Professor (Hon) Krishnan Padmakumari Sivaraman Nair Nair
School of Medicine and Population Health
Honorary Professor
+44 (0) 114 2712769
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School of Medicine and Population Health
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2JF
- Profile
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I studied for medicine at Government Medical collegae Trivandrum, Kerala, India. After my graduation, I obtained an MD in General Medicine from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India and DM in neurology from national Institute for Mental health and neuroscines, Bengaluru, India. I worked in the same institute as an associate professor I came to Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, Oxford under a commonwealth fellowship scheme in 2000 . Since 2005, I am a consultant in Neurology with special interest in management of neurological disability in Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation trust, United Kingdom.
- Research interests
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My research focus is on use of technology to assess and enhance functional abilities in people living with disabilities due to neurological disorders.
- Teaching interests
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- Academic tutor for pastoral care of the medical undergraduates
- Editor of the textbook Neurorehabilitation: Therapy and Therapeutics, published by the Cambridge University press.
- Undergraduate Phase 3 A lead for Sheffield teaching hospitals NHS foundation trust
- Co- supervisor for PhD students in University of Sheffield, Loughborough University and Sheffield Hallam University.
- Educational supervisor for neurology specialty trainees
- Professional activities and memberships
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- President elect of the British Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
- Member Joint Specilaty Committee on Stroke Medicne, Royal College of Physicans London
- Member Joint Specilaty committee of Rehabilitation medicine, Royal College of Physicians, London
- Member of Lancet commission on neurorehabilitation.
- Current Projects
- Use of digital sensor-based devices for assessment of activity in adults living with neurological disabilities
- Enhancing physical activity in adults with cerebral palsy
- Neuromodulation with multichannel sensory stimulation for post stroke spasticity.
- Assessment of long term unmet needs of people with Multiple sclerosis
- Use of power assisted exercise in people with multiple sclerosis
- Remote ischaemic conditioning in improving activity in people with disabilities due to stroke, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury
- Cognitive dysfunction in people with spinal cord injury
- Genomics in cerebral palsy.