Nandkishor Bankar

Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Institute of Medical Sciences Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, India

Publications

• Case Reports   
  Research protocol for A study of association between Vataprakopak Hetu and Asthikshaya with special reference to Bone Mineral Density A Case Control study
  Author(s): Shilpa Gabhane*, Rajiv Mundane, Arun Wankhede, Nandkishor Bankar and Sachin Patil
  
  Asthikshaya is a condition in which there is diminution of asthi dhatu takes place. Similar symptoms occur in osteoporosis. It is a major health problem of ageing population. Fracture is the most common complication of osteoporosis which increases the risk of morbidity as well as mortality. The causative factors of asthikshaya are not mentioned separately in ayurvedic text. According to ayurvedic principal of ashrayashrayee bhava, the factors causing vitiation of vata are responsible for the kshaya of asthi dhatu. But this association is not studied yet. So the objective of this study is to find association between factors causing vitiation of vata and asthikshaya. Two groups having 100 patients each will be enrolled for the study. Group-1 is cases having BMD t-score less than or equal to-1 and group 2 is controls having BMD t-score -1 and above. Every.. Read More»