ABOUT Prof. Dr. Amaramalar Selvi Naicker

REHABILITATION MEDICINE

Qualifications

MBBS(Ind) M. Rehab Med (UM) , CIME (USA)

Subspeciality interest

Peadiatric & Spinal cord Injury Rehabilitation, Nutritional medicine

Procedure Focus

  • Botulinum Toxin injections for spasticity
  • Neuroregenerative procedures- Prolotherapy, Neuroprolotherapy, Dry Needling, Shockwave

Conditions treated

General:

  • Neuro-Musculoskeletal disorders in Adults and children
  • Spasticity management
  • Multidisciplinary Pain management
  • Prosthetic and orthotic restoration

Specific :

  • Amputee, Spinal cord injuries, Stroke , Brain injuries, Diabetic foot and other neurological and musculoskeletal disorders
  • Peadiatric conditions like cerebral palsy, Spina Bifida, Muscular dystrophy , Congenital disorders

Research publications

1.       Htwe, O., Hussain, R.I., Nasim, S.Naicker, A.S. Actinomycosis as a very rare cause of thoracic spinal cord compression: Clinical note International Medical Journal 2012 19 (4) , pp.  356-358
2.       CW Tan, MH Ng, H Ohnmar, Y Lokanathan, H Nur-Hidayah, SA Roohi, BHI Ruszymah, MH Nor-Hazla, A Shalimar, AS Naicker  . Sciatic nerve repair with tissue engineered nerve: Olfactory ensheathing cells seeded poly(lactic-co-glygolic acid) conduit in an animal model .Indian Journal of Orthopaedics , 2013,47(6):547552
3.       Tan Chen-Wee, Ng Min-Hwei, Htwe Ohnmar, Lokanathan  Yogeswaran, Hassan Nur-Hidayah, SA Roohi, BHI Ruszymah, Mohamed-Haflah Nor-Hazla, Abdullah Shalimar, AS Naicker .Sciatic nerve repair with tissue engineered nerve: Olfactory ensheating cells seeded PLGA conduit in an animal model.Indian Journal of Orthopaedics 2013  ,47(6):547-552
4.       Leonard H Joseph, Rizuana I, Hussain, Amaramalar S Naicker, Ohnmar Htwe, Ubon Pirunsan, Aatit Paungmali .Anterior translation of humeral head in glenohumeral joint: Comparison between limb dominance and gender using ultrasonography  . Polish Annals of Medicine, 2013  20(2): 89-94 ;
5.       Leonard H Joseph, Amaramalar S. Naicker, Ohnmar Htwe, Ubon Pirunsan, Aatit Paungmali. Alterations in the Posterior Oblique Chain Muscle Activity among Individuals with Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction .Middle East Journal of Scientific Research 2014 :588-594
6.       Harithasan Deepashini, Baharudin Omar, Aatit Paungmali, Naicker Amaramalar, Htwe Ohnmar, Joseph Leonard. An insight into the plantar pressure distribution of the foot in clinical practice: Narrative review Polish Annals of Medicine , 2014:  5156
7.       Leonard H. Joseph, Rizuana I Hussain, Ubon Pirunsan, Amaramalar S Naicker, Ohnmar Htwe, Aatit Paungmali. Clinical evaluation of the anterior translation of glenohumeral joint using ultrasonography: an  intra-  and  inter-rater  reliability study .Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 2014: 169-74
8.       Ahmad Fadzli Sulong, Nur Hidayah Hassan, Ng Min Hwei, Yogeswaran Lokanathan, Amaramalar Selvi Naicker, Shalimar Abdullah, Mohd Reusmaazran Yusof, Ohnmar Htwe, Ruszymah Hj Idrus, Nor Hazla Mohamed Hafl . Collagen- coated polylacticglycolic acid (PLGA) seeded with neural differentiated human mesenchymal stem cells as a potential nerve conduit. Advances in Clinical and Experimental  Medicine 2014 : 23(3):353-62
9.       Khairunnisa R, Amir AA, Ifasha AG, Ohnmar H, Hazla MH, Law ZK,  Shariful H, Naicker AS, Azmi B, Ng MH, Ruszymah BHI, Shalimar. A Histological analysis of sciatic nerve defect bridged with muscle- stuffed vein seeded with neural differentiated stem cells Regenerative Research 2014:111-113
10.   Ude Chinedu Cletus, Shamsul Bin Sulaiman, Min Hwei Ng, Cheng  Hui Chen, Ohnmar Htwe, Naicker Sylva Amaramalar, Shariful  Hassan, Ivan Djorjevic, Norhamdan Mohamad Yahya, Aminuddin Bin Saim, Ruszymah BHI. Improved functional recovery of osteoarthritic knee joint after treatment with chondrogenically induced multiponent cells. Regenerative Research 2014: 49-51
11.   Leonard H. Josepha, Rizuana I. Hussain, Amaramalar S. Naicker,Ohnmar Htwe, Ubon Pirunsan, Aatit Paungmali . Myofascial force transmission joint in sacroiliac dysfunction increases anterior translation of humeral head in contralateral glenohumeral joint. Polish Annals of Medicine 2014:103-108
12.   Yogeswaran Lokanathan, Min-Hwei Ng, Shariful Hasan, Anuar Ali, Mazzre Mahmod, Ohnmar Htwe, Sharifah Ahmad Roohi, Ruszymah Bt Hj Idrus, Shalimar Abdullah, Amaramalar Selvi Naicker. Olfactory ensheathing cells seeded muscle-stuffed vein as nerve conduit for peripheral nerve repair: A nerve conduction study. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 2014,118(2):231-234
13.   Ifasha AG, Amir AA, Khairunnisa R, Ohnmar H, Hazla MH, Law ZK,  Shariful H, Naicker AS, Azmi B, Ng MH, Ruszymah BHI, Shalimar A Preliminary study of functional outcome of sciatic nerve defect repair bridged with muscle-stuffed vein seeded with neural differentiated stem cells after 6 weeks  of  post implantation . Regenerative Research 2014:  98-99
14.   Htwe O, Chan T, Nyrin Yin K, Selvi Naicker A Unusual presentation of autonomic dysreflexia in patient with cervical spinal cord compression – Is myocardial infarction a cause or an effect?  Neuroepidemiology  2014 :43:71–113
15.   Htwe O, Selvyn L , Min Hwei A , Richard A., Abdul Rashid H , Sharaf I , Selvi Naicker A .    To Study the Correlation between Clinical Spasticity and Urine Hydrxyproline/Muscle Hydrxyproline among Children with Cerebral Palsy – A Future Clinical Implication. Neuroepidemiology 2014;43:71–113
16.   H. Deepashini, B. Omar, A. Paungmali, S. N. Amaramalar, H. Ohnmar, J. Leonard Reliability study of plantar pressure measurements among low back pain patients carrying different loads. Middle East journal of Scientific Research 2014 ;21 (7): 1044-1050
17.   Htwe, Ohnmar,Suganthini S,X. Z., Kelvin Lee; A. H., Siti Maryam, M. S., HadiFadhil, S. Kumaragu, H. Leonard Joseph;,A.,Tan A,Y. Khin N, Naicker  A. S. Quality of Life among Lower Limb Amputees  Treated  at  the Tertiary  Hospital,  Malaysia. International Medical Journal, 2015 ;22(3):171-174
18.   Leonard H. Joseph; Rizuana I. Hussain; Amaramalar S. Naicker; Ohnmar Htwe; Ubon Pirunsan; Aatit Paungmali. Pattern of changes in local and global muscle thickness among individuals with sacroiliac joint dysfunction. Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal 2015; 1013-7025.
19.   CC Ude, MH Ng, CH Chen, O Htwe, NS Amaramalar, S Hassan, I Djorjevic, RA Rani, J Ahmad, NM Yahya, AB Saim, RB Hj Idrus Improved functional assessment of osteoarthritic knee joint after chondrogenically induced cell treatment. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2015 ;23(8):1294-306
20.   Law ZK, Henry LJ, Alias NF, Kumar S, Sahathevan R, Htwe O, Naicker AS. Do stroke patients load on both lower limbs differently from what they perceive?  Cerebrovasc Dis 2015;40(suppl 1):1–76
21.   R Khairunnisa, AA Amir, I Gashim, H Ohnmar, MH Hazla, ZK Law, H Shariful, AS Naicker, B Azmi, HI Ruszymah, A Shalimar, MH Ng. Neural differentiated marrow derived stromal cells seeded on a biological conduit promotes axon myelination during peripheral nerve regeneration  .TISSUE ENGINEERING: Part A Volume 21, Supplement 1, 2015
22.   Ohnmar  Htwe,  Rizuana  Iqbal  Hussain,  Khin  Nyein  Yin, Amaramalar Selvi Naicker. Heterotopic ossification in patient with spinal cord compression due to thoracic spinal actinomycosis: A very rare case report  International Medical Journal. 2015 Dec; Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 541 – 543 ,
23.   AA Ahmad, Khairunnisa, S Abdullah, NHM Haflah, O Htwe, RBH Idrus, ANM Hwei, AS Naicker. Enhancement of nerve regeneration using muscle-stuffed veins seeded with human neural-differentiated mesenchymal stem cells (sMSV) as a nerve conduit in a rat model .The Journal of Hand Surgery (Eur) June 2015 ;volume 40E I Supplement 1
24.   Amir Adham Ahmad, Shalimar Abdullah, Nor Hazla Mohammed Haflah, Ohnmar Htwe, Ruszymah B. H. Idrus, Amaramalar S Naicker, Ng MH. Enhancement of nerve regeneration using muscle stuffed veins seeded with human mesenchymal cells (sMSV) in a rat model Brunei Int Med J. 2015; 11 (Supp 3): s18
25.   Ohnmar Htwe, Rizuana Iqbal Hussain, Amaramalar Selvi Naicker. Challenges in managing severe lower limb spasticity associated with bilateral hip joints subluxation Eur J Gen Med 2016;13(2):165-167
26.   Leonard Henry Joseph, Aatit Paungmali, John Dixon, Liz Holey, Amaramalar Selvi Naicker, Ohnmar Htwe. Therapeutic effects of connective tissue manipulation on wound healing and bacterial colonization count among patients with diabetic foot ulcer . Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies July 2016; Volume 20, Issue  3:650-656
27.   Ohnmar Htwe, Fadzilah Ismail, Leonard Henry Joseph, Amaramalar Selvi Naicker .Hip subluxation/dislocation in children with cerebral palsy: Does standing help? International Medical Journal April 2016; Vol. 23, No. 2: 169 – 172 ,
28.  Aminath Ifasha Gasim, Mohd Zaim Mohd Rashid, Amir Adham B Ahmad, Nor Hazla Mohamed Haflah, Rashidah Ismail @ Ohnmar Htwe, Amaramalar Naicker Naysaduray, Azmi Baharudin, Shalimar Abdullah, Ruszymah Idrus, Angela Ng Min Hwei, Khairunnisa Ramli, Law Zhe Kang. Treatment of Nerve Defects in An Athymic Rat Model Using Human Muscle Stuffed Vein and Commercial Neurotube . Med & Health Jul 2017; 12(1) (Suppl): 1-149
29.   Nor Hazla Mohamed Haflah, Min Hwei Ng, Mohd Heikal Mohd Yunus, Amaramalar Selve  Naicker, Ohnmar Htwe, Muhammad Fahmi, Mohamad Fikeri Ishak, Wan Tai Seet, Khairul Anuar Khairoji, Manira Maarof, Kien Hui Chua, Sharen Aini Shamsuddin, Ruszymah Idrus. Management of Massive Skin Defect in Grade III Gustilo Anderson Open Fracture :The Use of Engineered Bilayered Skin (MyDermTM) .The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds 2017, Vol.16(3) 212–216
30.   C C Ude , B S Shamsul , M H Ng , H C Chen , Htwe Ohnmar , S N Amaramalar, A R Rizal , A Johan , M Y Norhamdan , M Azizi , B S Aminuddin, B H I Ruszymah .Long-Term Evaluation of Osteoarthritis Sheep Knee, Treated with TGF-Beta 3 and BMP-6 Induced Multipotent Stem Cells.Experimental Gerontology 2018;104: 43–51
31.   Urine hydroxyproline correlates with progression of spasticity in cerebral palsy Ohnmar Htwe, Selvyn Lloyd , Min Hwei Ng , Andrea Richard  , Abdul Halim Abdul Rashid  , Amaramalar Selvi Naicker  , Sharaf Ibrahim . Urine Hydroxyproline Correlates with Progression of Spasticity in Cerebral Palsy Eur J Gen Med 2018;15(1):1-9
32.   Rajabia, M.J. Ghazalia , E. Mahmoudib , S. Azizkhanic , N.H. Sulaimana , A.W. Mohammadb , N.M. Mustafahd , H. Ohnmar , A.S. Naicker Development and antibacterial application of nanocomposites: Effects of molar ratio on Ag2O-CuO nanocomposite synthesised via the microwave-assisted route.Ceramics International 44 (2018) 21591–21598
33.   Fary Khan, Bhasker Amatya, Wouter De Groote, Mayowa Owolabi, Ilyas M. Syed, Abderrazak Hajjoui, Muhammad N. Babur, Tahir M. Sayed, Yvonne Frizzell, Amaramalar S. Naicker, Maryam Fourtassi, Alaeldin Elmalik, Mary P. Galea Capacity-Building In Clinical Skills Of Rehabilitation Workforce In Low- And Middle-Income Countries. J Rehabil Med 2018; 50: 472–479
34.   Armin Rajabi, Mariyam Jameelah Ghazali, Ebrahim Mahmoudi  , Amir Hossein Baghdadi  , Abdul Wahab Mohammad  , Nadia Mohd Mustafah  , Htwe Ohnmar  and Amaramalar Selvi Naicker. Synthesis, characterization, and antibacterial activity of Ag2Oloaded polyethylene terephthalate fabric via ultrasonic method . Nanomaterials 2019, 9(3): 450
35.   Khairunnisa Ramli, Ifasha Aminath Gasim, Amir Adham Ahmad ,Shariful Hassan , Zhe Kang Law , Geok Chin Tan , Azmi Baharuddin , Amaramalar Selvi Naicker , Ohnmar Htwe , Nor Hazla Mohammed Haflah , Ruszymah B. H. Idrus , Shalimar Abdullah and Min Hwei Ng. Human Bone Marrow-Derived MSCs Spontaneously Express specific Schwann Cell Markers . Cell Biol Int 2019 Mar;43(3):233-252.
36.   Khairunnisa Ramli, Aminath Ifasha Gasim, Amir Adham Ahmad,Ohnmar Htwe, Nor Hazla Mohamed Haflah, Zhe Kang Law,Shariful Hasan, Amaramalar Selvi Naicker, Sabarul Afian Mokhtar, Mohd Hisam Muhamad Ariffin, Azmi Baharudin,Geok Chin Tan, Ruszymah Haji Idrus,Shalimar Abdullah, Min Hwei Ng. Efficacy of Human Cell-Seeded Muscle-Stuffed Vein Conduit in Rat Sciatic Nerve Repair. Tissue Engineering(2019), Part A Volume 25, Numbers 19 And 20,
37.   Amaramalar Selvi Naicker,  Ohnmar Htwe,  Abena Yeboaa Tannor , Wouter De Groote,  Brenda Saria Yuliawiratman, Manimalar Selvi Naicker Facilitators and barriers to the rehabilitation workforce capacity building in low- to middle-income countries. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 30 (2019) 867–877
38.   Amaramalar Selvi Naicker, Saari Mohamad Yatim, Julia Patrick Engkasan, Mazlina Mazlan, Yusniza Mohd. Yusof, Brenda Saria Yuliawiratman, Nazirah Hasnan, Ohnmar Htwe .  Rehabilitation in Malaysia. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 30 (2019) 807–816
39.   Muhammad-Shukri Muhammad Safian, Rashidah Ismail Ohnmar HTWE, Radhika Sridharan, AS Naicker . Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma due to Anticoagulant Therapy: A Case Report and Literature Review. Electron J Gen Med. 2020; 17( 3)
40.   Brenda S. Yuliawiratman, Nor Azira Ismail, Nur Farihan Ishak, Thurairaj Manoharan, Siti Amirah Mat Saad, Masniza Mustaffa, Ohnmar Htwe, Manimalar S Naicker, Amaramalar S. Naicker.  (2020).  Workforce Capacity Building For Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation-Post Nepal Earthquake.  – American Journal Of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. March 2020 : Volume 99, Number 3 (Suppl);A 257.
41.   Brenda S. Yuliawiratman, Arif Soemarjono, Ohnmar Htwe, And Amaramalar S. Naicker,.  (2020).  Evaluation Of Pain Relief In Knee Osteoarthritis Using Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy In Combination With Intra-Articular Platelet Rich Plasma Injection A Case Report.  – American Journal Of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. March 2020 : Volume 99, Number 3 (Suppl); A 303.
42.   Brenda S. Yuliawiratman, Ohnmar Htwe,Nadia Mustapa, Amaramalar S. Naicker.  (2020).  Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (Reswt) For The Treatment Of Spasticity In Children With Cerebral Palsy A Case Report.  – American Journal Of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. March 2020 : Volume 99, Number 3 (Suppl); A 343-A343.
43.   Elaine Zi Fan Soh, Ohnmar Htwe, Amaramalar Selvi Naicker, Armin Rajabi Nasirabadi, Mariyam Jameelah Ghazali, Nadia Mohd Mustafah, Irraivan Elamvazuthi, Brenda Saria Yuliawiratman, Manimalar Selvi Naicker.   Diabetic Socks: An Answer to Efficacious Indoor Foot Pressure Relief – A Prospective Study.  Journal of Tissue Viability Volume 29, Issue 2, May 2020, Pages 104 – 109.
44.   Anam Anjum  , Muhammad Da’in Yazid  , Muhammad Fauzi Daud, Jalilah Idris , Angela Min Hwei Ng  , Amaramalar Selvi Naicker, Ohnmar Htwe@ Rashidah Ismail et al.  Spinal Cord Injury: Pathophysiology, Multimolecular Interactions, and Underlying Recovery Mechanisms. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020; (21): 7533; 1-35. (Q1, IF-4.55). doi:10.3390/ijms21207533
45.   Yee Xing You, Jing Yi Foo, Wani Aqilah Mustafa, Rohana Hussain, Amaramalar Selvi Naicker, Ohnmar Htwe et al. Factors Associated With Pressure Ulcer Risk Among Spinal Cord Injury Adults in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A Community-based Study . Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences. 2021; 17(3):177-184.
46.   Amaramalar Selvi Naicker, Vinoshini Devi A/P Kaliavasan, Brenda Saria Yuliawiratman, Arvindran Alaga, Kevin Ng Wei Shan, Manimalar Selvi Naicker, Ohnmar Htwe. Alternate careers for medical graduates and house officers in Malaysia. Med J Malaysia Vol 76 No 2 March 2021
47.   Awang NA, Chua SJL, Ali AS, Au-Yong CP, Naicker AS, Yuliawiratman BS. Persons with disability perception of facilities management service quality: hospital buildings in Malaysia. Int J Health Care Qual Assur. 2021 Oct 4;ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). doi: 10.1108/IJHCQA-08-2020-0165. PMID: 34595895.
48.   Ng Bing Wei, Ohnmar H, Brenda Saria Yuliawiratman, AS Naicker et al. Outcome of treatment of Eichenholtz stage III Charcot Neuroarthropathy by using bilayer insole: A single centre study.. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Sciences. 2021; 20 (3): 708-712.
49.   Wui, N. B., Htwe, O., Naicker, A. S., Yuliawiratman, B. S., Bajuri, M. Y., Naicker, M. S., & Rouf, N. A. Outcome of treatment of Eichenholtz stage III charcot neuroarthropathy by using bilayer insole: a single center study. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 2021; 20(3), 646–650.
50.   Zulkifli Abu Bakar , Irman Abdul Rahman , Anuar Ithnin , Amaramalar Selvi Naicker ,  Samhani Ismail .Pulmonary Function Status Following Long Term Fiberglass Dust-Exposure in Orthopaedic Clinic.Drugs and Cell Therapies in Haematology (2021)Volume 10 Issue 1