Publications by authors named "Eszter Kovari"
Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) as the most common joint disease is a major public health concern.
Aim: To investigate the effect of multimorbidity on functional and quality of life outcomes in women with generalized osteoathritis (hand and knee arthritis, GOA).
Method: In this cross-sectional study, patients according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for OA were invited.
The aim of this non-inferiority study was to evaluate and compare the effects of Tiszasüly and Kolop mud pack therapy on pain, function and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis. In this double-blind, randomised, follow-up study, 60 patients with knee osteoarthritis were treated with either Tiszasüly hot mud pack (group 1) or with Kolop hot mud pack (group 2) on 10 occasions for 2 weeks (10 working days). One hundred millimetre visual analogue scale (VAS) for knee pain, the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC), the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), the Lequesne Index for physical function and EuroQoL-5D for quality-of-life measurements were recorded at baseline, at the end of treatment (week 2) and 3 months later (week 12).
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- The study aimed to create and test a new scoring system for assessing cartilage changes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients using ultrasound.
- A systematic review and Delphi survey were conducted, followed by web-based and patient exercises where experts scored ultrasound images of finger joints in RA patients.
- The new semiquantitative scoring system showed excellent reliability for individual readings and good to moderate reliability when comparing scores between different readers, indicating ultrasound's promise in evaluating cartilage changes in RA.
Introduction: Functional outcome after rotator cuff reconstruction is influenced by several factors of which re-rupture is probably the most important.
Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the postoperative outcome including re-rupture rate after arthroscopic rotator cuff reconstruction.
Method: 23 shoulders of 22 patients were examined prospectively.
Unlabelled: Rotator cuff tear is a common degenerative shoulder disorder that often requires surgical treatment. However, the correlation between the size of the tear and the functional results is somewhat controversial, which generates inconsistency among orthopaedic surgeons about the indications for and methods of rotator cuff reconstruction.
Aims: The aim of the authors was to evaluate the midterm functional outcome after rotator cuff reconstruction and the possible connection between the results and the surgical technique or the postoperative ultrasound examination.