A comparison between hypertonic dextrose prolotherapy and conventional physiotherapy in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

The aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of hypertonic dextrose prolotherapy (HDP) with conventional physiotherapy (CPT) in improving symptoms in females with knee osteoarthritis (OA). The present study included 60 patients with a diagnosis of knee OA. The patients were randomly assigned to the HDP (n=30) and CPT (n=30) groups.

Short‑term effects of pregabalin plus exercise therapy on pain, emotional status, physical function and nociceptive responses in patients with fibromyalgia.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of pregabalin plus exercise vs. pregabalin treatment alone on the electromyographic nociceptive flexion reflex (NFR) threshold in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). For this purpose, the present study included a total of 40 patients diagnosed with FM according to the American College of Rheumatology 2010 criteria.

The effect of oral baclofen and botulinum toxin treatments in hemiplegic spasticity on the nociceptive flexor reflex: A randomized clinical trial.

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the effect of oral baclofen treatment and botulinum toxin type A (BT-A) injection treatment in hemiplegic patients with spasticity on the electromyographic nociceptive flexor reflex (NFR) threshold.

Patients And Methods: A total of 29 spastic hemiplegic patients (20 males, 9 females; mean age: 52.9±10.

Effects of radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy on clinical variables and isokinetic performance in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a prospective, randomized, single-blind and controlled trial.

Objective: This study aims to compare the efficacy of r-ESWT treatment with sham-ESWT on pain, walking speed, physical function, and isokinetic muscle strength in knee osteoarthritis.

Methods: The study included 104 patients (mean age 61.0 ± 6.