Publications by authors named "Cuma Uz"

This study aimed to evaluate whether the Pediatric Dysphagia Risk Screening Instrument (PDRSI) was a suitable test for children with cerebral palsy (CP) and assess the instrument's Turkish validity and reliability. One-hundred twenty-six children with CP participated in this study. "Cronbach's alpha (ɑ)," "Cronbach's ɑ when one item is deleted," "inter-item correlation," and "corrected item-to-total correlation" were used to assess internal consistency.

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Background: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), the most common cause of acute paralytic neuropathy, covers a number of recognizably different variants. We aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics of the patients with GBS and the outcome results of the patients after rehabilitation.

Methods: We enrolled 24 adult patients with GBS and evaluated their demographic characteristics, signs, complications, functional levels, and residual symptoms at admission, discharge, and during the 1st and 3rd-year follow-up visits.

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There is no study about all aspects of oropharyngoesophageal (OPE) dysphagia from diagnosis to follow-up in a multidisciplinary manner in the world. In order to close this gap, we aimed to create a recommendation study that can be used in clinical practice, addressing all aspects of dysphagia in the ICU in detail with the opinion of experienced multidisciplinary experts. This recommendation paper was generated by a multidisciplinary team, using the seven-step process and a three-modified Delphi round via e-mail.

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  • - The study assessed the reliability and quality of YouTube videos related to spasticity by analyzing 180 videos based on specific keywords and categorizing them by source (healthcare professionals vs. non-healthcare professionals).
  • - Out of the analyzed videos, 68 met the criteria, with a majority (69.1%) uploaded by healthcare professionals, who produced videos of significantly higher popularity and reliability compared to non-professionals.
  • - The results indicated that most spasticity-related videos were high quality, especially those from healthcare professionals, but there are still risks of encountering misleading low-quality content that patients should be cautious about.
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Aim: It is inevitable that artificial intelligence applications will be used as a source of information in the field of health in the near future. For this reason, we aimed to evaluate whether ChatGPT, a new Large Language Model, can be used to obtain information about common rheumatic diseases.

Materials And Methods: Common rheumatic diseases were identified using the American College of Rheumatology and European League against Rheumatism guidelines.

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Background: Swallowing function is formed by the synergistic, coordinated, and complex movements of approximately 30 muscles. However, There is no study on which one(s) of these muscles can predict the possibility of dyspfagia.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there is a relation between dysphagia and ultrasonographic measurements of swallowing muscles mass, and to determine which muscle mass would predict the possibility of dysphagia.

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Background: Currently, there is no comprehensive and multidisciplinary recommendation study covering all aspects of pediatric dysphagia (PD). This study aimed to generate PD management recommendations with methods that can be used in clinical practice to fill this gap in our country and in the world, from the perspective of experienced multidisciplinary experts.

Methods: This recommendation paper was generated by a multidisciplinary team, using the seven-step process and a three-round modified Delphi survey via e-mail.

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Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictive measures can reduce physical activity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate predisease physical activity and current functional capacity in patients with and without the presence of pneumonia and oxygen requirement in Turkish survivors of COVID-19.

Methods: Among the COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital, 100 patients were selected.

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  • Patients with superficial radial neuropathy (SRN) often experience pain and abnormal sensations in their hands, which can resemble symptoms of hand osteoarthritis (HOA).
  • This study aimed to investigate the presence of SRN among HOA patients and identify factors affecting the radial nerve's electrophysiological characteristics.
  • Results showed that 68.8% of the patients had SRN, with high Kellgren-Lawrence scores, synovitis in the first carpometacarpal joint, and increased wrist compartment area identified as key risk factors for reduced nerve conduction velocity.
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Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most frequent entrapment neuropathy in the upper limb. Although more objective methods for assessment have been reported in literature, there is a lack of evidence concerning the best methods for assessment of CTS. This study aimed to investigate whether there was a difference in the first web space in patients with different severities of CTS in relation to healthy controls as easy screen method.

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