Unilateral Posterior Surgery for Severe Osteoporotic Vertebrae Fractures' Sequelae in Geriatric Population: Minimum 5-Year Results of 109 Patients.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of modified posterior vertebral column resection (PVCR) combined with anterior column restoration in elderly patients presenting with thoracic or thoracolumbar osteoporotic fractures with spinal cord compression and severe pain.

Methods: One hundred nine patients with one level thoracolumbar osteoporotic fracture and at least 5 years of follow-up were included. They underwent posterior instrumentation performed with polymethymetachrylate augmented pedicle screws.

Effects of whole-body vibration on plasma sclerostin level in healthy women.

Background/aim: To determine whether plasma sclerostin levels are affected by applying whole-body vibration treatments.

Materials And Methods: Following a pilot study, the pretsent prospective, randomized, controlled single-blind study was performed on 16 healthy volunteer women (ages 20 to 40 years). Subjects were randomly divided into 2 groups, and whole-body vibration was applied to the treatment group but not to the controls.

A Randomized Trial on the Effect of Bone Tissue on Vibration-induced Muscle Strength Gain and Vibration-induced Reflex Muscle Activity.

Background: Whole-body vibration (WBV) induces reflex muscle activity and leads to increased muscle strength. However, little is known about the physiological mechanisms underlying the effects of whole-body vibration on muscular performance. Tonic vibration reflex is the most commonly cited mechanism to explain the effects of whole-body vibration on muscular performance, although there is no conclusive evidence that tonic vibration reflex occurs.

Aggressive vertebral hemangioma as a rare cause of myelopathy.

Vertebral hemangiomas (VHs) are common lesions in the adult population. They are usually asymptomatic and found incidentally on radiological imaging. New-onset back pain followed by subacute progression of thoracal myelopathy is the most common presentation in patients with neurological deficit.

Effects of sex steroids on serum sclerostin levels during the menstrual cycle.

Background/aims: Previous studies on the effects of estrogen on sclerostin regulation were conducted in postmenopausal women in humans or animals following estrogen treatment or induced estrogen deficiency. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of sex hormones on serum sclerostin levels in premenopausal women with normal menstrual cycles.

Methods: A prospective observational clinical study.

Total oxidative stress and antioxidant status in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.

Objectives: Studies in the carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) are supported ischemia-induced changes rather than inflammation of the flexor tenosynovium. In this study, total antioxidant status (TAS), total oxidative stress (TOS) and oxidative stress index (OSI) in patients with CTS has been investigated.

Methods: Forty-three patients (38 female and 5 male, 81 hands in total) diagnosed as CTS after the physical examination and electrophysiological findings included in study.

Osteopoikilosis associated with fibromyalgia and active myofascial trigger point in upper trapezius muscles.

Osteopoikilosis is a sclerosing bone dysplasia, characterized by multiple oval spots of radiodensities within the trabecular bone. It occurs equally common among men and women. Prevalence is estimated to be as high as 1:50,000.

Balneotherapy for chronic low back pain: a randomized, controlled study.

A large number of treatments were used for patients with chronic low back pain. Frequent episodes have been reported very high. Although balneotherapy was found effective in this disease, there are not well-designed studies.