Two-point discrimination assessment of the upper extremities of healthy young Turkish individuals.

Objectives: This study aims to measure the two-point discrimination (TPD) values of the upper extremities of healthy young Turkish individuals.

Patients And Methods: Between March 2016 and June 2016, a total of 60 healthy students (31 males, 29 females; mean age: 22.0±1.

Investigation of asymptomatic intestinal inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis by fecal calprotectin.

Background And Study Aims: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of intestinal inflammation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) by assessing fecal calprotectin (FC) levels and comparing them with those in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and non-inflammatory rheumatic diseases. Our secondary aim was to correlate FC levels with antirheumatic treatment, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) usage, and disease activity measures.

Patients And Methods: This cross-sectional study included 97 patients with AS fulfilling the modified New York criteria, 48 patients with RA fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology criteria, and 49 patients with non-inflammatory rheumatic diseases.

Two-point discrimination assessment of the lower extremities of healthy young Turkish individuals.

Objectives: To investigate the normative two-point discrimination (TPD) values of the lower extremities of healthy young Turkish individuals.

Patients And Methods: Fifty-five healthy, young adults were recruited in this prospective study. Ten lower extremity parts were tested with esthesiometer: proximal thigh, midlateral thigh, midmedial thigh, midposterior thigh, proximal lateral leg, distal lateral leg, medial leg, the tip of great toe, skin over 1-2 metatarsal interspace, skin over 5th metatars at both dominant and non-dominant sides.

The efficacy of mirror therapy in patients with adhesive capsulitis: A randomized, prospective, controlled study.

Objective: To investigate the effect of mirror therapy (MT) in conjunction with a standard physical therapy program on shoulder range of motion (ROM), pain and quality of life in patients with adhesive capsulitis (AC).

Method: This prospective, randomized, controlled, single blind study included 30 patients with AC who were scheduled to undergo 10 sessions of standard physical therapy. The participants were divided into two identical groups, namely, The MT group and the control group.

The Effect of Associated Parkinsonism on Rehabilitation in Stroke Patients: A Case Series.

Stroke and Parkinson's disease are 2 major causes of movement impairment and a decreased ability to perform daily activities. The aim of this case series was to demonstrate the difficulty of rehabilitation in stroke patients with accompanying parkinsonism. Four stroke patients with parkinsonism who underwent rehabilitation at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic between March and May of 2016 were evaluated.

Evaluation of the internal oblique, external oblique, and transversus abdominalis muscles in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: an ultrasonographic study.

The objectives of the study are to compare abdominal muscle thickness in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients with healthy subjects and determine the factors affecting these muscle thickness. Thirty-five male patients with a previous diagnosis of AS according to the Modified New York criteria and a control group consisting of 35 healthy male individuals were included in this cross-sectional and case-control study. Thicknesses of the internal oblique (IO), external oblique (EO), and transversus abdominalis (TrA) muscles were measured with ultrasound (US).

Medial calcaneal neuropathy: A rare cause of prolonged heel pain.

Pain heel constitutes 15% of foot pain. Pain may be caused by plantar fasciitis, calcaneal fractures, calcaneal apophysitis, heel pad atrophy, inflammatory diseases or related with nerve involvement. Tibial, plantar and/or medial nerve entrapment are the neural causes of pain.

Psychometric characteristics of Duruoz Hand Index in patients with traumatic hand flexor tendon injuries.

Introduction: The aim of the study was to assess reliability, validity and responsiveness of Duruoz Hand Index (DHI), which has been developed for evaluation of activity limitation in rheumatoid arthritis in patients with traumatic hand flexor tendon injuries.

Material And Method: Sixty-five patients older than 16 years who underwent surgical intervention after flexor tendon injuries were enrolled. Reliability was assessed by internal consistency (with Cronbach's-α) and test-retest intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC).

[Characteristics of pediatric hand injuries followed up in a hand rehabilitation unit].

Background: To establish the characteristics of patients in pediatric age who have been referred to hand rehabilitation center since 1998.

Methods: The patients were screened retrospectively and those within 0-16 age range were included into the study (178 patients; 126 males [70.8%], 52 females [29.

Quality of life assessments with SF 36 in different musculoskeletal diseases.

The aim of this study is to evaluate comparatively the life quality of patients with knee osteoarthritis (KO), shoulder impingement syndrome(SIS), fibromialgia(FM), or osteoporosis(OP) using SF 36 and establish the impact of these diseases on quality of life (QoL). A total of 193 patients with one of the above-mentioned different diagnoses completed SF 36 scale. The diseases were compared to each other with SF 36 subgroups scores.