Saveetha College of Physiotherapy - [SCPT]

Saveetha College of Physiotherapy was established in 1993. The college is affiliated to Saveetha University. It offers Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Research Courses

• The college has been ranked as one of the best institutes in India

Extra-Curricular during 2013:

• The college has conducted waste competitions
• Poster competitions on topic like BMI, Poor Postures, Thoracic & Abdominal Incision etc.
• Chart Painting on World Environment Day
• State level Conference
• Awareness Programmes on nutrition and diet, Human Rights and Right to information act and Energy Conservation

Departments:

• Department of Orthopaedic & Traumatology
• Department of Neurology
• Department of Cardio Pulmonary Disorders
• Department of Sports & Manual Therapy
• Department of Paediatrics
• Department of Urology and Obstetrics
• Department of Hand Conditions

Innovation in B.P.T Curriculum:

• Observatory clinical training implemented in 2nd year
• Supervised Rotatory clinical training is been implemented in the curriculum for 3rd and 4th year
• Community physiotherapy paper is been added in final year curriculum
• Subjects added to Curriculum to meet foreign Credentials

Innovation in M.P.T Curriculum:

• Manual therapy, MPT in urology & obstetrics is one of its kind and innovative curriculum which no other university in India offers
• Dissertation is been implemented from first year
• Evidence based physiotherapy is been added as a specialty paper.

Research:

• Exercise habits of health care professional students and non-Health care professional students- a cross sectional survey
• Life Style Modification in Subjects with Mild and Moderate Hypertension
• Effect of Mental Imagery Training for subjects with Stroke
• Cardiovascular Fitness among Software Professionals in Chennai
• Efficacy of muscle energy technique in mechanical low backPain