Dr Kulkarni thesis

DISSERTATION  Dr. Saicharan Kulkarni pgy1 ( 2020 ) TITLE OF THE TOPIC :   CLINICO-RADIOLOGICAL PROFILE, RISK FACTORS AND OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH MOTOR WEAKNESS BRIEF RESUME OF THE INTENDED WORK Problem Representation  1)The repercussions of paralysis/weakness are enormous, both personally to the individual and to their family; and have huge economic costs to society. Paralysis takes many forms with multiple disorders causing paralysis, and multiple body systems often affected. (1,)   2) Motor learning is considered crucial for rehabilitation in general. In stroke, motor learning does not refer to the acquisition of new skills, but to the re-learning process of a previously acquired movement pattern .(2)   3) 3.  Though both clinical evaluation and MRI are complimentary in detection and precise localization of the level of lesion in patients with cervical myelopathy, there is paucity of data comparing segment specific clinical features with the MRI abnormalities in cervical myelopath