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The outpatient facility, interdisciplinary clinics, acute care in-patient wards, electrodiagnostic services are in the CMC hospital campus at Thottapalayam, Vellore. The in-patient wards of the rehabilitation institute, movement analysis lab, urodynamics lab, diagnostic ultrasonography services, and spinal cord regeneration research laboratory are in the college campus at Bagayam, Vellore.
Patient Services
The department of PMR functions as two units, providing outpatient and inpatient services for persons with physical/neurological impairments due to conditions such as
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Brain Injury due to trauma and other causes
- Stroke
- Developmental disorders such as cerebral palsy, spinal dysraphism
- Amputations of the extremities
- Rheumatological conditions
- Haemophilia
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Chronic pain
Outpatient clinics 8am to 4pm
Unit-1 : Tuesdays and Fridays
Unit-2 : Mondays and Thursdays
Special clinics 2pm to 4pm
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Monday |
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Amputee clinic |
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Tuesday |
Diabetic foot clinic |
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Wednesday |
Brain injury clinic, Stroke clinic |
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Thursday |
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Neuromuscular clinic, Haemophilia clinic |
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Friday |
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Pain clinic |
For information on booking new appointments, please click here
For online booking of review appointments, please click here
Inpatient services
With about 30 beds in the CMC hospital wards and 83 beds in the Rehabilitation Institute, the department of PMR provides inpatient rehabilitation services to about 900 persons with physical impairments every year. Among these, the common medical conditions necessitating inpatient rehabilitation are Spinal Cord Injury, Brain Injury, Stroke and Cerebral Palsy.
Academics
The department of PMR offers the following courses as part of the academic program of Christian Medical College, Vellore.
- MD in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Bachelor of Physical Therapy
- Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
- Bachelor of Prosthetics & Orthotics
- Diploma in Prosthetics & Orthotics
For further information regarding the courses, please check for updates in CMC Admissions webpage
Research
Ongoing research programs in the department include
- Spinal cord regeneration research
- Cost effective electric hand prosthesis
- Upper tract changes in traumatic spinal cord injury
- Subclinical ulnar nerve palsy in persons with hemophilia
- Prognostication of severe traumatic brain injury by SSEP
- Virtual reality in balance training of children with cerebral palsy
- Role of biomarkers in early detection of heterotopic ossification following spinal cord injury
- Assistive technology with sensor based system to improve hand functions following stroke
- Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation for gait training in persons with unilateral transtibial amputation
For the list of publications from the department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, please click here
For the list of PG thesis since 1995 onwards from the department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, please click here
Faculty
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Community Based Rehabilitation
The Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) program was initiated along with the department of Low Cost Effective Care Unit in 2002, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO). The aim of the project was to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities, their families and communities in the urban economically disadvantaged areas of Vellore. Volunteers from the community were trained using WHO modules to identify persons with disability and institute appropriate intervention using locally available resources. For further information, please click here
Glimpses from PMR
