9^th World Congress on Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation March 25-26, 2021 Dubai, UAE

Track 1 : Respiratory Physiotherapy in Severe COVID-19 Patients

COVID-19  is an infectious disease where patients can develop a severe disease that can lead to hypoxic respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Severe patients can require access to intensive care unit (ICU). Early rehabilitation is familiar to be effective in critically ill patients and in ARDS.

Respiratory physiotherapy consists of:

• Early mobilization
• Patients positioning
• Noninvasive mechanical ventilation or Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
• Tracheostomy management
• Invasive mechanical ventilation weaning
• Airway clearance
• Oxygen titration

Track 2: Physiotherapy Techniques and Exercises

Physiotherapy can cover different treatment, approaches and techniques based on the specific problems.

• education and advice
• movement and exercise
• manual therapy
• acupuncture
• transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
• ultrasound

A physiotherapist plans therapeutic exercises for an individual which help the patients in improving their physical fitness, prevent any impairment in the body to make the person healthy.

• Range of Motion Exercise
• Stretching Exercises
• Aerobic Exercises
• Balancing Exercise
• Aquatic Exercises
• Strengthening Exercises
• Breathing Exercises
• Relaxation Exercises

Track 3: Rehabilitation and Pain Management

The focus of the Rehabilitation and Pain Management is on treating not just the symptoms but the whole person. It is to diagnose the pain syndrome, reduce the subjective experience of pain, assist with medication management, improve the patient’s ability to control pain and improve physical and emotional functioning.

• Back pain/Sciatica
• Cervical (neck) pain
• Failed back syndrome
• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
• Myofascial pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Facial pain
• Headaches
• Cancer pain
• Pain of Shingles
• Pelvic pain
• Central pain syndromes
• Phantom Limb pain
• Other Neuropathic pain

Track 4: Doping and Anti- Doping Studies

Doping is described as an athlete’s use of prohibited drugs or mode to improve training and sporting results.

Anti-Doping mission is to help rid sport of performance enhancing drugs by uncovering new drugs being used in competition and developing the tests to detect them.

Some prohibited substances, such as erythropoietin (EPO), an endurance drug and human growth hormone (hGH), a strength and recovery drug, are naturally present in the human body. Therefore their use is very difficult to detect.

Track 5: Cancer Rehabilitation

Cancer rehabilitation helps the people with cancer maintain and restore physical and emotional well-being. It is available before, during and after cancer treatment.

The goal of cancer rehabilitation is to:

• Help you stay as active as possible and participate in work, family, and other life roles
• Lessen the side effects and symptoms of the cancer and its treatment
• Help keep you as independent as possible
• Improve your quality of life

Track 6: Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation specialists work with the patients who diagnosed with

• Asthma
• Emphysema
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Angina
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Heart Attack And Other Conditions

This is designed to help the patient to become more fit and able to participate in physical activities. Benefits of the program may include:

• Reducing symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pain and fatigue
• Reducing emotional stress, depression and anxiety
• Improving muscle tone and flexibility
• Increasing energy level and spirits
• Helping the body to become stronger and better
• Returning to work and other activities faster

Track 7: Osteoporosis and Bone Cancer

Osteoporosis is a disease that happens in the bones when you lose too much bone, make too little bone, or both. Osteoporosis is associated with an increased risk of bone fracture. The marked up risk is related to a decrease in the amount of calcium in bones causing a weakening of bone structure. With lower bone quality, individuals are at increased risk of spontaneous fractures as well as those associated with falls.

Cancer survivors have an elevated risk of osteoporosis and fractures.

There is other that factors that can affect your bone health and risk of osteoporosis.

• Age
• Gender
• Physical activity
• Diet
• Family history of osteoporosis
• Fractures
• Weight
• Smoking
• Alcohol
• Illness
• Medicines

Bone cancer appear when a tumor or abnormal mass of tissue forms in a bone. Cancer that begins in the bones is rare.A tumor may be malignant which means it’s growing aggressively and spreading to other parts of the body. A malignant tumor is often specifed to as cancerous.

Track 8: Physiotherapy Methods and Instrumentation

The Physiotherapy Methods include Manual Therapy, Electrotherapy, Ultrasonic therapy, Hydrotherapy, Laser therapy, Heat therapy, Cold therapy, Cryotherapy

The word instrumentation refers to something like thermometers or when using many sensors may become part of a complex Industrial control system in such as manufacturing industry, vehicles and transportation.

Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilizations or IASTM is a new range of tool which implement clinicians to efficiently locate and treat patient diagnosed with soft tissue Aquatic physical therapy.

Track 9: Vitamins & Dietary Supplements

Vitamins and Minerals are important substances that allow your body to function and stay healthy. In order for physiotherapists to effectively counsel and advise their clients on nutritional intervention options as part of their treatment, it is important to be aware of the various factors that can contribute to diet-related disparities. These Vitamins & Dietary Supplements include Vitamin A (Retinol), Vitamin B1 (Thiamin), Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Vitamin B3 (Niacin), Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine), Vitamin B7 (Biotin), Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid), Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin), Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Vitamin D ( Colecalciferol, D3), Vitamin E (Tocoferol), Vitamin K.Whereas,Minerals like Calcium, Iodine, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium, Sodium Chloride, Zinc that help physical therapy patients.

Track 10: Physiotherapy in Sports-Related Injuries

Sports physiotherapists have a multifaceted role which includes assessment of injuries, Identifying the root cause of the injury, Development of an individualized treatment plan, Improve the strength and mechanics of other parts of the body, Applying realistic timescales for their return to sport, Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, Injury prevention.

Sports physiotherapists will also use a barrage of tests and equipment to gain objective data to set a baseline level of your current strengths and weaknesses.

These are the examples of which it includes:

• Diagnostic ultrasound scan to assess and monitor injuries
• Muscle length testing
• Strength testing
• Force plate testing
• Video Analysis

Track 11: Chest and Respiratory physiotherapy

Chest physiotherapy is a term used in research that accommodate physiotherapy treatment techniques that route the removal of secretion and improve airway clearance thereby help to improve respiratory efficiency.

The purpose of chest physiotherapy :

• To promote removal of retained or profuse airway secretions.
• To enhance lung compliance and prevent it from collapsing.
• To decrease the work of breathing.
• To optimize the ventilation perfusion ratio or improve gas exchange.

Respiratory physiotherapy educates, treats and advise patients who have problems with their lungs and breathing. Despite, this is only one of the many problems physiotherapists can address. They aim to:

• maintain or improve exercise tolerance
• improve functional abilities (i.e. carrying out daily tasks)
• maintain and improve physical activity, coaching patients towards improving healthy behaviour
• reduce breathlessness
• improve the efficiency of ventilation
• improve knowledge and understanding
• reduce thoracic pain

Track 12: Women’s Health Physiotherapy

Women’s health physiotherapy concentrate on all health issues related to Obstetrics and Gynecology. Women’s health therapists can help the people who are suffering pain during the pregnancy or after the pregnancy or having bladder or bowel concerns with weakness of the pelvic floor.

They are qualified to help women who are struggling with problems such as:

• Pelvic pain
• Pudendal nerve disorders
• Pelvic floor dysfunction
• Vulvodynia
• Urinary and Faecal Incontinence
• Interstitial cystitis/ Painful bladder syndrome
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Constipation
• Pelvic organ prolapse
• Pelvic girdle pain and back pain
• Abdominal separation or rectus abdominis diastasis (commonly known as “tummy gap after pregnancy”)
• Gynecological and breast cancers/surgery
• Endometriosis
• Coccyx / tailbone pain
• Low back pain

Track 13: Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy is a typical focus of rehabilitation. It is designed to enhance a patient ability to do basic self-care activities, work and leisure activities. Occupational therapy helps with:

• Fine motor skills (small muscle movements with the hands, fingers, and toes such as grasping)
• Visual perceptual skills
• Cognitive (thinking) skills
• Sensory processing problems

An occupational therapist will go through all the patient needs like physical, psychological, social and environmental. This can make a real difference giving people a revived aspect of purpose by opening up new horizons and changing the way they feel about the future.

Track 14: Neurological Rehabilitation

Neurological rehabilitation is a program designed for people with diseases, injury, or disorders in the nervous system. It can generally improve function, reduce symptoms and improve the well-being of the patient.

Some of the conditions that may serve from neurological rehabilitation may include:

• Vascular disorders like ischemic strokes , hemorrhagic strokes , subdural hematoma and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs)
• Infections (meningitis, encephalitis, polio, and brain abscesses)
• Trauma in brain and spinal cord injury
• Structural or neuromuscular disorders (Bell palsy, cervical spondylosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, brain and spinal cord tumors, myasthenia gravis, peripheral neuropathy, muscular dystrophy and Guillain Barre syndrome)
• Functional disorders like headache, seizure disorder, dizziness, and neuralgia
• Degenerative disorders like Parkinson disease, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer disease, and Huntington chorea

Track 15: Kinesiology and Physical Activities

Kinesiology and physical education study the role of exercise, physical movement and sports play in the development of human health and happiness. They cover sciences like biomechanics, anatomy, physiology and psychology to better understand how the human body responds to physical activity.

Applications of kinesiology in human-health include

• physical education teacher
• rehabilitation
• health and safety
• health promotion
• workplaces
• sport and exercise industries

The Physical Activity provides with knowledge and practical experience in areas such as personal training, fitness center management, commercial and corporate wellness, and older adult fitness in sport and exercise psychology or other physical activity related programs.

Track 16: Geriatric Physiotherapy and Chiropractic care

Geriatric physical therapy is a field of issues concerning people as they go through normal adult aging but is mostly focused on the older adult. There are many conditions that affects many people as they grow older and includes following aspects:

• Arthritis
• Osteoporosis
• Cancer
• Alzheimer's disease
• Hip and joint replacement
• Balance disorders
• Incontinence etc.

Geriatric physical therapist work in providing therapy for such conditions in older adults.Forms of Geriatric Physical Therapy are Exercise, Manual Therapy and Education

Chiropractic care may include the following:

• Improved Nerve Communication in the Body
• Improved Joint Motion and Coordination
• Improved Physical Function and Performance
• Improved Posture
• Relief from Back and Neck Pain
• Cure from Leg, Knee, Foot and Ankle Pain
• Relief from Arm, Wrist, Shoulders and Elbow Pain
• Relief from Stress and Tension Disorders
• Relief from Joint Discomfort
• Relief from Bursitis
• Relief from Arthritis

Track 17: Physiotherapy in Oncology and Palliative Care

Physiotherapists work in cancer care across a variety of settings alongside the other members of the healthcare team to promote independence and optimize quality of life. The following are some of the ways that physiotherapists can help people with cancer and cancer survivors.

• Surgical Complications
• Neuro-Oncology
• Pain
• Fatigue
• Decreased mobility
• Respiratory distress
• Lymphoedema

Physiotherapists also work in rehabilitation in cancer care.  Rehabilitation can include very specific exercises or a more generalized exercise program following other treatments like Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy.

Palliative care is a practice discipline which involves progressive and life-limiting illnesses like cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis which can benefit from the involvement in physiotherapy. Providing pain relief, management of distressing and debilitating symptoms, palliative care improves quality of life (QoL) for patients with a life limiting illness, and their families. Helping integrate the psychological, social and spiritual aspects of holistic care, palliative care manages the symptoms and pain levels, providing relief from distress and ultimately, facilitating improved function of the patient.

Track 18: Advancements in Physiotherapeutic Treatments

Physiotherapy has emerged a lot since its beginning era. The advancements in physiotherapeutic treatment are by

• Movement-based physiotherapy also called manual therapy
• Effect of weightlessness on our body systems
• Pain science and integration of a vast emerging body of knowledge
• Ergonomics
• sports physiotherapy and exercise rehabilitation
• Biomechanical study and analysis of human motion
• Study of artificial limb
• Long wave diathermy (LWD)
• LASER
• Shock wave therapy
• Diagnostic ultrasound imaging

Track 19: Yoga & Fitness in Physical therapy

Yoga can have many physiological benefits as long as it’s practiced safely, and with proper breathing techniques. Physical therapy can also have the similar benefit to help increase range of motion(ROM), strength and flexibility after injury to improve function.

The more we learn about the benefits of these seemingly different aspects of health, the more we realize the combination of the two goes well beyond flexibility and strength building.

• Improved muscle response
• Faster recovery
• Treat multiple problems
• Body and mind

Physiological effects of yoga include decreased heart rate and blood pressure and physical effects include weight loss and increased muscle strength, Yoga along with physical therapy can be helpful in the treatment of many physical aliments, injuries and conditions. A potential underlying mechanism of these effects are planned to include the stimulation of pressure receptors leading to enhanced vagal activity and reduced cortisol.

A medical fitness facility is also a great place to connect with others with similar physical challenges for support and encouragement. Fitness is a general term used to describe physical work capacity. Cardiorespiratory control, muscle strength, and endurance, and musculoskeletal mobility are required to perform physical work.

Track 20: Artificial Physiotherapy Methods

Physiotherapy is a field of medicine that studies the physiological and medical effects of natural and artificial physical therapy methods. Each of them includes a number of treatment modes based on the application of one or another physical factor

 An Artificial Physiotherapy Methods consists of

• Fluctuorisation
• Diadynamic Therapy
• Electric Stimulation
• Interference Therapy

Track 21: Acupuncture in Physiotherapy

Acupuncture is an insertion of very thin needles through your skin at strategic points on your body. A crucial component of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture is most commonly used to treat pain. Progressively, it is being used for overall wellness, like stress management.

Acupuncture is used to relieve discomfort related to a variety of diseases and conditions including:

• Chemotherapy-induced and postoperative nausea and vomiting
• Dental pain
• Headaches, including tension headaches and migraines
• Labor pain
• Low back pain
• Neck pain
• Osteoarthritis
• Menstrual cramps
• Respiratory disorders, such as allergic rhinitis

Acupuncture points are placed in all areas of the body. Sometimes the relevant points are far removed from the area of your pain. An acupuncture practitioner will tell the general site of the planned treatment.The patient will lie on a padded table for the treatment, which involves:

• Needle insertion
• Needle manipulation
• Needle removal

Track 22: Traditional Physical therapy medicine

Traditional Physical therapy is a widespread term that surrounds a broad range of treatment methods for injuries, conditions, and illnesses. Patients are examined using a whole-body procedure to focus on the relevant traditional or non-traditional techniques needed to facilitate healing.

• Soft Tissue Mobilization
• Joint Mobilization
• Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)

Traditional Physical therapy programs usually include a therapist using their hands to perform manual therapy in conjunction with specific exercises based on patient condition. These exercises can comprise stretching, core strength and stability, lifting light weights, and aerobics.The goal of each exercise will differ but are often designed to develop flexibility, reduce stress on joints, strengthen muscles, and mobilize joints.

Track 23: Chinese and Herbal Physical therapy Medicine

Chinese medicine is among the other traditional medical systems skilled either as a coadjutant intrusion to Greek medicine or as the unique therapeutic intervention for illness prevention, treatment, or rehabilitation. The complete spectrum from that traditional system contains

• Acupuncture and Moxibustion
• Herbal and food therapy
• Massage therapy (tuina)
• Physical exercises (taijiquan) and
• Breathing exercises (qigong)

The components Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners mostly use different leaves, roots, stems, flowers, and seeds of plants like cinnamon bark, ginger, ginseng, licorice, and rhubarb. Ginseng is the most predominant used substance for the broadest set of treatments. Even though it is difficult to determine whether classic diets can influence diseases without evidence-based research using uncontaminated produce and the least processed foods available is recommended.

Track 24: COVID-19 and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Sars-CoV2 has a high transmission rate with a range of 2-14 days and a mean of 3-7 days. Mathematical modeling shows that mask use with 50% compliance during a viral outbreak can curb the spread with a 50% decrease in prevalence and a 20% decrease in cumulative incidence. Pulmonary rehabilitation should be tailored to each individual patient and should be planned through the careful determination of disease phase, patient-related factors (age, obesity, comorbidities, and complications), exercise timing and intensity, and applicable methods. In the case of close contact, both the patient and the physiotherapist should take precautions due to the risk of infection. The main objective of pulmonary rehabilitation in COVID-19 patients is to improve symptoms with dyspnea, relieve anxiety, reduce complications, minimize disability, preserve function, and improve quality of life.

The consequences of COVID-19 will be specified in each individual and their rehabilitation needs will be specific to these consequences such as:

• Long term ventilation
• Immobilization
• Deconditioning
• Related impairments – respiratory, neurological, musculoskeletal

Physiotherapy Equipment Market Size And Forecast

According to Market Research, the Global Physiotherapy Equipment Market was valued at USD 14.35 Billion in 2018 and is predicted to reach USD 22.18 Billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 5.5% from 2019 to 2026.

Global Physiotherapy Equipment Market Outlook

The global physiotherapy equipment market is compelled by the increasing incidence of injuries and pain in body muscles, ligaments, nerves, back and neck across the globe overdue to the unhealthy lifestyle of the people. An increasing number of road accidents and the incidence of stroke and Parkinson’s disease is another factor that is expected to shore up the market growth. Likewise, the growing number of physiotherapy clinics and the expansion of services are yet expected to fuel the growth of the global market.

Medical Rehabilitation Services Market

According to Market Research, The Global Medical Rehabilitation Services Market is growing at a faster stride with substantial growth rates over the last few years, and is estimated that the market will grow consequently in the forecasted period i.e. 2019 to 2026

Global Medical Rehabilitation Services Market Outlook

The increase in the geriatric population and related chronic diseases has helped the market to grow healthy. Also, the rising cases of individuals with certain disabilities have supported the demand for medical rehabilitation services in the healthcare sector. However, limited resources and healthcare infrastructure in developing nations might affect the delivery of medical rehabilitation services.

The market size for global physiotherapy equipment was valued at USD 19.9 billion in 2019 and is predicted to expand at a CAGR of 7.7% over the forecast period. In addition to unhealthy eating habits and hectic lifestyles resulting in pain in the ligaments, nerves, muscles, back, and neck and increasing prevalence of stroke and Parkinson’s disease are likely to drive the market.

Covid-19 Impact on the Physiotherapy Equipment Market

The current COVID 19 pandemic has resulted in an immense number of patients visiting healthcare facilities on a daily basis. Owing to it there is a major shortage of hospital beds, healthcare providers, and basic medical equipment. As a result, a number of physiotherapists and other healthcare relevant professionals are being deployed.

Physiotherapy services have become more affordable for households over the past 5 years, as disposable incomes have grown. Industry revenue is forecast to rise at an annualized 3.5% over the 5 years through 2017-18, to reach $1.8Billion.

The Physiotherapy Services industry is defined by a low level of concentration and a high degree of fragmentation. The industry's top 4 firms account for less than 10% of industry revenue. Firms in a period the industry tend to be small with almost half of the physiotherapy practices operating as sole proprietorships.

The overall market for wearable therapeutic contraptions was noticed at $4.8 billion in 2015. This market is needful to increase from $5.5 billion each 2016 to about $19.5 billion out by 2022 at a compound yearly improvement rate (CAGR) of 28.8% for 2016-2022.

The overall recuperation robots market will build at a CAGR of around 23% by 2022.