effectiveness of combined therapy (ultra sound and interferential current) alone and combined therapy with aerobic training in patients with fibromyalgia: A comparative study.
Student Name: Kakkar Shilpa
Guide Name: Ravi Savadatti
Title Name: Comparison of efficacy of shortwave diathermy (SWD) and high velocity low amplitude thrust manipulation (HVLATM) for management of chronic mechanical low back pain.
Student Name: Magdum Chetan Vijay
Guide Name: C. B. Patil
2008
Title Name: To findout the correlation between strength of quadriceps & hamstring muscle and knee joint bleeds in hemophilic patients
Student Name: Gurjar Ashok Kumar N.
Guide Name: C. B. Patil
2007
Title Name: To assess and compare the efficacy of contract relax technique, myofascial release and static stretch in improving static active hamstring flexibility
Student Name: Carvalho Pamela
Guide Name: Kiran Bhat
Title Name: Comparison between effectiveness of conventional physical therapy with and without Mckenzie manipulation for management of sub-acute herniated lumbar intervertebral disc with radiculopathy: A randomized controlled trial
Student Name: Vaghela Nirav P.
Guide Name: Kiran Bhat
2006
Title Name: Comparative study of the efficacy of passive mobilization and exercises with only exercises in post immobilization period of distal radius fractures
Student Name: Lal Rajeev Kumar
Guide Name: Kiran Bhat
Title Name: Prevalence of occupational musculoskeletal disorders among practicing dentists from the aspect of ergonomics and prophylaxis in Hubli-Dharwad
Student Name: Rooprashmi K. K.
Guide Name: Kiran Bhat
2005
Title Name: Effect of ultrasound therapy with and without Mulligan's technique in treatment of tennis elbow
Student Name: Asha D.
Guide Name: Kiran Bhat
Title Name: To study the relationship of cervical pain and postural sway in patients with cervical spondylosis