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Suruliraj Karthikbabu

KMCH College of Physiotherapy, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal University

ORCID iD 0000-0002-7513-0606
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Dr Karthik Babu S, PT, PhD is an educator, clinician, researcher and administrator. Dr Karthik is Principal and Professor of KMCH College of Physiotherapy, Dr NGP Research and Educational Trust, Coimbatore, affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, India. He teaches neurosciences in the Masters of Physiotherapy program and applied therapeutics in the undergraduate physiotherapy program. He is one of the Co-Principal Investigators of Biotechnology Industry Research Assistant Council (BIRAC) joint funded project titled “Enabling Functional Mobility through Advanced Gait Analysis and Virtual Reality”. As of September 2024, he published 60 research papers including 44 articles in PubMed and Scopus indexed journals with an H-index of 15. He underwent upper limb stroke rehabilitation summer school in University of Leuven – KU Leuven, Belgium in 2018. He taught skill training on ‘core business after stroke’ in Saxion University, Netherlands in 2018. His major research interests are trunk training, physical activity, mobility training and hand functioning for people with stroke and Parkinson’s disease. He underwent international certifications in Constrained Therapy, Vestibular Rehabilitation, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation, Aquatic Therapy (Bad Razag Ring Method and Halliwick), Wheelchair Service Provision, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Neuro-Developmental Therapy, Prechtl’s General Movements, Pediatric Bobath concepts and Movement Analysis and Educational Strategies Therapy. His clinical expertise involves habilitation of children with developmental disabilities, and rehabilitation of people with stroke, head injury, spinal cord injury, Parkinson diseases and related neuromuscular conditions. He is the recipient of Best Teacher Award, Best Researcher Award, Best Paper Awards. and also received National and International Grants.

Employment

  • KMCH College of Physiotherapy Professor and Principal
    2022 - Present
  • Manipal Academy of Higher Education Associate Professor
    2017 - 2022
  • Manipal University Assistant Professor - Selection Grade
    2012 - 2017
  • Kasturba Medical College Mangalore Assistant Professor
    2008 - 2012
  • Kasturba Medical College Mangalore Lecturer
    2006 - 2008

Education

  • Manipal University PhD
    2010 - 2017
  • Manipal University MPT in Neurosciences
    2003 - 2006

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (46)