Department of Sports Medicine

Department overview

Department of Sports Medicine has been providing medical and health care services and round the clock emergency services to athletes of various disciplines training at NSNIS Patiala. It also provides medical services to staff of NIS and their dependants.

Activities of the department

Emergency medical care – during international and national championships, selection trials and other competitions held in NIS.

Periodic health evaluation of athletes –
- Assessment and monitoring of medical fitness of athletes
- Early detection of risk and prevention of injuries

Research Activities

Screening for Relative energy deficiency in Sports.
ECG monitoring in Indian Athletes.
Injury Surveillance during training and competitions.
Nutritional deficiencies in athletes.
Core stability patterns in different sports.

Structure of the Department

Academics
- Conducts DSM course in collaboration with Govt medical college, Patiala
- Teaching sports medicine subject to MSC sports coaching students, Diploma trainees, refreshers courses, certificate courses and various skill development courses including massage course and advanced massage courses.

Monitoring Sports Medicine center programs
- Athletes Health promotion and education program.
- Infections and illness prevention program.

Management of sports injury cases referred from peripheral centres and referrals to higher centres for arthroscopies.

Athletes Health Promotion activities
- Including anti doping awareness.
- Counseling regarding use of nutritional supplements.
- Psychological counseling during injury rehabilitation.

Sport injury management – Assessment, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of athletes in NIS Patiala.
Investigations for sports injuries
- Digital X-Rays.
- Routine clinical blood and urine investigations.

Physiotherapy and rehabilitation services for injured athletes
Massage services for athletes recovery

Administrative work – in the form of procurement of medicines and physiotherapy items, Maintenance of medical store and pharmacy

LATEST ACHIEVEMENTS

Publications

A. Mallick, J. Dande, A. Gupta (2021) Intramuscular degloving injury of rectus femoris in a young elite athlete: a case report – International Journal of sports exercise and health research 2021;5(2):42-44
J. Dande, A. Mallick, A.A. Patil, S.S Kalra (2021) Injury surveillance during elite women’s national boxing championship in India – Medical Journal Armed forces India 2021.03.016
A. Mallick, V. Vijayan, J. Dande (2021) Head Gear in prevention of sports related concussion – a literature review across various sports – IP Indian Journal of Neuroscience 2021;7(3):186-191
A. Mallick, J. Dande, P. Yesha, J. Garg (2021) Magnetic resonance imaging illustration of sports injuries : a pictorial review – International Journal of Radiology and diagnostic imaging 2021:4(2):92-96
Kalra SS. Mallick A. Dande. J (2020) Sports medicine practice during COVID-19 – A “ New normal “ Int J sports exercise med 6:174, doi.org/10.23937/2469-5718/1510174
Jahnavi Dande, Anirban Mallick, Dhairyasheel Gole (2020) Unusual cause of mid foot pain in athlete: A Case report, JMSCR 08 issue 11 November 2020.

Conferences

Global soccer conclave – Sep 2022 Mumbai
Dr. Jahnavi Dande as invited panelist on football medicine – science and technology in soccer.

Sports MEDCON – 2022, PGIMS, Rohtak – 28 August- 2022
- Dr. Jahnavi Dande – invited speaker on Principles of sports rehabilitation
- Poster presentation by DSM students
- I. Return to play decision making – checklist to get on track – Dr. Shreshth, Dr. Ramandeep Bhardwaj,
- II. Post covid assessment & gradual return to play – Is it necessary? Do covid +ve athletes need it? – Dr. Vinu Mohan, Dr. Emil Cyril, Dr. Kishore V V,.
- Mr Yeshwant Kumar Kaikey – Invited speaker on Recovery in sports

DSM students attended NCSSR conference held at Panchkula from 06/06/2022 to 07/06/2022

Global sports medicine and science e-conclave – March 2022 –
Dr. Jahnavi Dande as invited panelist on injury prevention in football.

ICSEM conference – Feb 14th to 16th, 2020, Jaipur

Keynote speakers
- Headgear in Olympics boxing – Paradigm shift but mystery unsolved – Dr. Anirban Mallick
- Challenges in sports cardiology – Current evidence and our experience –Dr. Jahnavi Dande
Oral presentations
- Injury surveillance in junior women national boxing championship – Dr. Dhairyasheel Gole, Dr. Anshul Gupta, Dr. Jahnavi Dande Dr. Anirban Mallick
- ECG interpretation of elite endurance athletes – Indian perspective Dr. Deepak Babu, Dr. Anirban Mallick, Dr. Jahnavi Dande (AWARDED BEST PAPER)

Global Soccer E- Conclave – June 6th & 7th, 2020

Invited Speakers
- Training load monitoring in football – how much is too much? – Dr Jahnavi Dande, Dept. of Sports Medicine, NS NIS Patiala
- From research to rule book – How sports medicine impacted football? – Dr. Anirban Mallick, Dept. of Sports Medicine, NS NIS Patiala
Poster presentation
- FIFA protocol to prevent sudden cardiac arrest – Planning to implementation- Dr. Dhairyasheel Gole
- EPTS – Football technology for player monitoring – Dr. Yesha Patel Vijay
- FIFA world cup Russia 2018 – A glance through crucial injuries – Dr. Vishnu Vijayan
Ms. Anamika Barman Das, First Advance Sports Massage Course student 2nd place in Advance and 3rd place in Massage category in Swiss Massage championship held in Switzerland on 29th & 30th April, 2023