The relationship of illness perceptions with demographic features, pain severity, functional capacity, disability, depression, and quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship of illness perceptions (IPs) with demographic features, severity of pain, functional capacity, disability, depression, and quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP).

Patients And Methods: Between January 2015 and July 2015, a total of 114 patients with non-specific CLBP (86 females, 28 males; mean age 47.1±15.

Falls, fear of falling, and associated factors in ambulatory patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A comparative study with healthy controls.

Objectives: This study aims to compare fall history and fear of falling (FOF) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and healthy controls and to evaluate associated factors for fall risk and FOF in patients with RA.

Materials And Methods: Between March 2016 and July 2016, a total of 120 patients with RA and 60 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers were included in the study. The presence of FOF (Yes/No), fall history, and the number of falls within the past 12 month were questioned.

Are Illness Perceptions Associated With Disease Activity or Psychological Well-Being in Rheumatoid Arthritis? A Study With the Evidence of Confirmatory Factor Analysis.

Objectives: This study aims to assess the factor structure of the Turkish Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the relationship of illness perceptions with disease activity and psychological well-being.

Patients And Methods: One hundred and fifty RA patients (8 males, 142 females; mean age 51.1±12.

Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Adaptation of VITACORA-19 in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Turkish language version of VITACORA-19 (psoriatic arthritis quality of life questionnaire) in patients with psoriatic arthritis.

Patients And Methods: The Turkish version of VITACORA-19 questionnaire was obtained after a translation and back translation process. The study sample included 61 PsA patients (22 males, 39 females; mean age 46.

Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) enthesitis index in Turkish patients with ankylosing spondylitis: relationship with disease activity and quality of life.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) enthesitis index and disease activity and health-related quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).

Methods: Eighty-six AS patients not receiving antitumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy were included in the study. Spinal pain by visual analogue scale (pain VAS rest and activity), disease activity by Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), functional capacity by Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI), enthesitis severity by SPARCC index, quality of life by Short Form-36 (SF-36), and Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI) were assessed in patients.

Association between osteoporosis and polymorphisms of the IL-10 and TGF-beta genes in Turkish postmenopausal women.

Osteoporosis is a multifactorial disease in which genetic determinants are modulated by hormonal, environmental and nutritional factors. The balance between bone resorption and bone formation seems to be regulated by a variety of growth factors and cytokines. An important clinical risk factor in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis is the presence of genetic polymorphisms in susceptibility genes.

Functional disability of children with spina bifida: its impact on parents' psychological status and family functioning.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of functional disability of Turkish children with spina bifida (SB) on parents' psychological status and family functioning.

Methods: Fifty-four children with SB and parents were included. The Functional Measure for Children (WeeFIM), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Family Assessment Device (FAD) were used.

Therapeutic ultrasound versus sham ultrasound for the management of patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized double-blind controlled clinical study.

Aim: The aim of this trial was to evaluate the short-term effectiveness of ultrasound (US) therapy on pain, physical function, ambulation activity, disability and psychological status in patients with knee OA.

Methods: Forty-two inpatients with bilateral knee OA were randomized by an independent researcher not involved in the data assessment, to receive either therapeutic continuous US (group 1) or sham US (group 2). A 1-MHz US head was used, set to an intensity of 1 W/cm(2) for 10 min.

Changes in bone mineral density and bone metabolism markers in premenopausal women with multiple sclerosis and the relationship to clinical variables.

Bone mineral density (BMD) is affected in young adults with multiple sclerosis (MS), which leads to disabling disease. We aimed to show changes that were independent of immobilization by measuring BMD and laboratory markers of bone metabolism in mobile MS patients. We compared a total of 52 premenopausal female patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) to 41 women of similar age who had no risk factors for osteoporosis.

Effects of electrical stimulation program on trunk muscle strength, functional capacity, quality of life, and depression in the patients with low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.

The aim of this clinical trial was to evaluate the effects of electrical stimulation (ES) program on trunk muscle strength, functional performance, quality of life (QOL) in the patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). A total of 41 patients with definite CLBP were included in this study. These patients were randomized into two groups.

Effects of two exercise interventions on pulmonary functions in the patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of two different home-based daily exercise programs on pulmonary functions in the patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).

Methods: Fifty-one patients with AS were distributed into three groups. Group 1 (n=19) was given a conventional exercise regimen.

Association of transforming growth factor beta1 gene polymorphism with rheumatoid arthritis in a Turkish population.

Objective: Cytokine genes play important roles in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In RA, the plasma and synovial fluid levels of transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1) have been shown to be raised. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the TGFbeta1 T869C polymorphism and RA in a Turkish population.

A comparative evaluation of health related quality of life and depression in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis.

The aim of this study was to compare health related quality of life (HRQoL) and assess functional and psychological status in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), fibromyalgia syndrome (FS) patients and controls (each 30 subjects). Demographic characteristics, pain and sleep disturbance by Visual Analog Scale, depression by Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), disease impact by fibromyalgia impact questionnaire, DAS-28, and HRQoL by SF-36 were gathered. The FS group scored significantly worser than the RA group with respect to physical role, social functioning and bodily pain subscales of SF-36.

Polymorphisms of the serotonin-2A receptor and catechol-O-methyltransferase genes: a study on fibromyalgia susceptibility.

Genetic and environmental factors are thought to play roles in the etiopathology of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). The objective of this study was to determine the potential effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) (rs4680) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) 2A (5-HT2A) receptor (rs6313 and rs6311) genes on susceptibility to FMS. One hundred seventy-one women (80 FMS, 91 control) were enrolled in the study.

Serum ghrelin levels but not GH, IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels are altered in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.

Introduction: Both hypothalamo-pituitary-insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) axis and ghrelin levels may be altered in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) due to increased somatostatin tone. The aim of this study is to compare hypothalamo-pituitary-IGF-1 axis, ghrelin concentrations and their relations in premenopausal women with FMS and premenopausal healthy controls.

Methods: Seventy-five women (47 FMS and 28 healthy women) were enrolled in the study.

Evaluation of hand functions in hemodialysis patients.

Background And Aims: Patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) have many musculoskeletal abnormalities, including hand dysfunction. The Sollerman test evaluates hand grip function in daily activities. The relationships between Sollerman test (dominant hand) with Duruoz's Hand Index (DHI), Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) tests have not been investigated previously.

Bladder exstrophy: effects on bone age, bone mineral density, growth, and metabolism.

Bladder exstrophy patients with or without augmentation have not been investigated according to metabolic bone problems, bone ages and growth, and development in details yet. We studied alterations in growth, bone ages, biochemistry of bone, bone mineral densities (BMD) of the forearm, neck of femur and lumbar vertebrae, blood gases, glomerular filtration rates (GFR), and electrolytes of 15 bladder exstrophy patients with augmentation and in those who had no augmentation. In six patients, a sigmoid colon was used for bladder augmentation and one patient underwent a ureterosigmoidostomy.