SARcopenia Assessment in Hypertension: The SARAH Study.

Objectives: The aims of the study were to investigate the relationship between sarcopenia and renin-angiotensin system-related disorders and to explore the effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers on muscle mass/function and physical performance.

Design: This multicenter, cross-sectional study was performed using ISarcoPRM algorithm for the diagnosis of sarcopenia.

Results: Of the 2613 participants (mean age = 61.

Functional recovery and blood pressure on acute post-stroke setting.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the effects of blood pressure (BP) on functional recovery and length of stay (LOS) in post-stroke patients in an acute rehabilitation facility (ARF).

Patients And Methods: A total of 116 ischemic stroke patients (60 males, 56 females; mean age 70.0±12.

Diaphragm ultrasonography and pulmonary function tests in patients with spinal cord injury.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Objective: To investigate the role of ultrasonographic measurement of the diaphragm thickness on pulmonary function tests in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Setting: Rehabilitation center in Ankara, Turkey.

Comment on Ultrasound Guidance for Botulinum Neurotoxin Chemodenervation Procedures. 2017, , 18-Quintessential Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Botulinum Toxin Injections-Muscle Innervation Zone Targeting Revisited.

Recently, the importance of targeting structures during botulinum neurotoxin applications has been discussed in a variety of disorders, including spasticity and dystonia. In this respect, the advantages of ultrasound imaging to traditional techniques have been emphasized. We would like underscore the importance of ultrasound guidance, with targeting innervation zone(s) of the over-active muscles to achieve effective clinical outcomes.

Does vitamin D affect muscle strength and architecture? An isokinetic and ultrasonographic study.

Background And Objectives: The objective of this study was to explore the association between 25- hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and muscle strength/architecture.

Methods And Study Design: Thirty patients (27 women, 3 men) were allocated into Group I (n=15, mean age; 44.4±9.

Ultrasonographic measurement of the femoral cartilage thickness in patients with transfemoral amputation.

Objective: To compare the distal femoral cartilage thickness of the non-amputee sides in patients who had unilateral transfemoral amputation with those of healthy subjects by using ultrasound.

Methods: Thirty transfemoral amputees (27 male, 3 female) and 30 age-, sex-, and body mass index-matched healthy controls were included. Functional usage of the prosthesis was evaluated by using Houghton score.

Ultrasonographic assessment of the quadriceps muscle and femoral cartilage in transtibial amputees using different prostheses.

Background: In patients with lower limb amputations, gait alteration, increased loading on the intact extremity, and use of prosthesis may lead to joint degeneration.

Objective: To explore the effects of prosthesis type on quadriceps muscle and distal femoral cartilage thicknesses in transtibial amputees.

Study Design: A cross-sectional study.

Short-Term effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on muscle architecture of the tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius in children with cerebral palsy: preliminary results of a prospective controlled study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the short-term effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation application on tibialis anterior (stimulated muscle) and gastrocnemius (antagonist) muscles' size and architecture in children with cerebral palsy by using ultrasound.

Design: This prospective, controlled study included 28 children diagnosed with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy. Participants were treated either with neuromuscular electrical stimulation application and conventional physiotherapy (group A) or with conventional physiotherapy alone (group B).

Ultrasonographic Assessment of the Femoral Cartilage Thickness in Patients with Pes Planus: A Multicenter Study by TURK-MUSCULUS.

Objective: The aims of this study were to measure the distal femoral cartilage thicknesses of patients with pes planus by using ultrasound imaging and to explore whether ultrasound measurements are associated with degree of pes planus.

Design: One hundred seven patients (61 men, 46 women; aged 18-45 yrs) with pes planus and 107 age- and sex-matched as well as body mass index-matched healthy controls were enrolled in this study. After clinical assessment of the patients, measurements for pes planus were done on the radiographs, and ultrasound imaging of the distal femoral cartilage was performed from the right medial condyle, the right lateral condyle, the right intercondylar area, the left medial condyle, the left lateral condyle, and the left intercondylar area.

Heterotopic ossification and cubital tunnel syndrome in traumatic brain injury: Ultrasound 'sees' both.

Reported here is a 50-year-old man with cubital tunnel syndrome due to heterotopic ossification after traumatic brain injury. Herein, underscoring the role of ultrasonographic evaluations in the diagnosis of our patient, we suggest that ultrasonographic imaging can be a useful first-line diagnostic method for the possibility of HO and its complications. Further, due to its high spatial resolution, lack of radiation and easy applicability, we imply that US seems to overweigh in the daily practice of rehabilitation physicians.

Ultrasonographic evaluation in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: clinical and radiological correlation.

Aim: To explore the relationship among clinical, radiological and ultrasonographical findings in knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Method: Sixty-one patients (122 knees) with knee OA were enrolled. Patients' knees were classified into two groups according to symptom severity.

Does vitamin D affect femoral cartilage thickness? An ultrasonographic study.

This study aims to investigate the association between vitamin D levels and distal femoral cartilage thickness in healthy subjects. Eighty patients who were admitted to our outpatient clinic between May and July 2013 were classified into three subgroups according to their 25-OH vitamin D levels of <10, 10-20, and ≥20 ng/mL. Distal femoral cartilage thickness was measured from the midpoints of the right medial condyle (RMC), right lateral condyle (RLC), right intercondylar area (RIA), left medial condyle (LMC), left lateral condyle (LLC), and left intercondylar area (LIA) by using musculoskeletal ultrasound (US).

Effects of different strength training on muscle architecture: clinical and ultrasonographic evaluation in knee osteoarthritis.

Background: Different strengthening exercises are generally prescribed to overcome the undesirable effects of decreased muscular function on the osteoarthritic joint. Although a few studies have shown the effects of strengthening on the muscle structure in healthy individuals, the literature lacks relevant data concerning knee osteoarthritis.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of different exercises on quadriceps muscle strength and structure in persons with knee osteoarthritis.

Physical therapy, corticosteroid injection, and extracorporeal shock wave treatment in lateral epicondylitis. Clinical and ultrasonographical comparison.

The aim of this study was to compare--clinically and ultrasonographically--the therapeutic effects of physical therapy modalities (hot pack, ultrasound therapy, and friction massage), local corticosteroid injection, and extracorporeal shock wave treatment (ESWT) in lateral epicondylitis (LE). Fifty-nine elbows of 59 patients with LE were randomized into three treatment groups receiving either physical therapy, a single corticosteroid injection, or ESWT. Visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to assess pain intensity, Jamar hydraulic dynamometer for grip strength, finger dynamometer for pinch strength (before treatment, on the first, third, and sixth months of treatment).

Musculoskeletal sonography use in physiatry: a single-center one-year analysis.

Objective: To document the musculoskeletal ultrasonography experience in a physiatry clinic for 1 yr and to find out whether its use decreased time, cost, and radiation exposure with regard to musculoskeletal imaging.

Design: All patients who underwent musculoskeletal ultrasonography examination (n = 309) in our physiatry department during the whole year of 2007 were enrolled. The same physiatrist, experienced in musculoskeletal ultrasonography, performed all of the evaluations by using 5-10 MHz and 8-16 MHz linear probes (Diasus Dynamic Imaging Ltd.

Sonographic and electrodiagnostic evaluations in patients with aromatase inhibitor-related arthralgia.

Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of arthralgia in breast cancer patients taking aromatase inhibitors (AIs) and perform a detailed rheumatologic assessment including autoimmune serology, musculoskeletal sonography, and electromyography (EMG) in these patients.

Patients And Methods: Postmenopausal patients with stage I to III breast cancer who were taking adjuvant AIs were enrolled (n = 92). Patients who were not receiving hormone treatment were included as a control group (n = 28).