Effects of Different Auditory Stimuli and Cognitive Tasks on Balance in Healthy Young Adults.

Introduction: This study investigated the effect of different auditory stimuli and cognitive tasks on balance in healthy young adults.

Methods: Thirty-three participants, aged 23.33 ± 2.

The Effects of Core Stabilization Exercises on Respiratory Muscle Strength, Respiratory Functions, and Postural Control in Children With Hearing Loss: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objectives: To evaluate the effects of core stabilization training on respiratory muscle strength, respiratory functions, and postural control in children with hearing loss.

Design: We conducted a randomized controlled trial at Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation. Thirty children with hearing loss who were diagnosed with prelingual sensorineural hearing loss were randomly allocated to the study (n = 15, 12.

Effects of inspiratory muscle training on respiratory muscle strength, respiratory function and functional capacity in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis : A randomized, controlled trial.

Background: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) may impair respiratory dynamics and affect the performance of inspiratory and expiratory muscles. The benefit of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) is not well investigated in AIS. We aimed to investigate the effects of IMT on respiratory muscle strength, respiratory function and functional capacity in adolescents with mild to moderate AIS.

Do handgrip strength and dexterity predict respiratory function in neuromuscular disease?

Background: Neuromuscular diseases are acquired or inherited diseases that affect the function of the muscles in our body, including respiratory muscles.

Objective: We aimed to discover more cost-effective and practical tools to predict respiratory function status, which causes serious problems with patients with neuromuscular disease.

Methods: The Vignos and Brooke Upper Extremity Functional Scales were used to evaluate functional status for patient recruitment.

Effects of creative dance on functional capacity, pulmonary function, balance, and cognition in COPD patients: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Exercise training is key to the comprehensive management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Creative dance can be an innovative approach as effective as traditional exercise training.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate effect of creative dance-based exercise (CDE) training on functional capacity, postural stability and balance, pulmonary and cognitive functions, respiratory and peripheral muscle strength in COPD patients.

Relationship between inter-recti distance, abdominal muscle endurance, pelvic floor functions, respiratory muscle strength, and postural control in women with diastasis recti abdominis.

Objective: The main objective was to assess the relationship between inter-recti distance (IRD) and abdominal muscle endurance, pelvic floor functions, respiratory muscle strength, and postural control in women with Diastasis Recti Abdominis (DRA). Additionally, the secondary purpose of the study is to investigate the independent predictors of IRD in women with DRA.

Study Design: Fifty-one women who were diagnosed with DRA participated to the study.

Video game-based exercise in children and adolescents with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: A randomized comparative study of aerobic and breathing exercises.

Background: Video game-based systems have been proposed to improve effectiveness and compliance with exercise training in children and adolescents with noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB). This study aimed to investigate the effects of aerobic and breathing video game-based exercises (VGE) on pulmonary function, respiratory and peripheral muscle strength, functional capacity, and balance in children and adolescents with NCFB.

Method: Thirty-nine children and adolescents aged between 8 and 18 years with NCFB were randomly allocated into three groups as "home-based chest physiotherapy group" (CP), "aerobic VGE given in addition to home-based chest physiotherapy group" (CP + aerobic VGE), and "breathing VGE given in addition to home-based chest physiotherapy group" (CP + breathing VGE).

Does the effect of comprehensive respiratory physiotherapy home-program differ in children with cystic fibrosis and non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis?

Unlabelled: Bronchiectasis is a form of airway damage as a consequence of endobronchial infection and inflammation and may be present in different diseases. The underlying aetiologies include both cystic fibrosis (CF) and a group of non-cystic fibrosis diseases (NCFB) such as immunodeficiency, primary ciliary dyskinesia, or severe pulmonary infection. Although children with CF and non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB) have many similar clinical features, their responses to exercise may be different.

Evaluation of postural control in children with increased femoral anteversion.

Background: Femoral anteversion is defined as the angular difference between the axis of the femoral neck and the transcondylar axis of the knee and the most common cause of an in-toe gait in children.

Research Question: Does increased femoral anteversion (IFA) adversely affect postural stability and balance in healthy children?

Methods: Sixteen children with IFA aged 10-15 years and an age-matched control group of 16 children who were growing typically were included. Postural stability (PS), limits of stability (LoS), and the modified clinical test of sensory integration of balance (mCTSIB) were used to evaluate postural control by "Biodex Balance System® (BBS)" and Balance Error Scoring System (BESS), which is a visual observation of instability in 3 stance positions under 6 different conditions, were performed for all cases.

Cut-off values of 6-min walk test and sit-to-stand test for determining symptom burden in atrial fibrillation.

Background: Since symptomatology is a major predictor of quality of life and an endpoint for the management of atrial fibrillation (AF), practical approaches for objectively interpreting symptom burden and functional impairment are needed.

Aims: We aimed to provide cut-off values for two frequently used field tests to be able to objectively interpret symptom burden in atrial fibrillation.

Methods: One hundred twenty-five patients with AF were evaluated with European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) score, 6-min walk test (6MWT), 30 s sit-to-stand test (30 s-STST), Short-Form 36 (SF-36), International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), and spirometry.

Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of breathlessness beliefs questionnaire.

Background: Dyspnea is often the main symptom that limits exercise; however, the vicious cycle of dyspnea limiting exercise participation is also an important contributor to the reduced exercise capacity.

Objective: The aim of our study was to investigate the reliability and validity of Turkish Breathlessness Beliefs Questionnaire (BBQ) in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD).

Methods: Seventy-seven COPD patients were included in the study.

Walking training augments the effects of expiratory muscle training in Parkinson's disease.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of walking training combined with respiratory muscle training (RMT) on pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength, and functional exercise capacity in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Materials & Methods: Thirty patients with Parkinson's disease were included in the study. Patients were randomly divided into two groups: the walking and RMT group (W + RMT, n = 15) and the RMT (n = 15) group.

Atrial Fibrillation Impact Questionnaire (AFImpact): Validity and reliability of the Turkish version.

Objective: Guidelines recommend measuring and addressing health-related quality of life in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF); however, a disease-specific questionnaire is lacking for the Turkish language. Our aim was to translate and adapt the Atrial Fibrillation Impact Questionnaire (AFImpact) into Turkish and to explore its psychometric properties.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in two phases, including the translation and cultural adaptation of AFImpact into Turkish language and the analysis of psychometric properties of the translated questionnaire.

Effect of inspiratory muscle training on dyspnea-related kinesiophobia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: The major symptom of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is dyspnea, which causes dyspnea-related kinesiophobia resulting in avoidance of activities associated with dyspnea or compensation by reducing the rate of activity. The aim of this study was to assess dyspnea-related kinesiophobia and determine the effect of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on dyspnea-related kinesiophobia in COPD.

Methods: Forty COPD subjects were randomly allocated to either the IMT or sham group.

Effects of Inspiratory Muscle and Balance Training in Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of inspiratory muscle and balance training on pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength (RMS), functional capacity, and balance in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP). Thirty children with hemiplegic CP (Gross Motor Function Classification System I-II) included in this study. The control group (n = 15) underwent conventional physiotherapy rehabilitation program (CPRP) that included balance exercises, and the training group's (n = 15) program included inspiratory muscle training (IMT) in addition to CPRP for 8 weeks.

Sit-to-stand test in children with bronchiectasis: Does it measure functional exercise capacity?

Background: Similar to six-minute walk test (6MWT), sit-to-stand test (STST) is a self-paced test which elicits sub-maximal effort; therefore, it is suggested as an alternative measurement for functional exercise capacity in various pulmonary conditions including COPD and cystic fibrosis. We aimed to investigate the association between 30-second STST (30s-STST) and 6MWT in both children with bronchiectasis (BE) and their healthy counterparts, as well as exploring cardiorespiratory burden and discriminative properties of both tests.

Methods: Sixty children (6 to 18-year-old) diagnosed with non-cystic fibrosis BE and 20 age-matched healthy controls were included.

Do pulmonary and extrapulmonary features differ among cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, and healthy children?

Background: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is generally likened to cystic fibrosis (CF) due to similarities in impaired mucociliary clearance and some other symptoms. The aim of our study was to investigate pulmonary and extrapulmonary characteristics of children with CF and PCD since no studies have addressed respiratory muscle strength in children with PCD and to compare the results to those obtained from healthy age-matched controls.

Methods: Pulmonary and extrapulmonary characteristics were assessed by 6-min walk test, spirometry, maximum inspiratory and expiratory pressure measurements, and knee extensor strength test in the children with CF, PCD, and healthy controls.

Effects of inspiratory muscle training on postural stability, pulmonary function and functional capacity in children with cystic fibrosis: A randomised controlled trial.

Background: Previous research has found conflictive results regarding the benefits of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Also, involvement of postural stability is a rising concern in chronic lung diseases but its role in CF patients is poorly understood. Our aim was to investigate the effects of IMT in CF patients as well as analysing the factors which may be related to postural stability.

The relationship of sit-to-stand tests with 6-minute walk test in healthy young adults.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the timed sit-to-stand (STS) test performances of healthy young adults and to investigate the relationship of timed STS tests with 6-minute walk test (6MWT). A cross-sectional study was performed. A total of 40 healthy volunteers (mean age: 21.

Effects of inspiratory muscle training on pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength and functional capacity in patients with atrial fibrillation: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To investigate the effects of inspiratory muscle training on pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength and functional capacity in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Design: Prospective randomized controlled single-blind study.

Setting: Cardiology department of a university hospital.

The effects of preoperative short-term intense physical therapy in lung cancer patients: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: We planned to investigate the effect of preoperative short period intensive physical therapy on lung functions, gas-exchange, and capacity of diffusion, and ventilation-perfusion distribution of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Methods: Sixty patients with lung cancer, who were deemed operable, were randomly allocated into two groups. Intensive physical therapy was performed in patients in the study group before operation.

Restoring sinus rhythm improves excessive heart rate response to exercise in patients with atrial fibrillation.

The aim of this study was to investigate improvement in the cardiovascular response to isometric and isotonic exercises after reverting rhythm to sinus in patients with atrial fibrillation. Twenty seven cases with nonvalvular paroxysmal atrial fibrillation were included in the study. Sinus rhythm could not be restored in two cases so they were excluded.