Long-Term Effects of Different Number of Botulinum Toxin Injections Into the Gastrocnemius Muscle on Function and Muscle Morphology in Children With Cerebral Palsy.

Background: Botulinum toxin (BoNT) injections are used to reduce spasticity, and sometimes repeated injections are required. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of the number of BoNT injections into the gastrocnemius muscle on function, muscle morphology, muscle stiffness, and muscle vascularization in children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Methods: The study included 22 children with spastic-type CP aged five to 13 years who had previously received one, two, or three BoNT injections into the gastrocnemius muscle.

The Gait Outcomes Assessment List (GOAL) questionnaire: Test-retest reliability and validity in children with cerebral palsy in Türkiye.

Background: Most questionnaires provide little information about children's or parents' views on functioning and do not attempt to understand their priorities or expectations. The Gait Outcomes Assessment List (GOAL) questionnaire was developed to fill this gap by identifying the most important goals of the patient and family for a gait intervention.

Research Question: To investigate the test-retest reliability and concurrent and discriminant validity of the GOAL questionnaire in children with cerebral palsy (CP) in Türkiye.

The Effect of Attention Focus Instructions on Strength and Balance in Subjects With Generalized Joint Hypermobility.

This study aims to examine the effects of different attention focuses on muscle strength and balance performance in individuals with Generalized Joint Hypermobility (GJH). This randomized crossover trial included 32 individuals with GJH whose Beighton score was greater than 5. Subjects performed each task under external attentional focus, internal attentional focus, and neutral attentional focus condition.

Relationship between sensory processing skills and motor skills in 12-month-old infants.

Introduction: Identifying sensory processing problems of 12-month-old preterm and term children and defining their relationship with motor skills are essential for appropriate interventions and optimal sensory-motor development. This study aimed to determine sensory processing difficulties in 12-month-old babies and examine their relationship with motor skills.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 61 infants (28 preterm and 33 full-term, ages 12 months).

Effects of progressive functional ankle exercises in spastic cerebral palsy, plantarflexors versus dorsiflexors: a randomized trial.

Background/aim: Children with cerebral palsy (CP), even those who have very mild impairment, have lower muscle strength than their typically developing peers. The ankle dorsiflexors (DFs) and plantarflexors (PFs) of children with CP are especially weak. Weakness in the ankle muscles causes problems in functional skills, mobility, and balance in spastic CP (SCP).

An investigation of sensory processing skills in toddlers with joint hypermobility.

Background: Children with Generalized Joint Hypermobility (GJH) may have a motor developmental delay in the early period and subluxation, fatigue, autonomic dysfunction, and pain arising from ligaments and other soft tissues in advanced ages. Additionally, there is a loss of proprioceptive sensation in children and adults with GJH.

Aims: This study aimed to evaluate sensory processing skills in toddlers with GJH.

The relationship between home environment affordances and motor development and sensory processing skills in premature infants.

The availability of stimulating materials in the home environment is of great importance to optimizing an infant's development. This study, which has a cross-sectional study design, was conducted to examine the relationship between home environment conditions and equipment support and the motor development and sensory processing skills of premature infants. Children born premature, aged 10-16 months, were included in the study.

An investigation of computer-game addiction, physical activity level, quality of life and sleep of children with a sibling with a chronic condition.

Background: It is known that chronic condition also affects siblings without chronic illness. Healthy siblings of children with a chronic condition and aged 9-14 years and healthy children with a sibling without chronic illness and their parents were included in the study.

Aim: The aim of our study was to examine the internet-game addiction, physical activity, quality of life and sleep in children with a sibling with chronic condition and compare them with their peers with a healthy sibling.

Breaking barriers: exploring physiotherapists' willingness and challenges in embracing telerehabilitation in a developing country.

Introduction: Telerehabilitation (TR) is an innovative approach that can address the limited availability and restricted access to rehabilitation services, particularly during challenging times such as pandemics and natural disasters. This study focuses on understanding the desires, perceptions, and barriers that physiotherapists face when implementing TR in a developing country.

Method: The study was conducted with 219 physiotherapists residing in a developing country using a web-based survey on Google Docs.

Using the center of pressure movement analysis in evaluating spontaneous movements in infants: a comparative study with general movements assessment.

Background: Researchers have attempted to automate the spontaneous movement assessment and have sought quantitative and objective methods over the past decade. The purpose of the study was to present a quantitative assessment method of spontaneous movement using center-of-pressure (COP) movement analysis.

Methods: A total of 101 infants were included in the study.

Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the hand-use-at-home questionnaire for children with unilateral cerebral palsy and neonatal brachial plexus palsy.

Purpose: To translate the Hand-Use-at-Home questionnaire (HUH), assesses the amount of spontaneous use of the affected hand in children with 18 bimanual activities, into Turkish and examine its validity and reliability on children with neonatal brachial plexus palsy (NBPP) or unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP).

Materials And Methods: The HUH was translated and cross-culturally adapted to Turkish and administered to children with NBPP ( = 25) and UCP ( = 42) between 3 and 10 years. The psychometric analyses included reliability by internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) and test/retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient, ICC) structural validity was evaluated with exploratory factor analysis, and construct validity was investigated by matching the HUH with the Pediatric Outcome Data Collection Instrument Upper Extremity Scale (PODCI) (NBPP only), and Children's Hand-Use Experience Questionnaire (CHEQ) (UCP only).

An investigation of motor development and sensory processing skills in infants with a history of hyperbilirubinemia.

Background: Hyperbilirubinemia is a clinical picture frequently occurring in the neonatal period and may negatively affect the development of infants.

Aims: To evaluate term infants with hyperbilirubinemia in terms of both motor development and sensory processing skills and to compare them with their healthy peers without hyperbilirubinemia.

Study Design: A cross-sectional study.

Short-term effects of SAFE early intervention approach in infants born preterm: A randomized controlled single-blinded study.

Objective: Recent literature suggests that goal-oriented and family-based interventions in enriched environment have a beneficial effect on neuromotor and cognitive development. We aimed to examine the short-term effects of SAFE (Sensory strategies, Activity-based motor training, Family collaboration, and Environmental Enrichment) early intervention approach on motor, cognitive, speech and language, and sensory development in preterm infants.

Methods: The study's sample population consisted of 24 preterm infants with corrected ages between 9 and 10 months.

Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the parent perceptions of physical activity scale.

Background: The Parent Perceptions of Physical Activity Scale (PPPAS) is a scale developed to measure the physical activity perceptions of parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders about their children. Turkish version of the PPPAS has yet to be established. The purpose of the present study is to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the PPPAS.

Turkish validity and reliability of the level of sitting scale in children with cerebral palsy.

Background: The Level of Sitting Scale (LSS) is a valid and reliable classification index that categorizes sitting ability. The aim of this study is to establish the Turkish validity and reliability of the LSS in children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Methods: In total, 165 children (75 girls and 90 boys) between the ages of 4 and 18 years who were diagnosed with CP were included in the study.

Examination of foot sensations in children with generalized joint hypermobility.

Background: Generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) is a condition that can be observed in children and children with GJH may have problems such as clumsiness, proprioceptive sensory loss, balance and coordination disorders.

Aims: To evaluate foot and ankle senses in children with GJH and compare them with their healthy peers.

Study Design: A cross-sectional study.

Rasch analysis, reliability, and validity of the Turkish version of the Lumbar Spine Instability Questionnaire.

Background/aim: Lumbar instability is an important condition that can be seen frequently in people with low back pain, affecting both the progression and the choice of appropriate exercise. The Lumbar Spine Instability Questionnaire (LSIQ) is a simple and low-cost tool for evaluating disturbed back stability in people with low back pain. The aim of this study is to develop the Turkish version of the LSIQ (LSIQ-T) and to evaluate its psychometric properties using the Rasch model.

Turkish Translation/Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Analyses of the Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development-Infant Scale (AHEMD-IS).

In this study we translated the Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development-Infant Scale (AHEMD-IS) into Turkish, adapted the instrument culturally, examined its psychometric properties within a Turkish population, and identified its limitations. We administered the AHEMD-IS to families of 65 premature or full-term Turkish infants and repeated this testing for 17 families after one-two weeks to establish test-retest reliability. We calculated the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) and Cronbach alpha coefficient to assess reliability, and we evaluated test validity using the Spearman's correlation coefficient and correlations with the Bayley-III motor development score.

The effects of different procedures on pain levels in preterm and term infants in neonatal intensive care unit: a cross-sectional survey of pain assessment in newborns.

Background: Newborns show a series of behavioral and physiological reactions to painful stimuli.

Aims: The current study aimed to determine the effect of different procedures on the pain levels of newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Methods: One hundred ninety-six newborns with gestational age (GA) of 23-40 weeks, birth weight (BW) between 2235 ± 911 g were included.

An investigation of body awareness, fatigue, physical fitness, and musculoskeletal problems in young adults with hypermobility spectrum disorder.

Background And Objectives: Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (HSD) is associated with excessive joint range of motion and the presence of musculoskeletal symptoms. The objective of this study was to examine body awareness, physical fitness parameters, fatigue levels, and musculoskeletal disorders in young adults with HSD and compare them with those without HSD.

Methods: Young individuals in the age range of 18-24 years were included in the study.

Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Children with Eosinophilic Esophagitis.

Dysphagia is the most troublesome symptom of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). This study aimed to investigate oropharyngeal dysphagia in children with EoE and possible related factors. Children with a definite diagnosis of EoE were included in the study.

Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of Fullerton Advanced Balance Scale in cerebral palsy.

Background: The Fullerton Advanced Balance Scale (FAB) is a multi-item balance assessment test designed to measure balance in relatively higher functioning individuals. The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the FAB (FAB-T) in children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Research Question: Is the Turkish version of the Fullerton Advance Balance Scale valid and reliable in determining balance problems in children with cerebral palsy and determining the underlying cause of this condition?

Methods: Forty-six children with CP participated in this study.

The acute effects of different hamstring muscle stretching techniques on reducing muscle resistance to movement by ultrasound elastography.

Objective: Many stretching methods are applied on the hamstring muscles for reducing muscle resistance on movement. The aim of our study to investigate the acute effects of static stretching and the Mulligan traction straight leg raise (TSLR) technique administered to the hamstring muscles on reducing its resistance to movement.

Methods: The study included 22 healthy male volunteers (19.

Investigation of the effectiveness of family collaborative physiotherapy programs applied to high-risk infants.

Background: The inclusion of families in intervention programs for infants may be more effective in ensuring adherence and positive outcomes. Approaches that include natural and enriched environments that provide communication and family interaction are important in the rehabilitation of high-risk infants.

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of Family Collaborative Approach (FCA) and Neurodevelopmental Therapy (NDT)-based family training.

Turkish Validity and Reliability of the Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination (HINE) with High-Risk Infant Group: A Preliminary Study.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to establish the reliability of the Turkish translation of the Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination in infants at 8-12 months corrected age and compare Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination scores to other predictive assessments.

Materials And Methods: Perinatal risk factors, term-age magnetic resonance imaging, general movements at 3-month corrected age, and 12-month corrected age The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition (BSID-III) scores were obtained in 35 high-risk infants. The Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination was evaluated using intra-rater and interrater reliability.