Is magnesium citrate treatment effective on pain, clinical parameters and functional status in patients with fibromyalgia?

The aims of this study were to investigate the relationship between magnesium levels and fibromyalgia symptoms and to determine the effect of magnesium citrate treatment on these symptoms. Sixty premenopausal women diagnosed with fibromyalgia according to the ACR criteria and 20 healthy women whose age and weight matched the premenopausal women were evaluated. Pain intensity, pain threshold, the number of tender points, the tender point index, the fibromyalgia impact questionnaire (FIQ), the Beck depression and Beck anxiety scores and patient symptoms were evaluated in all the women.

Assessment of symptom severity and functional status in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: reliability and functionality of the Turkish version of the Boston Questionnaire.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop a Turkish version of the Boston Questionnaire and assess its reliability and validity.

Methods: Sixty-seven patients with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome were included in the study. The Turkish version of Boston Questionnaire was obtained after translation process, and was then administered to subjects twice within seven days.

Bone mineral density in premenopausal women with major depression.

Aim: To investigate the relationship between the major depression and bone mineral density (BMD) in premenopausal women.

Material And Methods: We compared BMD, plasma cortisol level, osteocalcin and C-telopeptide levels of 35 premenopausal women with major depression with those of 30 healthy women who were matched for age and body mass index. Major depression was diagnosed according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (fourth edition) criteria.

Assessment of pain and disability in patients with chronic neck pain: reliability and construct validity of the Turkish version of the neck pain and disability scale.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to test whether a Turkish version of the Neck Pain and Disability Scale retains its reliability and validity of the original English version.

Methods: Sixty-one patients with chronic neck pain were enrolled in the study. The Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPDS), the Pain Disability Index (PDI) and The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were filled by all subjects.

Is chest expansion a determinant of pulmonary muscle strength in primary fibromyalgia?

Objective: To examine the possible relationship between chest expansion and pulmonary muscle strength in patients with primary fibromyalgia (PFM).

Methods: Forty-one consecutive women with PFM were compared with age and body mass index matched 40 healthy women concerning pulmonary function tests, chest expansion, and maximum respiratory pressures indicating pulmonary muscle strength, and endurance (MVV). Pain was scored according to a visual analog scale (VAS).

Handgrip strength, pulmonary function tests, and pulmonary muscle strength in fibromyalgia syndrome: is there any relationship?

Objective: It has been reported that patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) have lower maximal respiratory pressures than healthy subjects, indicating reduced pulmonary muscle strength. It has also been reported that patients with FMS have reduced grip strength. In this study, we aimed to examine the possible relationship between handgrip strength as a determinant of peripheral muscle strength and pulmonary muscle strength in patients with FMS by comparing them with healthy controls.

Free radicals and antioxidants in primary fibromyalgia: an oxidative stress disorder?

The role of free radicals in fibromyalgia is controversial. In this study, 85 female patients with primary fibromyalgia and 80 age-, height-, and weight-matched healthy women were evaluated for oxidant/antioxidant balance. Malondialdehyde is a toxic metabolite of lipid peroxidation used as a marker of free radical damage.

The effect of hand osteoarthritis on grip and pinch strength and hand function in postmenopausal women.

The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of osteoarthritis on hand function in postmenopausal women. One hundred patients with hand OA and 70 healthy volunteers as controls were evaluated. Grip and pinch strength measurements and Dreiser's functional index were used for hand function.

Bone mineral density in patients with Behçet's disease.

Behçet's disease is a complex, multisystemic, inflammatory disorder characterized clinically by recurrent oral and genital ulcerations as well as uveitis, sometimes leading to blindness. The etiology and pathogenesis of this syndrome remain obscure. However, various factors are suspected, including genetic propensity, infectious precipitants, and immunological abnormalities.

In vivo effects of meloxicam, celecoxib, and ibuprofen on free radical metabolism in human erythrocytes.

One of the major groups of chemical mediators involved in the inflammatory response is the prostaglandins, which are synthesized from arachidonic acid by the enzyme cyclooxygenase. The aim of this study is to compare the in vivo effects of celecoxib, meloxicam, and ibuprofen on the activities of catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx), superoxide dismutase (SOD) as well as malondialdehyde (MDA), and antioxidant potential levels (AOP) in human erythrocytes. Patients diagnosed as osteoarthritis were included in the study.

Pulmonary function tests, respiratory muscle strength, and endurance of patients with osteoporosis.

Background: It has been shown that patients with thoracic kyphosis due to osteoporosis have diminished pulmonary function. The aim of this study was to determine the pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength, and endurance of patients with osteoporosis who did not have compression fractures.

Methods: The patient group consisted of 88 recently diagnosed postmenopausal osteoporotic women without spinal fractures.

Correlation of serum cytokine levels with axial bone mineral density.

Cytokine has been postulated to play a role in the pathogenesis of post-menopausal osteoporosis. To test this hypothesis we measured circulating levels of IL-1, IL-6,IL-8 and TNF-alpha in 98 post-menopausal women (30 age matched normal and 68 osteoporotic) with no vertebral fractures. Although the cytokine levels of patients were found in normal cut off values, the difference in cytokine levels between patients and controls was statistically significant for IL-1 and IL-8 (p < 0.

Study of axial bone mineral density in postmenopausal women with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis related to type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: The association of bone mineral density (BMD) with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) related to diabetes mellitus was studied.

Methods: We measured BMD and elevated known determinants of BMD (bone markers) in 35 patients with DISH-related type 2 diabetes mellitus, 47 type 2 female diabetics, and 52 female controls with no systemic disease and no drug administration. All subjects were matched for age and body mass index (BMI).

Prevalence of dermatophytosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Objective: The prevalence of dermatophytic infections in rheumatoid arthritis is unknown. This study investigated the prevalence of dermatophytosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the relationship between sulfasalazine, low-dose methotrexate and steroid therapy.

Methods: We examined 53 consecutive patients with rheumatoid arthritis for evidence of dermatophytosis and compared them 55 with age- and sex-matched, nonimmunocompromised controls recruited from the low back pain population.

Bone mineral density and grip strength in postmenopausal Turkish women with osteoporosis: site specific or systemic?

Objective: To assess the relationship of grip strength to site-specific bone mineral density of the metacarpal bone and also axial bone mineral density. The bone mineral density of the lumbar spine, femoral neck and the nondominant hand were measured by DEXA.

Subjects: A total of 187 postmenopausal women were included in the study.

Behçet's syndrome coexisting with clinically occult ankylosing spondylitis.

The case of a 36-year old man with Behçet's disease (BS) for 16 years had low back pain and stiffness in the cervical and lumbar spine. He was diagnosed as having ankylosing spondylitis (AS). In this report we wish to emphasize the clinically occult co-existence of AS in BS and revelation of AS after a long time of BS diagnose.

Acute electrophysiologic effect of pulsed gallium-arsenide low energy laser irradiation on configuration of compound nerve action potential and nerve excitability.

Background And Objectives: We evaluated the acute electrophysiologic effects of low-energy pulsed laser irradiation, measured by extracellular recording technique on compound action potential configuration and nerve excitability in the isolated frog sciatic nerve

Study Design/materials And Methods: A pulsed gallium-arsenide (GaAs) laser (wavelength, 904 nm; pulse duration, 220 nanoseconds; peak power per pulse, 27 W; spot size, 0.28 cm(2); total applied energy density, 0.005-2.

Electrophysiologic effect of gallium arsenide laser on frog gastrocnemius muscle.

Background And Objective: In this study, the effect of low energy Gallium arsenide (GaAs) laser irradiation on the compound action potential of frog gastrocnemius muscle were investigated.

Study Design/materials And Methods: Sixty frogs were divided into different six dose groups: laser 1 (1 Hz), laser 2 ( 4 Hz), laser 3 (16 Hz), laser 4 (64 Hz), laser 5 (128 Hz), and laser 6 (1,000 Hz, DC, continue) (in each group n=10). Low energy GaAs laser (wavelenght: 904 nm, pulsed duration: 220 nanoseconds, peak power per pulse: 27 W, total applied energy density: 0.