Sarcopenia, frailty prevalence, and related factors in patients with stroke: A cross-sectional analytical study from Turkey.

Background: Sarcopenia and frailty may develop at varying rates depending on the metabolic, structural, and functional changes in the muscle structure after stroke.

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of sarcopenia and frailty in patients with stroke and affecting clinical parameters.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional and analytical study.

REHABILITATION APPROACH AFTER EARTHQUAKE DISASTER: A BRIEF REPORT FROM TURKEY.

Devastating earthquake disasters are experienced all over the world. On February 6, 2023, two major earthquakes with magnitudes of Mw 7.7 and 7.

Low back pain and kinesiophobia in pregnant women.

Background: During pregnancy, many pregnant women experience lumbopelvic pain due to mechanical, systemic, and hormonal reasons and this pain and fear of movement (kinesiophobia) causes daily life limitations.

Objective: To examine low back pain (LBP), kinesiophobia, disability, and related conditions that develop together during pregnancy.

Methods: The was a cross-sectional and analytical study.

Evaluation of visual reaction time in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) has previously been linked to cognitive dysfunction. The aim of this study was to compare visual reaction time (RT) between FMS patients and healthy subjects. The relationship was examined between RT and clinical parameters in FMS patients, and it was aimed to evaluate the effect of drugs used in the treatment of FMS on RT.

The relationship between cervical proprioception and balance in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.

Proprioceptive abnormalities, balance, and postural disorders have been previously reported in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Unlike previous research, the aim of this study was to compare the proprioception of the cervical region of patients with FMS with a healthy control group. The relationship between cervical proprioception impairment and loss of balance was also examined.

Prevelance of upper extremity lymphedema and risk factors in patients with mastectomy: Single-center, observational, cross-sectional study.

Objective: Upper extremity complaints are frequently encountered in breast cancer. It was aimed to investigate the pain, extremity pain, and limitation of motion, lymphedema prevalence, severity, risk factors and quality of life in patients with breast cancer followed by mastectomy in our center.

Materials And Methods: The study included 67 patients with mastectomy.

Quality and readability of online information on ankylosing spondylitis.

Introduction/objective: Obtaining online health-related information is becoming increasingly popular among patients. The attainment of information through websites is easy and practical, but there is no mechanism to check the accuracy and quality of this information. This leads to concerns about information from websites.

Evaluation of the relationship between osteoporosis, balance, fall risk, and audiological parameters.

The aim of the study is to investigate the factors such as balance and audiology parameters and bone mineral density (BMD), which were thought to be associated with the increased risk of fall in osteoporotic patients. Ninety-nine female patients between the ages of 40 and 75 were included in the study. Noise exposure, tinnitus, and vertigo were investigated.

The Clinical Importance of the Plasma Atherogenic Index, Other Lipid Indexes, and Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion in Patients with Stroke.

Objective: Cardiovascular complications are still the primary reason for high mortality rates worldwide. The determination of risk factors is important to prevent stroke. The aim of the present study was to analyze the importance of serum lipid indexes and urinary sodium (Na)/potassium (K) excretion in patients with stroke together with sex differences.

Angiotensin converting enzyme and neprilysin inhibition alter pain response in dexhamethasone-induced hypertensive rats.

Background: We hypothesized that renin-angiotensin system and neprilysin (NEP) inhibition can modulate the nociceptive parameters on hypertensive rats. The aim of this study is to assess the preventive and therapeutic effects of ramipril and sacubitril on the pain hypersensitivities, and their interaction mechanisms with high blood pressure.

Methods: Antinociceptive effects of ramipril and sacubitril were compared with those of diclofenac.

Ultrasound elastography findings in piriformis muscle syndrome.

Background: Piriformis muscle syndrome (PMS) is relatively less known and underestimated because it is confused with other clinical pathological conditions. Delays in its diagnosis may lead to chronic somatic dysfunction and muscle weakness.

Objective: Here, we aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the ultrasound elastography (UE) as an easy, less-invasive, and cost-effective method for early diagnosis of PMS.

YouTube as a source of patient information for ankylosing spondylitis exercises.

Introduction/objectives: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a rheumatic disorder characterized by structural impairments and postural deformities which restrict daily life activities. Nonpharmacologic methods, particularly exercise therapies, play a key role in the treatment. Obtaining online health-related information has become increasingly popular.

Clinical Significance of Serum Bilirubin in Behçet's Disease.

Background And Objective: Bilirubin (Bb) is the product of the intravascular compartment of catabolic pathway. In a small number of clinical trials, it has been shown that Bb molecules are associated with cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, autoimmune (lupus, rheumatoid arthritis) diseases and schizophrenia. Behçet's disease is a chronic, multisystemic, inflammatory vasculitis that was first described by Hulusi Behçet in 1937, which affects almost all organs and systems without any known aetiology.

Relationship of leptin, growth hormone, and insulin-like growth factor levels with body mass index and disease severity in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.

Objective: A high prevalence of obesity in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) predisposes patients to metabolic changes. It is not clear how the clinical manifestations of the disease affect metabolism. This study aimed to investigate leptin, growth hormone (GH), and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) levels in FMS, and their relationship with body mass index (BMI) and disease severity.

Foot functions in ankylosing spondylitis.

Abtract: AIM: Because of the wide diversity of developmental stages in spondyloarthropathies (SpA), clinical and radiographic weak correlations are often found in the development of enthesopathies. In this study, foot functions of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients were analyzed with clinical and radiological features.

Method: Sixty-two AS patients and 39 age-matched, gender-matched, and body mass index (BMI)-matched healthy volunteers were included in this study.

Comparison of vascular arterial stiffness parameters of adolescent wrestlers with healthy subjects: Is heavy training harmful for wrestlers?

Backround: The effect of different exercise modalities on the vascular structure has been the subject of clinical trials but there is not enough data about wrestlers.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the arterial stiffness parameters in adolescent wrestlers with those of age-matched sedentary controls to show the effects of long and heavy training.

Methods: This study was carried out as a case-control study.

Is it Possible to Recover Cardiac Functions After Total Knee Arthroplasty?

Background: Patients suffering from knee osteoarthritis lead a less active life than their healthy peers. It is well known that insufficient physical activity is the most common cause of chronic diseases. However, there is not enough research to enlighten the effect of increased functional capacity on cardiac functions after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA).

Ultrasound elastography-based assessment of the elasticity of the supraspinatus muscle in impingement syndrome: does elastography has any diagnostic value?

Ultrasound elastography (UE) is a new ultrasound-based imaging technique that provides information about elasticity and stiffness of tissues. This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the diagnostic importance of UE in supraspinatus impingement syndrome. Forty-one subjects, aged 38-70 years, were included in the study.

Evaluation of sleep disorder and its effect on sexual dysfunction in patients with Fibromyalgia syndrome.

Objective: Sexual problems are commonly seen in women with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). The objective of this study was to reveal the relationship between the severity of symptoms, sleep disorder, and sexual dysfunction in women with FMS.

Materials And Methods: A total of 140 sexually active women with FMS aged 17-67 years who presented to our physical medicine and rehabilitation outpatient clinic between January 2016 and June 2016 were enrolled in the study.

Clinical features of patients diagnosed with degenerative rotator cuff tendon disease: a 6-month prospective-definitive clinical study from turkey.

[Purpose] In rotator cuff tendon disease (RCTD), anamnesis is as important as clinical findings and anatomic/radio diagnostic examination. This study aimed to investigate the clinical features of patients diagnosed with RCTD using clinical and radiological methods between March 2015 and August 2015 at Malatya Research and Training Hospital Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation department. [Subjects and Methods] The study included 178 patients who were diagnosed with RCTD (128 females and 50 males).

Does obesity cause chronic inflammation? The association between complete blood parameters with body mass index and fasting glucose.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the relationship of complete blood count (CBC) parameters and derivates with fasting blood sugar and the body mass index.

Methods: This was a prospective, observational clinical study. Hospitalized patients who received a physiotherapy program in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic between March and June 2016 were included.

Apert syndrome: A case report and review of the literature.

Apert syndrome is the rare acrocephalosyndactyly syndrome type 1, characterized by craniosynostosis, severe syndactyly of hands and feet, and dysmorphic facial features. It demonstrates autosomal dominant inheritance assigned to mutations in the fibroblast growth factor receptor gene. Presently described is case of a 19-year-old female patient diagnosed on physical examination with Apert syndrome based on acrocephaly, prominent forehead, ocular hypertelorism, proptosis, short and broad nose, pseudoprognathism, dental crowding and ectopia, maxillar hypoplasia, low hairline, webbed neck, pectus excavatum, and severe, bilateral syndactyly of hands and feet.

A brief summary of clinical types of psoriasis.

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory dermatosis that is thought to onset as a result of T lymphocyte-mediated immunological response. Disease may manifest itself in different modalities with regard to clinical features and severity. Clinical type of psoriasis is an important element in determining the therapy regimen.

What is hippotherapy? The indications and effectiveness of hippotherapy.

Hippotherapy is a form of physical, occupational and speech therapy in which a therapist uses the characteristic movements of a horse to provide carefully graded motor and sensory input. A foundation is established to improve neurological function and sensory processing, which can be generalized to a wide range of daily activities. Unlike therapeutic horseback riding (where specific riding skills are taught), the movement of the horse is a means to a treatment goal when utilizing hippotherapy as a treatment strategy.