The relationship between quadriceps femoris thickness measured by US and femoral cartilage thickness in knee osteoarthritis, its effect on radiographic stage and clinical parameters: comparison with healthy young population.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between quadriceps muscle thickness and femoral cartilage thickness measured by ultrasonography (US) in knee osteoarthritis (OA), to correlate this relationship with radiographic stage and clinical parameters, and to compare these values with those in healthy young adults.

Methods: A total of 71 patients with knee osteoarthritis and 31 healthy young adults were included in the study. Patients with knee osteoarthritis (Group 1) and healthy young adults (Group 2) were divided into two groups.

Assessment of quality of life in relation to spasticity severity and socio-demographic and clinical factors among patients with spinal cord injury.

To assess the impact of spasticity severity as well as socio-demographic and clinical factors on quality of life (QOL) and to identify factors predicting poor QOL among patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) Descriptive cross-sectional study. Tertiary care clinic in Istanbul, Turkey. A total of 110 patients with SCI (mean (SD) age: 43.