Publication activity in water treatments: Web of Science-based bibliometric analysis of the last two decades.

We evaluated the quantity and quality of scientific publications linked with water treatments using the Web of Science (WoS) database. The WoS was searching by using the following terms "hydrotherapy," "balneotherapy," "spa therapy," "spa treatment," "creno-balneotherapy," "water treatments," and "aqua therapy," on February 10th, 2022. The recorded data were the total number of articles, year of articles, country of articles, journal, document type, index data, and citation data.

YouTube as a source of information for water treatments.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the quality and reliability of YouTube videos as a source of information in water treatments. We searched videos on YouTube ( www.youtube.

Long COVID: rheumatologic/musculoskeletal symptoms in hospitalized COVID-19 survivors at 3 and 6 months.

Objective: To document the detailed characteristics including severity, type, and locations of rheumatic and musculoskeletal symptoms along with other COVID-19 persistent symptoms in hospitalized COVID-19 survivors at 3 and 6 months.

Methods: In this extension cohort study, two telephone surveys at 3 and 6 months following the hospitalization were carried out. In these telephone surveys, participants were asked regarding their symptoms through a previously designed standard questionnaire.

Peloidotherapy in rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot randomized clinical trial.

To evaluate the additional effect and safety of peloidotherapy to usual care at short- and middle-term in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA patients were recruited in the medical ecology and hydroclimatology department of Istanbul Medical Faculty and were randomized into two parallel groups. Peloidotherapy group was treated with heated mudpack (41-42 °C) on painful and active joints (5 days/week, during 2 weeks) + usual care.

Postdischarge rheumatic and musculoskeletal symptoms following hospitalization for COVID-19: prospective follow-up by phone interviews.

To describe the rheumatic and musculoskeletal symptoms at hospitalization as well as their persistence/severity after discharge with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to identify whether age, sex, body mass index (BMI), and length of hospital stay are associated with persistence of these symptoms. In this single-center cohort study, comprising 300 participants, two phone interviews were conducted (2-week and 1-month after hospitalization) and symptoms were queried with a standardized form. This form included musculoskeletal symptoms and other COVID-19 symptoms.

Effects of botulinum toxin serotype A on sleep problems in children with cerebral palsy and on mothers sleep quality and depression.

Objective: To evaluate botulinum toxin serotype A (BoNT-A) effects on sleep problems in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and on mothers` sleep quality and depression at multiple time points.

Methods: This is a single center, cross sectional, and observational study was conducted to assess children with CP who were admitted. We recruited children with CP who were admitted to Ministry of Health Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey between September 2012 and April 2014 for the BoNT-A injection for lower limb spasticity.

The prosthesis evaluation questionnaire: reliability and cross-validation of the Turkish version.

[Purpose] Currently, there are a limited number of amputee-specific instruments for measuring prosthesis-related quality of life with good psychometric properties in Turkey. This study translated the Prosthetic Evaluation Questionnaire to Turkish and analyzed as well as discussed its construct validity and internal consistency. [Subjects and Methods] The Prosthetic Evaluation Questionnaire was adapted for use in Turkish by forward/backward translation.

Spa therapy for generalized osteoarthritis: an open, observational, preliminary study.

Objectives: Open, prospective study to evaluate the effect of spa therapy on generalized osteoarthritis (GOA).

Methods: Patients diagnosed as GOA were recruited from a private outpatient clinic. The treatment protocol was designed with 6 different spa modalities, 3 for each consecutive day, during 18 days.

The effectiveness of balneotherapy in chronic low back pain.

The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of balneotherapy plus physical therapy versus only physical therapy in patients with chronic low back pain. In this trial, 81 patients with low back pain were followed up in two groups. Patients in group I (n = 44) were treated with physical therapy alone.