Palani Kumar

Quality of Life in Recent Stroke Patients and Burden on Caregivers in Gujarat state of Western India

Palani Kumar, Preksha Nagar & Lata Parmar · Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · 2021

Background: Stroke is a global health problem. Patients with stroke may be damaged in many aspects of life, which affects the physical, psychological and social dimensions of quality of life. These factors lead to burden on the caregivers. This burden on the caregivers negatively...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i37A31978

Use of Timed Up and Go Test to Predict Risk of Fall in Indian Elderly

Palani Kumar, Prutha Jani & Lata Parmar · Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · 2021

Background: Although the TUG has been recommended as a key test for screening the risk of fall, the optimal cut-off value to detect older adults who are at an elevated fall risk remains controversial as wide range of threshold values have been reported in the literature. The vali...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i36B31957