Effectiveness of Rocabado exercises in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in remission with temporomandibular joint involvement: A randomized-controlled study.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of Rocabado exercises in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in remission with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement.

Patients And Methods: Between May 2023 and July 2023, a total of 42 patients (4 males, 38 females; mean age: 47.8±13.

Turkish version of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cognitive and Physical Functioning Questionnaire: A reliability and validity study.

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cognitive and Physical Functioning Questionnaire (CPFQ) in patients with fibromyalgia (FM) syndrome by translating and culturally adapting the CPFQ to Turkish.

Patients And Methods: One hundred seventeen patients (8 males, 109 females; mean age: 47.4±12.

ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF FEMORAL CARTILAGE THICKNESS IN PARTICIPANTS WITH ASYMPTOMATIC HYPERURICEMIA: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY.

The aim was to evaluate the effect, if any, of asymptomatic hyperuricemia on distal femoral cartilage thickness through musculoskeletal ultrasonography. A total of 66 participants were evaluated in this prospective, controlled study, including 33 asymptomatic hyperuricemic patients who presented at our outpatient clinic between January and April 2020, and 33 normouricemic subjects matched for age, gender and body mass index. Participants with systemic diseases affecting uric acid level such as chronic renal failure, psoriasis, gout, etc.

Spinal Mobility Limitation Can Be the Main Reason of Kinesiophobia in Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Objective The aim of this study is to determine the presence of kinesiophobia in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and to examine the factors affecting kinesiophobia. Materials and methods Sixty patients with AS participated in the study. Kinesiophobia was evaluated using the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK).

Temporomandibular joint involvement in elderly onset and young onset rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Objective: There are studies showing clinical and laboratory differences between elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis and young-onset rheumatoid arthritis. Temporomandibular joint involvement in rheumatoid arthritis is not rare. In this study, we aimed to examine the temporomandibular joint involvement and magnetic resonance imaging findings in elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis and young-onset rheumatoid arthritis patients.

The validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Community Integration Measure in patients with chronic stroke.

Objective: To translate and cross-culturally adapt The Community Integration Measure into Turkish (CIM-T) and to assess its reliability and validity in patients with chronic stroke.

Patients And Methods: Fifty participants completed the CIM-T, Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ) and the London Handicap Scale (LHS). All participants completed the CIM-T questionnaire twice in 7 days.

The Effect of Transcutaneous Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation on Pain and Quality of Life in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Single-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial.

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of posterior tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) in reducing pain, improving quality of life, and decreasing disease severity in patients with fibromyalgia. This prospective, single-blind, randomized controlled trial included female patients newly diagnosed with fibromyalgia who had started duloxetine treatment (30 mg/day). The patients in the study group received six sessions of posterior tibial nerve stimulation, twice weekly, 3-4 days apart, in addition to duloxetine; the controls received duloxetine only.

Evaluation of personality disorders using the structured clinical interview for DSM-5 personality disorders, quality of life, and disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Objectives: This study aims to determine the frequency of personality disorders in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and healthy volunteers and to compare SLE patients with and without personality disorders in terms of quality of life (QoL) and other clinical and laboratory findings.

Patients And Methods: Between January 2021 and March 2021, a total of 64 patients (17 males, 47 females; mean age: 42.9±10.

Comparison of ankylosing spondylitis patients with and without fibromyalgia syndrome according to the disease activation scores and response to treatment.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the association of fibromyalgia (FM) syndrome with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and to compare the AS patients with and without FM according to the disease activity, clinical and laboratory findings, and response to treatment.

Patients And Methods: Between September 2016 and September 2020, a total of 511 patients (312 males, 119 females; mean age: 43.0±11.

Rheumatoid arthritis activity scores in patients with and without fibromyalgia syndrome.

Background: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) is a systemic disease of unknown etiology, which can cause widespread musculoskeletal pain. In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), FM can cause an additional symptom burden, which can affect some variables on the RA disease activity score 28 (DAS28), a tool that evaluates 28 joints in RA patients.

Objective: Compare the results of four different versions of the DAS28 and the parameters used to determine disease activity scores in RA patients with and without FM, and determine whether there are treatment differences between RA patients with and without FM.

Six month assessment of low dose rituximab in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Aim Of The Work: To evaluate the 6-month treatment responses to low dose rituximab (LDR) compared to standard dose rituximab (SDR) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients whose treatments were disrupted due to the pandemic with increased disease activity and to examine the effect of LDR treatment on serum immunoglobulin (Ig) levels.

Patients And Methods: Records were retrospectively analysed for 80 patients on SDR not admitted to the hospital due to fear of infection during pandemic, with increased disease activity and were resumed on LDR (500 mg intravenous RTX-infusion twice with 15 days intervals, and repeated for the second time in all patients after 6 months). Disease activity score (DAS-28) values were obtained.

Association Between Familial Mediterranean Fever and Cachexia in Females.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the association between familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and cachexia in females.

Patients And Methods: The study included 32 female FMF patients (median age 27.50 years; range, 18 to 50 years) and 30 female healthy controls (median age 32 years; range, 18 to 50 years).

Can the efficacy of subacromial corticosteroid injection be improved using a single- session mobilization treatment in subacromial impingement syndrome? A randomized single-blind controlled trial.

Background/aim: The objective in this study is to assess the short-term effects of a single-session mobilization in addition to subacromial corticosteroid (SACS) injection in impingement syndrome.

Materials And Methods: The study was designed as a prospective randomized controlled single-blind, parallel group clinical trial. Patients (totally 84) were divided randomly into two groups equally.

Gabapentinoids in penitentiaries: An abuse and addiction research.

Objectives: This study aims to examine the abuse and addiction of gabapentinoids in penal institutions.

Patients And Methods: Between September 2014 and November 2014, a total of 1,639 participants were administered an electronic questionnaire investigating the drug use and addiction. The questionnaire was requested to be asked and filled by the officers in charge for all voluntary convicts and prisoners in all penitentiaries throughout Turkey.

Computer-assisted Joint Space Area Measurement: A New Technique in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis.

Objectives: This study aims to assess the validity and reproducibility of computer-assisted joint space area measurement in knee roentgenograms of patients with knee osteoarthritis and compare it with a qualitative method in knee roentgenograms and quantitative and semi-quantitative methods in magnetic resonance imaging.

Patients And Methods: The study included 40 knees of 40 patients diagnosed as osteoarthritis (14 males, 26 females; mean age 57.4±5.

The cultural adaptation of Aberdeen Low Back Pain Scale in Turkish patients and the evaluation of response to physical therapy: A Turkish version study.

Background: Unvalidated Turkish adaptations of existing low back pain disability scales are often used.

Objective: To evaluate the validity and the reliability of the Turkish version of Aberdeen Low Back Pain Scale (ALBP).

Methods: The cross-cultural adaptation was performed in accordance with recently published guidelines.

Platelet-Rich Plasma Treatment With Physical Therapy in Chronic Partial Supraspinatus Tears.

Background: Despite the insufficient evidence, due to potential contribution to the improvement, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is emerging as a promising method.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of PRP injection in partial supraspinatus tears by comparing with physical therapy (PT).

Patients And Methods: Seventy patients with chronic partial supraspinatus tears in magnetic resonance imaging were randomized into two groups; PRP (n = 35) and PT (n = 35).

Sciatic nerve hypertrophy with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome: a case report.

A 73-year-old female patient who had severe neuropathic pain due to sciatic nerve hypertrophy with the Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome has been presented. Localized hypertrophic neuropathy is in one region and characterized by concentric proliferation of Schwann cells around the axon. It is very rare in the absence of generalized hypertrophic neuropathy.

Cultural Adaptation of the Extended Aberdeen Spine Pain Scale: A Turkish Version Study.

Aim: To evaluate the validity and reliability of Turkish version of Extended Aberdeen Spine Pain Scale (EASP).

Material And Methods: After cultural adaptation, the questionnaire was administered to 120 patients. Test-retest reliability, internal consistency, construct and criterion validity and responsiveness to treatment were measured.

Cultural adaptation of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire in patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Turkish version study.

Objective: Cultural adaptations of the questionnaires are important for easy use. We aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the Turkish Version of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire in patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Methods: To assess test-retest reliability, the Turkish "Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire" and "Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand" questionnaires were answered by patients and controls and were repeated a week later.

Telephonic analysis of the snoring sound spectrum.

Objective: Snoring is a sound caused by vibration of collapsed and/or unsteady airway walls of the pharynx and soft palate. We compared stored spectra of snoring sounds recorded via cell phone (CP) and a microphone placed over the head (head phone [HP]).

Methods: Thirty-four snoring patients were included in this prospective study.

Prevalence of juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome in an urban population of Turkish adolescents: impact on depressive symptoms, quality of life and school performance.

Background: Juvenile Fibromyalgia Syndrome (JFMS) is a chronic health condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and multiple tender points (TP). The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of JFMS in the urban population of Samsun and to determine the impact of JFMS on depression symptoms, school performance and quality of life (QOL).

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 1109 children (mean age (14.

Are there work-related musculoskeletal problems among teachers in Samsun, Turkey?

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal pain (WRMSP) and depression and the quality of life (QOL) among teachers in Samsun, Turkey.

Materials And Methods: Among 605~participants 99.30% (n=602) completed the survey.

A comparative evaluation of health related quality of life and depression in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis.

The aim of this study was to compare health related quality of life (HRQoL) and assess functional and psychological status in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), fibromyalgia syndrome (FS) patients and controls (each 30 subjects). Demographic characteristics, pain and sleep disturbance by Visual Analog Scale, depression by Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), disease impact by fibromyalgia impact questionnaire, DAS-28, and HRQoL by SF-36 were gathered. The FS group scored significantly worser than the RA group with respect to physical role, social functioning and bodily pain subscales of SF-36.