Papers by Professor Dr Soumendra Saha
Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
Various interventions are available for preventing and treating urinary incontinence, including m... more Various interventions are available for preventing and treating urinary incontinence, including medication, medical devices, and surgery. Some of the patients are not keen on surgical intervention, and pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) will be another treatment option for female urinary incontinence. The current research aims to assess the effect of pelvic floor muscle training with biofeedback on improving the strength of the pelvic floor muscle, the severity of SUI, and quality of life among females with stress urinary incontinence. A random sampling of 10 patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) referred to the physiotherapy department by urogynecology department, Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II (HRPZ II), were recruited into the study of PFMT with biofeedback after a baseline assessment of the severity of stress urinary incontinence, strength, and quality of life. They were evaluated at baseline, at the 4th week, the 8th week of intervention, and a follow-up was done ...
International journal of Life science and Pharma Research, 2021
First Review by Dr. Debashish Chowdhury Background: Success in athletic performance is recognised... more First Review by Dr. Debashish Chowdhury Background: Success in athletic performance is recognised as resultant of accurate-most effective reproduction of acquired skills into performance excellence. To ensure this, athletes try to embrace various authentic therapeutic techniques. These intervention regimes, being mediated by diverse emotional and cognitive-motivational processes enable the athletes excel in their performance. Aim: This experiment was conducted to examine efficacy of visuo-motor behaviour rehearsal (VMBR), and composite biofeedback intervention regimes, on mood states, in modulating transient emotional aspects inhibiting performance of athletic skills. Method: Promising athletes of Malaysian national Sports Council (n = 39) experiencing crises concerning performance deficiencies were recruited as participants. They were subjected to assessment of mood states, substantiated with simultaneous evaluation of autonomic measures of arousal and thirty-meter-dash performance. Followed by that, athletes were exposed to VMBR and biofeedback training regimes. Impacts of psychotherapeutic training regimes were evaluated during Mid-term, post-intervention, and post-follow-up evaluation sessions. Results: Mid-intervention analyses revealed facilitative impact of only biofeedback intervention, while both post-intervention and post-follow-up evaluations confirmed that both the intervention regimes improved thirty-meter-dash performance among athletes. No such improvement as such was evident among athletes of the control condition. Besides all these, the multiple linear regression analyses outcomes revealed differential predictive associations between mood factors and thirtymeter-dash performance outcomes, evident among athletes of different experimental conditions. Conclusions: Post-intervention analyses revealed facilitative impacts of both the intervention regimes in improving thirty-meter-dash performance among athletes. At pre-intervention phase, athletes of VMBR group were evident to perceive lesser extent confusion, while at post-intervention phase, lesser perceived anger was evident to predict faster thirty-meter-dash. Biofeedback trainees on the other hand, perceived lesser extent of fatigue at the pre-intervention phase, which predicted faster dash performance. But the post-intervention evaluation revealed athletes of biofeedback condition had higher extent of depression and lower extent of confusion, which eventually got regulated by virtue of biofeedback training, and hence those athletes could display faster dash performance.
International journal of Life science and Pharma Research, 2021
First Review by Dr. Dilsad Ahmed Background: Motor and movement coordination problems are prevale... more First Review by Dr. Dilsad Ahmed Background: Motor and movement coordination problems are prevalent among numerous adolescent and young-adult individuals, which definitely restrain them from participation in competitive sports. Further to that, these limitations reduce their overall mobility, healthy existence and well-being as well. Aim: This experiment was conducted to investigate on effectiveness of different types of motor coordination techniques, viz., conventional coordination training (CCT); EMG-assisted perceptual motor training (EMG-PMT) and combined introduction of both of the intervention regimes, on simple and complex reaction time performance evident among young-adult recreational athletes. Method: Forty young-adult male recreational players (18±24 years, = 21.47 and = 1.38) identified as having motor and movement coordination problems, were recruited as participants. They were subjected to evaluation of left and right lateral motor control and motor memory; extent of bilateral symmetry in motor and movement coordination; and assessment of both simple and complex reaction task performed under lower and higher difficulty level. Followed by that, participants were categorized into one control and three experimental groups, who were introduced to differential intervention training regimes. Impacts of coordinative training regimes were evaluated during Mid-term, post-intervention, and post-follow-up evaluation sessions. Results: Mid-intervention analyses revealed improvement in simple reaction performance followed by all of the intervention techniques. Post-intervention analyses, however, revealed that excepting the EMG-PMT intervention, all other intervention techniques were effective in improving simple reaction ability. In case of complex reaction tasks performed under lower difficulty, all the interventions were found effective, while impact of EMG-PMT training was not evident as sustainable. Contrary to that, in case of complex reaction tasks performed under higher difficulty levels, sustainable improvement was noticed both among the participants of the CCT and EMG-PMT groups. Conclusions: In case of most of the reaction performance evaluations, conventional coordination training and combined introduction techniques were evident as better effective compared to the EMG-assisted perceptual motor training intervention. Multifactorial predictive contributions of motor and movement skill components emerged as facilitative factors for efficient complex reaction performance.
International journal of Life science and Pharma Research, 2021
First Review by Dr Maibam Chourjit Singh Background: Children with developmental deficiencies nee... more First Review by Dr Maibam Chourjit Singh Background: Children with developmental deficiencies need early intervention, which modify their awareness about themselves, body-image, awareness of strength, flexibility, coordination, and about their surroundings as well. These modifications lead to improvement in motor and social skills, and wholesome development. Aim: This study intended to explore into efficacy of Young Athletes intervention program developed and organised by the Special Olympic International (SOI), in order to develop motor skills in children diagnosed with intellectual deficiency (ID). Method: Present study was conducted in Bangladesh, following experimental design and protocol provided by SOI, funded by IKEA, supervised by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), and carried out by the experts of Special Olympics Bangladesh (SOBD). Children registered with SOBD (n = 420), aged between 4 to 7 years, who were diagnosed as having ID, were categorised into three different groups, viz., control group, cohort 1 (C1) and continuous survey (CS) group. Thereafter, all of the children were subjected to baseline evaluation of motor skill components, viz., walking, balancing, carrying materials etc. Followed by that, children of C1 and CS groups were introduced to YA activity training (1 hour/week guided training by SOBD experts, and daily practice of those skills for one hour) for 8 weeks. After 8 weeks, post-intervention assessment on the aforementioned motor components were carried out to verify impact of YA training on children of CS and C1 groups. Results: Baseline descriptive analysis revealed dissimilarity in Tandem Walking performance scores evident among children of three different groups. Post-intervention analyses revealed no impact of YA activity. Children of both Control and CS groups were evident have similar baseline tandem walking scores, which got marginally improved after 8 weeks of YA training in both of the groups, although children of Control group did not receive any training. Children of C1 group, however, had very poor baseline Tandem walking score, which evidentially got improved after 8 weeks of YA training. Outcomes of multiple linear regression relationships revealed differential predictive relationships. Conclusions: No improvement in tandem walking performance was evident. Regression analyses mostly hinted up on the pre-existing walking and balancing ability of the children, which facilitated improvement in tandem walking after 8 weeks of YA training.
International journal of Life science and Pharma Research, 2021
Background: Elite level athletic performance is universally acknowledged as not consequence of me... more Background: Elite level athletic performance is universally acknowledged as not consequence of mere tenacious and strenuous practice. As crises from diverse sources may hinder optimal athletic performance, athletes need to adopt relevant and effective psychotherapeutic techniques for regulation of their psychological competence and required for performance excellence. Aim: Present study was carried out to investigate significance of visuo-motor behaviour rehearsal (VMBR), and biofeedback intervention technique, if any, on psychological (mood parameter) aspect associated with erroneous performance outcomes identified among the athletes. Method: Thirty-nine promising athletes of Malaysia faced with dismal performance, were recruited as participants, who were subjected to assessment of cardiovascular fitness and autonomic measures of arousal, followed by assessment of mood states, emotional stability, and athletic agility skill. Followed by that, in order to modify their erroneous performance outcomes, athletes were introduced to VMBR and biofeedback training regimes. To verify impacts of psychotherapeutic training regimes Mid-term, post-intervention, and post-follow-up evaluation were carried out. Results: Repeated measure of ANOVA outcomes revealed that at the post-intervention phase, both VMBR training and composite biofeedback intervention regime were evident as effective enough to improve physical performance indices, especially agility of the athletes. associated with changes in impulsivity and irritability evident among the athletes. No difference between the intervention techniques were evident, and furthermore, this improvement in agility was not found as sustainable. Apart from that, multiple linear regression analyses outcomes revealed differential predictive associations between mood factors and agility performance outcomes, evident among athletes assigned to different experimental conditions. Conclusions: Both intervention techniques were evident as effective in inducing faster agility performance displayed by the athletes, although no comparative edge between the interventions was confirmed. Athletes of VMBR group perceived lesser fatigue, which along with other mood factors predicted faster agility. For the Biofeedback trainees lesser extent of tension along with other mood variables resulted in faster agility. Athletes of control condition had higher extent of tension and fatigue, which perhaps caused major difficulty in them, and hence they could not display faster agility.
International journal of Life science and Pharma Research, 2021
Background: Osteoarthritis of knee is a common degenerative joint disorder that affects the weigh... more Background: Osteoarthritis of knee is a common degenerative joint disorder that affects the weight bearing joints. Many types of the intervention have been used in the treatment, while interventions such as isokinetic training, biofeedback has not been extensively used in the rehabilitation. Aim: This experiment intended to investigate relationships between pain, stiffness, and functional disability among the knee OA patients in relation to the differential interventions.
International journal of Life science and Pharma Research, 2021
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) poses huge health burden for individuals and societie... more Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) poses huge health burden for individuals and societies. Currently, the brunt of high prevalence of T2DM in low-and middleincome countries (LMICs) are creating economic burden for the economies. Aim: This study aims to assess the cost-effectiveness of differential exercise interventions directed to improve the perceived health status of T2DM individuals of Bangladesh. Method: 66 middle-aged T2DM individuals residing in Dhaka, Bangladesh from middleincome strata of the society were included. EuroQol 5D-5L questionnaire was used for the evaluation of perceived health-status. There was 14 weeks of intervention sessions carried out to assess the cost-effectiveness of the differential exercise programs. In this-effectiveness analysis. Incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER) was designed and calculated to assess the cost-effective exercise program for the T2DM population. Results: intervention program had the lowest ICER value with highest improvement in health status and highest cost. Besides, EQ-VAS score measuring improvement in health status of middle-aged T2DM individuals was highest in the combined exercise program (EQ-VAS score = 91.60) compared with aerobic training (EQ-VAS score = 86.05) and no exercise program (EQ-VAS score = 81.00) after the intervention sessions. Conclusions: Combined exercise program was evident as the most cost-effective programme among aerobic and no exercise programme for T2DM participants residing in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
International journal of Life science and Pharma Research, 2021
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM), a lifestyle-related disease imposes an enormous social and ec... more Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM), a lifestyle-related disease imposes an enormous social and economic impact on countries around the world. The prevalence of DM is growing in both rural and urban Bangladesh. The quality of life is getting hugely compromised due to the pervasiveness of this disease. Aim: The purpose of the study is to make a comparison of aerobic and combined exercise intervention programs to understand the effects in the perceived health status of diabetic population Method: This interventional study was carried out with 66 middle aged participants having Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus(T2DM) with middle income status residing in Dhaka, Bangladesh. There was 14 weeks of intervention sessions along with another 14 weeks of no intervention session to evaluate the sustainability of the intervention programs. The EuroQol 5D-5L questionnaire was used to measure the advancement in the perceived health status of the targeted population. Wilcoxon signed-rank test and Two-way repeated measures of ANOVA/ Mixed factorial ANOVA were used to analyse the data. Results: After 14 weeks of aerobic exercise, significant improvement in the state of mobility (p = 0.000), maintaining self-care (p = 0.001) and the level of anxiety (p = 0.000) was observed. In case of combined exercise program, post-intervention improvements in perceived sense of mobility (p = 0.010) and anxiety (p = 0.010) were observed. In comparison between aerobic and combined exercise program (p =0.000), significant difference observed at the post intervention phase with negative mean differences indicating higher values detected for combined group of participants. Conclusions: It can be concluded that combined exercise program had shown the best outcome in enhancing the health status of the participants compared to aerobic and control group in this study.
International journal of Life science and Pharma Research, 2021
Background: T2DM individuals are mostly evident as vulnerable to cognitive dysfunction, which per... more Background: T2DM individuals are mostly evident as vulnerable to cognitive dysfunction, which perhaps lead to cognitive impairment associated with visual motor disorientation. Aim: This study aims to assess the impacts of aerobic and combined exercises in cognitive functionality of the T2DM participants in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Method: 66 middle-aged T2DM individuals residing in Dhaka, Bangladesh was included in the study. In this research Bender-Gestalt II test was used for the evaluation of comprehension and working memory status of T2DM population. There was 14 weeks of intervention sessions along with another 14 weeks of no intervention session to evaluate the sustainability of the intervention programs carried out with a control and two differential exercise intervention groups. Two-way repeated measure of ANOVA was used to analyse the data. Results: There were statistically significant differences observed in pre-to post intervention phase (p = .000) and pre-to follow up phase (p = .000) in participants with negative mean differences relating to higher value in post and follow up phase respectively in comprehension and working memory score of visual motor abilities in both aerobic and combined exercise intervention programs. Conclusions: It can be concluded that participants in the aerobic and combined exercise intervention have shown improvement in overall improvement in comprehension and working memory status of T2DM individuals in Dhaka, Bangladesh. However, no group wise difference was evident among the participants.
International Journal of Life science and Pharma Research, 2021
Background: Performance disaster in athletes stem from multifaceted areas of crises, which may ra... more Background: Performance disaster in athletes stem from multifaceted areas of crises, which may range from physical musculoskeletal problems to physiological, psychomotor, and psychobiological deficiencies as well. Bulk of experimental studies emphasized on introduction of biofeedback intervention as effective psychological skill training. Aim: This present review intended to systematically review published research literatures to (i) provide some authentic information on impacts of biofeedback or neurofeedback intervention training on performance enhancement in some specific athletic skills, (ii) identify etiological issues associated with disastrous performance evident among athletes and (iii) investigate on the biofeedback training regimes, and to identify the salient features of the regimes, which had relative contribution on athletic performance enhancement. This article also intended to examine the prevalent and existing theoretical constructs and to recommend future course of research experimentation in this domain of interest. Method: Several databases such as-PubMed, WOS, SCOPUS, SportDiscus, PsychINFO, PsycARTICLES, ProQuest, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, and NDL (National Digital Library) databases were methodically searched for articles on effectiveness of Biofeedback intervention training on skilful athletic performance, published between 2010 and 2020. Results: Findings of this systematic review work, based on available literatures, however, claimed the possible beneficial impact of composite introduction of biofeedback intervention in different modalities, on athletic performance. The overall effect size was evident as 1.11, with a confidence interval of 0.76, 1.45. Conclusions: Numerous studies were on biofeedback intervention were conducted, but majority of those were evident to lack in authenticity and methodological transparency. Authentic RCT studies on biofeedback intervention, however, confirmed efficacy of biofeedback interventions on athletic performance.
International journal of Life science and pharma Research, 2021
Background: Deficient motor and movement coordination is prevalent among young-adult healthy indi... more Background: Deficient motor and movement coordination is prevalent among young-adult healthy individuals delimit their recreational performance and maintenance of active lifestyle as well. Comprehensive study of the multidimensional aspects associated with motor coordination disorder, may range from physical musculoskeletal problems to physiological, psychomotor, psychobiological, and cognitive deficiencies as well. Bulk of experimental studies emphasized on methodologically sound coordination skill training. Aim: This meta-analytic review intended to systematically examine research literatures published in authentic journals, in order to (i) provide relevant information on impacts of conventional coordination training on improvement in motor and movement coordination amongst young-adult recreational players, (ii) identify aetiological aspects pertaining to coordination problems evident among young-adult individuals and (iii) investigate on the quality of conventional coordination training regimes, and to identify the salient features of the regimes, and the methodological issues associated with training protocols, which had relative contribution on enhancement in coordination. Method: Databases such as-PubMed, WOS, SCOPUS, SportDiscus, PsychINFO, PsycARTICLES, ProQuest, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, and NDL (National Digital Library) were systematically searched for recently published articles on effectiveness of conventional coordination training on coordinated performance. Results: Findings of this systematic review work, based on available literatures, however, emphasized on developing authentic protocols for conventional coordination training regimes. Forest plot analysis, however, favoured other types of training methods as better effective compared to the conventional coordination training. The overall effect size was evident as 0.57, with a confidence interval of 0.08, 1.06. Conclusions: A small numbers of studies on conventional coordination intervention were identified as authentic RCTs, which were having moderate level of quality. RCTs included in this review did not confirm efficacy of conventional coordination interventions in improving coordinative performances among recreational players.
International journal of Life science and Pharma Research, 2021
Background: Osteoarthritis of knee is a common degenerative joint disorder. The problems range fr... more Background: Osteoarthritis of knee is a common degenerative joint disorder. The problems range from pain to maximal disability in movement. Proprioception in knee is commonly affected in knee osteoarthritis but has been less investigated by researchers. Aim: This present review intended to systematically review published research literatures to (i) identify the research studies related to proprioceptive training on knee osteoarthritis and analyse the effect of these training, (ii) identify the effect of weight bearing and non-weight bearing exercises on proprioception in knee osteoarthritis and (iii) investigate the effect of these training on pain in knee osteoarthritis.. Method: Several databases such as-PubMed, WOS,
International Journal of life science and Pharma Research, 2021
Background: Athletes continuously face with crucial challenges and multiple types of hindrances, ... more Background: Athletes continuously face with crucial challenges and multiple types of hindrances, which put deleterious effects onto their performance. Substantial amount of research investigations confirmed significance of mental skill training. Aim: This present review intended to systematically review published research literatures to (i) enable the researchers in this field with pertinent information on impacts of visualization or visuomotor behaviour rehearsal or imagery training on successful performance of athletic skills, (ii) identify potential areas of problems pertaining to performance disasters and to investigate on the VMBR or visualization training regimes, which had relative contribution on athletic performance enhancement. This article also intended to examine the theoretical constructs and objective implications of the prevalent and existing literature and to recommend future course of research experimentation in this domain of interest. Method: Multiple databases having articles published between 1980 and 2019, such as-PubMed, WOS, SCOPUS, SportDiscus, PsychINFO, PsycARTICLES, ProQuest, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, and NDL (National Digital Library) databases were methodically searched for articles related to impact of VMBR training on performance of athletic skills. Results: Outcomes of the available dearth of literatures, however, hinted up on the possibility of combined introduction of visual imagery based physically executed simulated practice if athletic skills, as more potentially beneficial, compared to application of visualization or mental imagery alone. This review highlighted on facilitative impacts of visualization or VMBR or imagery interventions on athletic performance, and the overall effect size was evident as .89, with a confidence interval of .35, 1.43. Conclusions: Authentic RCTs conducted on VMBR or visualization were included in this review which had safe score (i.e., 5.72, which is considered as low bias). These studies clarified beneficial role of interventions on athletic performance. Salient features of VMBR training were identified and potential efficacy of those aspects on performance enhancement were explained.
Scientia Medica, 2017
DOI: 10.15448/1980-6108.2017.1.25082Aims: The prevalence rate of ankle complexities is increasing... more DOI: 10.15448/1980-6108.2017.1.25082Aims: The prevalence rate of ankle complexities is increasing at a constant rate among athletes. This study aimed to systematically describe the facts and findings related to the effectiveness of training programs on proprioception among athletes suffering from ankle ligament injury.Methods: A literature search in online libraries (Google Scholar, PubMed, EBSCOhost, and ProQuest) using different search engines was conducted for the systematic review and meta-analysis. The common keywords included NEUROMUSCULAR, EXERCISE, TRAINING, PROPRIOCEPTION, and ATHLETES. Studies related to the topic, having relevant resources, and published within the past 10 years were used as inclusion criteria. Methodological quality was assessed through PEDro scale. A meta-analysis of the selected trials was conducted to assess the effectiveness of intervention. Results: Two hundred research articles were initially selected. After close scrutiny, 15 articles were include...
Movement, Health & Exercise, 2016
Purpose: To systematically review published research literatures to identify and evaluate the eff... more Purpose: To systematically review published research literatures to identify and evaluate the effectiveness of perceptual motor training on improvement in motor performance in individuals having Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD).Methods: Multiple databases were methodically searched for articles related to Developmental Coordination Disorder; only descriptive, intervention or qualitative articles were retained. Research indicates that poor motor co-ordination has far reaching implications for social and emotional wellbeing and that DCD occurs not only in children, but that motor difficulties are retained in adulthood.Results: Generalized performance deficit is observed in majority of the children with DCD. Pronounced difficulty in internal (forward) modeling, rhythmic coordination, executive function, gait and postural control, catching and interceptive action, and aspects of sensoriperceptual function were observed in most of the individuals diagnosed with DCD.Conclusions: ...
Movement, Health & Exercise, 2016
The perception and execution of musculoskeletal control and movement are mediated primarily by th... more The perception and execution of musculoskeletal control and movement are mediated primarily by the central nervous system and involve the integration of 3 main subsystems: somatosensory, vestibular, and visual. Balance performance and its measurement are influenced by these subsystems.This present study was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of, neuromuscular controlled training exercises comprising bosu-ball balance training and conventional physiotherapy exercise training protocols on the level of stability, balance and proprioception in the athletes, diagnosed with lateral ligament injury of ankle joint. The Y Balance test was used as a reliable and valid tool for quantitative balance assessment. Thirteen players (aged between 19 to 26 years, Mean age = 23.2; SD = 2.46) suffering from grade II & grade III lateral ligament injury were recruited from the OPD of the department of Orthopaedics, of the Hosptial of Universiti Sains Malaysia.All of the participants were subject...
PLOS ONE, 2015
The aim of this study is to evaluate the satisfaction of patients with posterior implants in rela... more The aim of this study is to evaluate the satisfaction of patients with posterior implants in relation to the clinical success criteria and surface electromyography (sEMG) findings of the masseter and temporalis muscles. Total 42 subjects were investigated. Twenty one subjects with posterior dental implants were interviewed using a questionnaire and the clinical success criteria were determined based on The International Congress of Oral Implantologists. The myofunction of the masticatory muscles were assessed using sEMG (21 subjects) and compared to the control group of subjects without implants (21 subjects). Out of 21 subjects, all were satisfied with the aesthetics of their implant. Twenty of them (95.2%) were satisfied with its function and stability. As for clinical criteria, 100% (50) of the implants were successful with no pain, mobility or exudates. sEMG findings showed that patients have significantly lower (p<0.01) basal or resting median power frequency but with muscle burst. During chewing, control subjects showed faster chewing action. There was no difference in reaction and recovery time of clenching for both groups. In conclusion, the satisfaction of implant patients was high, and which was in relation to the successful clinical success criteria and sEMG findings.
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Papers by Professor Dr Soumendra Saha