Validity and reliability of the Duruöz Hand Index in patients with lateral epicondylitis.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the validity, reliability and clinimetric features of the Duruöz Hand Index (DHI) in patients with lateral epicondylitis.

Patients And Methods: Between October 2019 and January 2020, a total of 78 patients (28 males, 50 females; mean age: 46.4±9.

Effects of Artcure Diffusional Patch application on pain and functional status in lumbar disc herniation patients: a prospective randomized controlled study.

Background/aim: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of the Artcure Diffusional Patch, which contains a mixture of 6 herbal oils (oleum thymi, oleum limonis, oleum nigra, oleum rosmarini, oleum chamomilla, oleum lauriexpressum) and has a hypoosmolar lipid structure, in the conservative treatment of lumbar disc herniation patients and to show the advantages and/or possibility of using this as an alternative method to surgery.

Materials And Methods: Of the 120 patients enrolled, 79 clinically diagnosed patients were included in the study. Clinical evaluations were performed on patients who had findings of protrusion or extrusion in their magnetic resonance results.

Dynamic Thiol/Disulphide Homeostasis in Patients With Fibromyalgia.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate dynamic thiol/disulphide homeostasis in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS).

Patients And Methods: Fifty female patients with FMS (mean age 40.5±7.

Deep venous thrombosis in a patient presenting with severe left inguinal and hip pain: a case report.

Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a disease presenting with thrombosis and obstruction of its branches and interruption of blood flow of lower extremities. Pain, severe discomfort and swelling are the most frequent symptoms of DVT and the most life-threatening manifestation is pulmonary embolism. Herein an otherwise healthy, 27-year-old male patient presented with severe left inguinal and hip pain due to the DVT of proximal left lower extremity is presented.

Quality of life and self-reported disability in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Objectives: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disorder and a major public health problem throughout the world. The aims of this study are to assess quality of life (QoL) in patients with knee OA using the generic instrument Short Form-36 (SF-36) and to determine its relationships with conventional clinical measures and self-reported disability.

Methods: Patients with knee OA (n = 112) with median age of 60 (45-76) years and 40 sex- and age-matched healthy controls were included in the study.

Quality of life and correlation with musculoskeletal problems, hand disability and depression in patients with hemodialysis.

Objectives: The aims of this study were to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with hemodialysis using the Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOL™) and to determine its relationships with conventional clinical measures, musculoskeletal problems, hand disability and depression.

Materials And Methods: This study was conducted in our tertiary hospital's dialysis unit. Fifty patients under hemodialysis treatment were included in the study.

Fatigue and correlation with disease-specific variables, spinal mobility measures, and health-related quality of life in ankylosing spondylitis.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate fatigue in Turkish patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and its relationship with disease-specific variables, spinal mobility measures, and health-related quality of life (HR-QoL).

Methods: One hundred and ten patients diagnosed as AS according to the Modified New York Criteria and 40 healthy individuals were included in this study. The Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue (MAF) was used in patient and control groups to assess fatigue.