Assistant Professor, Physiotherapy (Pediatric)
Dr. Jagatheesan Alagesan
Dr Jagatheesan Alagesan with elective in pediatric physiotherapy is serving College of Health Sciences, Gulf Medical University since August 2015. He has more than 10 years of research and teaching experience, supervised many graduate and post graduate student projects. He has many research publications, authored three books and is serving as editorial board member for many physiotherapy journals. He has received “IAP Oration Award” from The Indian Association of Physiotherapists in the year 2014.
Areas of interest
- Physiotherapy
- Yoga
- Evidence-based practice and education
Education
- Bachelor of Physiotherapy from The TN Dr. MGR Medical University, India in 2000.
- Master of Physiotherapy (Pediatrics) from Annamalai University, India in 2003.
- Ph.D. in Physiotherapy from Singhania University, India in 2013.
Selected publications
- Salaheddine DS, Alagesan J, Durairaj S, Kumar P. Efficacy of Active Release Technique in the Treatment of Trapezius Trigger Points – Case Series. Gulf Medical Journal. 2016;5(S1): S94-S98. [Link]
- Sharmila B, Alagesan J. Pain and Disabilty in Secondary School Teachers – Correlation Study. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences. 2015; 6(4):254-257.
- Alagesan J, Shetty A. Effect of modified suit therapy in spastic diplegic cerebral palsy-a single blinded randomized controlled trial. Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences. 2011;9 (4):14. [Link]
- Alagesan J, Venkatachalam S, Ramadass A, Mani SB. Effect of yoga therapy in reversible inguinal hernia: A quasi experimental study. Int J Yoga. 2012;5:16-20. [Link]