International Journals of Multidisciplinary Research
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R.K. Narayan is not only an Indian author but also a writer who carried the ethos of India into his fiction. Rasipuram krishnaswami Iyer was born on 1906 and died on May 13th 2001. He writes in English. „R‟ in his name represents the name of his village and K, the name of his father-Krishna swami. He was fond of reading different kind of books. After completing his early education he went to England to complete his higher education. He passed his B.A from Maharaja College, Mysore. He later on became a news reporter for the newspaper called “THE JUSTICE”. He published over a dozen novels, two hundred short stories and four books of non-fiction. In this article we will be discussing about „ROSIE‟, the central female character of „Guide‟. She is highly educated and holds Master Degree in Economics. She lives in a very modern way with an orthodox thinking and dressing. Her bright colored saree and braided hair gives the impression that how much she is attached to her own culture and tradition R. K.Narayan, was an Indian novelist, short story writer, essayist, memoirist, travel writer, journalist, critic, and editor. He is considered one of the three best Indian writers writing in English; the other two Raja Rao and Mulk Raj Anand. Narayan‟s fiction contains a unique blend of Indian mysticism and English form. He created fictional world Malgudi, which became one of the everyday concerns set in southern India
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This study was done to determine the effect of ELDOA alone versus ELDOA with core muscle strengthening to treat pain in patients with PIVD.Study is done on 30 females randomly placed in two groups; group A (ELDOA with core muscle strengthening) and group B (ELDOA alone).The Numeric Pain Rating Scale was used as outcome measures. All the patients were assessed at baseline before intervention and at the completion of 6 weeks of treatment. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. The patients treated with ELDOA combined with core muscle strengthening improved pain (Mean NPRS pre =7.13, post =3.40), Mean difference of NPRS visit 1 and NPRS week 6 for group A was 1.73 and mean difference of NPRS visit 1 and NPRS week 6 for group B was 0.93. Test statistics shows that Kolmogorov-Smirnov Z test value for NPRS of both groups at week 6 is .365 and p-value is .999 which is greater than .05. It is concluded that Group A and group B participants reported decrease in pain intensity on NPRS at week 6. So technique applied on group A participants (ELDOA with Core Muscle Strengthening) and the technique applied on group B participants (ELDOA alone) were effective in the management of pain. Study also strongly suggests that there was no significant difference between the effectiveness of techniques on reducing intensity of pain on NPRS so that null hypothesis was accepted.
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