Table 3.
Comparison of the profile of different disciplines involved in the treatment of KOA.
| Orthopaedics | Physical Medicine Rehabilitation | Physiotherapy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recommendations by Sub-Committee (October 2013) on “Categorization & Classification of Clinical Establishments under the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010. | Included under surgical specialties and candidates must possess recognized degree of M.S. (Master Of Surgery) | Included under medical specialties and candidates must possess recognized degree of M.D (Doctor of Medicine) | Indicated under Allied Health professions. Indicates that they are health professions distinct from medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and nursing. |
| Eligibility criteria for admission to PG course (MS,DNB) | MBBS | MBBS | BPT:After 10 + 2 (12th)examination Then MPT and PhD |
| Professional Associations in India and members | Indian Association of Orthopaedics Founded in 1955 and has 10,000 members Membership is for PG/diploma in Orthopaedics27 |
Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (400 members) Website launched in 2002. Membership is open to all doctors working in PMR.28 |
Indian Association of physiotherapists (more than 30,000) Founded in 1962. Membership is open to all physiotherapist from U.G.C. recognized institutions29 |
| Syllabus | As per Medical council of India (MCI)- Diagnostic Imaging, Metabolic Bone Diseases, Bone and Joint Infections, Fracture and Fracture-Dislocations, Dislocations and Subluxations, Arthrodesis, Arthroplasty, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Amputations and Disarticulations, Rehabilitation - Prosthetics and Orthotics, spine etc |
As per MCI -Impairment, disability, gait analysis, Therapeutic exercises, Physical agents/modalities, orthotic devices, Rehabilitation of persons from sports injury, arthritis, spine and burns, surgical Emergencies etc | As per Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Allied Health Section (MoHFW) Anatomy, community based rehabilitation, exercise therapy, neuro physiotherapy,Orthopaedics and sports physiotherapy |
| Exercises included in the syllabus of the course as per MCI/MoHFW | No | Yes | Yes |
| Course started in India | 1951 | 1960 | 1953 |