Dr Selva Ganapathy V.

Bio

Dr. Selva Ganapathy specializes in neurology and mental health physiotherapy, as well as movement science research.He has published peer-reviewed publications in top journals on movement disorders and neurological rehabilitation.Dr. Selva's study aims to assist those with pain, cognitive impairment, and mobility disorders.Dr. Selva has earned travel fellowships to visit NHS hospitals, a bursary award at the World Physiotherapy Conference, and recognition for advancing physiotherapy research.

Awards & Prizes

• Bursary Award received for the research work titled “Effect of simulated community ambulation training  in chronic stroke at the World Physiotherapy conference,9-11 April 2021(Virtual)
• Dr.R.N Moorthy Foundation Grand to develop teaching material on “Pain Neuroscience Education” and conduct workshop for professionals, patients and care givers 2022.
• T S Srinivasan Bursary award for the poster Titled “Mediolateral Imbalance in Frontotemporal Dementia. A differential diagnostic tool in early stage cortical dementia? at the International conference on Neuropsychiatry held from 15.2.18 to 17.2.18 at NIMHANS Convention Centre.
• Professional contribution award” in the year 2008 from “The oxford college of physiotherapy”, Bangalore, Karnataka, India for the outstanding works in the field of Neuro Physiotherapy by making publications.
•  “Community Ambulation; training and its importance in patients with chronic stroke in “Healthcon” held at Garden city college, Bangalore on 13th feb 2008. (3/5 star)

Visiting Fellow

• Clinical observation Programme at Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust, Wales, UK from 05/02/2005 –28/02/2005.

Key Publications

1. Selva Ganapathy V, Desai G, Krishnamurthy L, et al. Development of pain science education for chronic low back pain in India. J Man Manip Ther. Published online February 6, 2025. doi:10.1080/10669817.2025.2456719

1. Ganapathy V, Bharath S. Gait instability and dynamic Balance Characteristics in Behavioral variant Frontotemporal dementia: A cross sectional study. In. Movement disorders 2021 Sep 1 (Vol. 36, pp. S2-S2).https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.28794
2. V.Selvaganapathy,T.James,M.Philip,N.Kamble,A.Bhattacharya,A.Stezin,P.Dhargave.p.Pal,V.Muralidara7.Ganapathy VS, Chandra SV, Bharath S, Philip M, Narayan VB. Association between gait variability and direction-specific postural stability in a middle-age sample: A quantitative study with single and dual-task paradigm. Journal of Geriatric Care and Research. 2021;8(2).
3. V. Selva Ganapathy, S.R. Chandra, Srikala Bharath, Ravi GS, Subclinical Motor involvement in patients with Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia: A Case Control study, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, ISSN 1876-2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2019.10.001.(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876201819308081)
4.  Velayutham S, Chandra S, Bharath S, Shankar R. Quantitative balance and gait measurement in patients with frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer diseases: A pilot study. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. [Original Article].  March 1, 2017; 39(2):176-82.
5. Srinivasan K, Ravikumar S, Chandra SR, Ganapathy S, Ravi GS. Cerebral and Coronary Vasculature in Disease Associations and Dissociations in the South Indian Population. J Neurosci Rural Pract 2017 Jul-Sep;8(3):352-356 doi: 104103/jnrpjnrp_31_17.
6. "Dementia care in India: What are the obstacles to physiotherapy treatment: A Qualitative study" (under publication).