P-wave and QT dispersion in spinal cord injury.

Objective: Spinal cord injury (SCI) can lead to significant cardiac arrhythmia. However, P-wave, QT dispersion, and risk factors in these patients have not been widely investigated. In this study, we assessed whether there is a relationship between electrocardiogram (ECG) parameters and risk factors in SCI patients.

Position sense of the hemiparetic and non-hemiparetic ankle after stroke: is the non-hemiparetic ankle also affected?

Background And Purpose: Researchers have shown an increased interest in proprioception deficits of the paretic side in hemiplegic patients. However, far too little attention has been paid to the proprioception sense of the non-hemiparetic side. The objective of this research was to determine whether the position sense of the ankles, especially of the non-paretic side, is affected in stroke patients.

How does metabolic syndrome affect the functional ambulation in stroke patients?

Background/aims: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a risk factor for stroke. However, the role of MetS in stroke rehabilitation has not been assessed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of MetS on rehabilitation from stroke.

Carpal tunnel syndrome and metabolic syndrome co-occurrence.

We aimed to evaluate the relation between the severity of carpal tunnel syndrome and metabolic syndrome. One hundred and fifty patients who had a clinical and electrophysiologically confirmed diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), were included in this study. The patients were divided into two groups (with or without metabolic syndrome) according to the criteria of National Cholesterol Education Program.

Isolated fibrosis/contracture of the rectus femoris muscle: diagnosis and follow-up with sonography.

Reported here is a 21-year-old female with isolated contracture of the rectus femoris muscle. Its possible relation to breech positioning, and the role of sonography for its diagnosis and close follow-up are discussed in the light of the relevant literature.

A rarely seen syndrome in rehabilitation of hemiplegia: antiphospholipid antibody-negative Sneddon's syndrome.

Sneddon's syndrome is a rarely seen disorder and it is characterized by livedo reticularis (LR) and neurologic findings. Some systematic findings may also be seen with neurologic and cutaneous findings. In this case, we aimed to present a 28-year-old female patient with diffuse LR, cardiac valve disease and migraine-type headache who had a right hemiplegic attack.

Association of anti-CCP positivity with serum ferritin and DAS-28.

Antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptides (anti-CCP) are highly specific for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with a marginal increased prediction of the disease. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relation of the presence of anti-CCP with clinical manifestations and disease activity in a cohort of RA patients. A total of 61 RA patients were included in this study.

The development of dysphagia and dysphonia due to anterior cervical osteophytes.

Cervical osteophytes may cause dysphagia by compressing the esophagus and may cause dysphonia by compressing the larynx and inferior laryngeal nerve. The occurrence of dysphagia and dysphonia due to cervical osteophytes has rarely been reported in literature. In this article, a case, in which the multiple cervical osteophytes were found to be the cause of dysphagia and dysphonia, was evaluated by imaging methods and electrophysiological evaluation of swallowing and the case was discussed in the light of relevant literatures.

The risk factors related to falling in elderly females.

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between muscle strength and functional mobility and falls in women aged 65 and over. Thirty-one female subjects with a mean age of 69.57 +/- 4.

Decreased chest mobility in children with spastic cerebral palsy.

Consequences of neuromuscular impairment may lead to lung damage and reduced lung function in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The purpose of this study was to evaluate chest mobility by means of chest expansion (CE) measurements in patients with spastic CP. Chest circumference at maximal voluntary inspiration (Cinsp) and at maximal voluntary expiration (Cexpir) and CE (the difference between Cinsp and Cexpir) were measured in 56 consecutive inpatients with spastic CP and in 40 healthy children.

Sympathetic skin responses in hemiplegic patients with and without complex regional pain syndrome.

Background And Aims: To investigate whether there were changes in the sympathetic skin responses (SSR) in the limbs with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) type I in hemiplegic patients.

Setting: A physical medicine and rehabilitation center in Turkey.

Materials And Methods: Sympathetic skin responses were evaluated in 69 stroke patients (41 with CRPS and 28 without CRPS) and 20 healthy volunteers.

Autonomic dysreflexia after intramuscular injection in traumatic tetraplegia: a case report.

Autonomic dysreflexia is a syndrome of massive imbalance of reflex sympathetic discharge occurring in patients with spinal cord lesion above the splanchnic outflow (T6). It is characterized by a sudden onset and severe increase in blood pressure and is potentially life threatening. The most common causes are bladder and rectum distention.