Ultrasonographic evaluation of femoral cartilage thickness in patients with familial Mediterranean fever.

Objectives: This study aims to determine femoral cartilage thickness using ultrasonography in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF).

Patients And Methods: A total of 45 patients (16 males, 29 females; mean age: 38.5±9.

Relationship Between Q-Angle and Articular Cartilage in Female Patients With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Ultrasonographic and Radiologic Evaluation.

Objectives: This study aims to examine the association between Q-angle and clinical, radiological, and ultrasonographic findings in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Patients And Methods: Sixty-eight female patients (mean age 59.8±6.

Relationship between atherosclerosis and knee osteoarthritis as graded by radiography and ultrasonography in females.

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between atherosclerosis and knee osteoarthritis grade in women as assessed by both ultrasonography and radiography. [Subjects and Methods] Seventy women diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis were classified into two groups according to cartilage grading/radiographic grading. Patients with Kellgren-Lawrence grades 1 and 2 were included in group 1, while those with Kellgren-Lawrence grades 3 and 4 were included in group 2.

Influence of patient training on persistence, compliance, and tolerability of different dosing frequency regimens of bisphosphonate therapy: An observational study in Turkish patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Objective: In our study, we aimed to evaluate the influence of training on compliance and persistence with bisphosphonate treatment given on a weekly vs. monthly basis in postmenopausal osteoporosis patients.

Methods: A total of 979 patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis (mean age: 63.

Continuous passive motion in adhesive capsulitis patients with diabetes mellitus: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: The aim of this study was to clarify the effects of continuous passive motion (CPM) treatment on adhesive capsulitis (AC) in diabetes mellitus (DM) patients.

Methods: Forty-one DM patients with AC were randomized to two treatment groups. The first group (n= 20) (CPM group) received CPM treatments; the second group (n= 21) had conventional physical therapy (CPT group), including active stretching, range of motion (ROM) and pendulum exercises.