Cross-training effect of chronic whole-body vibration exercise: a randomized controlled study.

To determine whether unilateral leg whole-body vibration (WBV) strength training induces strength gain in the untrained contralateral leg muscle. The secondary aim was to determine the potential role of spinal neurological mechanisms regarding the effect of WBV exercise on contralateral strength training. Forty-two young adult healthy volunteers were randomized into two groups: WBV exercise and Sham control.

Comparison of effectiveness of different exercise programs in treatment of failed back surgery syndrome: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is a condition characterized by persistent pain following back surgeries.

Objective: To determine the effects of different exercises programs in FBSS.

Methods: A Single-blind, randomized, controlled trial designed.

Investigating the effectiveness of postural muscle electrostimulation and static posturography feedback exercises in elders with balance disorder.

Background: Deterioration associated with aging in the erect posture and balance to change the location of the center increased the rate of fall in older age is one of the reasons. Loss of muscle strength is one of the major factors affecting the posture. In this prospective, randomized and controlled study, it was aimed to investigate the effectiveness of strengthening postural muscles through electrostimulation or by applying biofeedback exercises with static posturography in patients aged 60 years and over with balance disorder.

Muscular kinetics and fatigue evaluation of knee using by isokinetic dynamometer in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Objective: Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is an inflammatory disease that is observed with arthritis, sacroiliitis and disability. The aim of the study was to compare the strength and fatigue of knee extensor/flexor muscle group usage by isokinetic in patients with AS with controls.

Methods: Twenty-six AS diagnosed patients and twenty-six healthy volunteers with similar age, height, body weight and gender were included in this study.

The effect of viscosupplementation on neuromuscular control of the knee in patients with osteoarthritis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the short-term effects of intra-articular injection of hyaluronan (Hylan G-F 20) on proprioception, isokinetic muscle force, self reported pain, and functional condition in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods: 63 patients with stage II-III bilateral knee OA were included in this randomized, placebo controlled, and prospective study. Subjects were randomized with 42 of them into the treatment group and 21 of them into the placebo group.

Isokinetic strength measurements in early knee osteoarthritis.

Objectives: One of the most important reasons for locomotor dysfunction and disability in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) is muscle weakness in the lower extremity. The aim of this study was to compare the isokinetic knee muscle strength of patients with early knee OA with those of healthy people.

Patients And Methods: Fifty-one patients with bilateral knee osteoarthritis who were radiologically graded as stage I or II and forty-three healthy subjects were enrolled.

Evaluation of knee proprioception and effects of proprioception exercise in patients with benign joint hypermobility syndrome.

The first aim is to show if there is a disorder in proprioception in cases with benign joint hypermobility syndrome (BJHS) when compared to healthy subjects. The second aim is to evaluate the effect of proprioception exercise in BJHS cases. To evaluate the proprioceptive sensibility of the knee joint with 40 BJHS and 30 healthy subjects enrolled in the study.

Isokinetic evaluation of knee extensor/flexor muscle strength in patients with hypermobility syndrome.

Benign joint hypermobility syndrome (BJHS) is a syndrome with musculoskeletal pain originating from the increased laxity of the joints and the ligaments. The study was to compare the isokinetic strength of knee extensor/flexor muscles of BJHS patients with healthy controls. Forty patients diagnosed as having BJHS with Brighton criteria and 45 years of age, height and weight-matched healthy controls were recruited for the study.

Effects of kinesthesia and balance exercises in knee osteoarthritis.

Background: In patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), there is a prominent loss in proprioception and kinesthesia sensation compared with control subjects of the same age and gender.

Objectives: The aim of this study is the investigation of short-term clinical effects of kinesthesia and balance exercises in patients with knee OA.

Methods: This 8-week study was conducted on 66 female patients with knee OA who were randomized into 2 groups.