Biography:
Dr. Rikesh Shrestha, DPT is a board-certified physical therapist at Sentara Health, Virginia, USA. His clinical expertise includes Certification in Dry Needling, Taping, Vestibular Rehabilitation and Concussion, and Manual Therapy. He completed his Bachelors and Masters of Physiotherapy in Neurological and Psychosomatic Disorders from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India. His research focused on cross-sectional survey of awareness of caregivers about stroke and the need for early rehabilitation in a tertiary care hospital in South India. He has been contributing as co-authors for many scholarly outputs and aspires to pursue a PhD in the field of Vestibular Rehabilitation.
Title : Effect of lower extremity proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation on stair ambulation in persons with stroke: A pre-post study