Comparison of the functional and cardiovascular effects of home-based versus supervised hospital circuit training exercises in male wheelchair users with chronic paraplegia.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of home-based upper extremity circuit training exercises (CTEs) with supervised hospital program in male patients with traumatic complete paraplegia.

Patients And Methods: Twenty men with paraplegia (mean age: 38±10.1 years; range, 30 to 43 years) between January 2007 and November 2007 were randomized into two groups.

Turkish adaptation of Spinal Cord Independence Measure--version III.

Various rating scales have been used to assess ability in individuals with spinal cord injury. There is no specific functional assessment scale for Turkish patients with spinal cord injury. The Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM) is a specific test, which has become popular in the last decade.

[The relationship between level of injury and bladder behavior in patients with post-traumatic spinal cord injury].

Background: After the spinal shock period, suprasacral injuries classically result in detrusor hyperreflexia/overactive bladder and detrusor sphincter dyssynergia. Sacral cord injuries produce detrusor areflexia consistent with lower motor neuron injury and often increased bladder compliance. However, previous investigators have noted an inexact correlation between spinal cord injury level and urodynamic findings.

Evaluation of sympathetic response in cases with failed back surgery syndrome.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate whether sympathetic skin response (SSR) was affected in cases with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS).

Methods: Twenty-nine cases admitted to our department and diagnosed as FBSS were recruited for the study. All the cases had back, leg or back and leg pain in the months or in one year following spinal surgery.

The efficiency of electromagnetic field treatment in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I.

Introduction: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I is a pathological condition that occurs without evident nerve injury and follows a course characterized by severe pain.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess whether or not electromagnetic field treatment administered with calcitonin and exercise has positive effects on clinical improvement, scintigraphic assessment and bone markers compared to calcitonin and exercise administration.

Method: In this randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 40 patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I, that developed after a Colles fracture were included in the assessments and were administered calcitonin and exercise treatment for 6 weeks.

Involvement of sympathetic reflex activity in patients with acute and chronic stroke: A comparison with functional motor capacity.

Objective: To investigate sympathetic nervous system functions in patients with acute and chronic phase of stroke by measuring sympathetic skin reflex (SSR) and the relationship between sympathetic dysfunction and motor function capacity.

Design: Cross-sectional, case-control study.

Setting: A physical medicine and rehabilitation department in a research hospital of a university referral center in Turkey.

MR imaging and electrophysiological evaluation in carpal tunnel syndrome.

The objective of this study was to compare the MRI findings of wrists in patients diagnosed with CTS with those of the healthy controls, and to evaluate the correlation between the MRI differences and the electrophysiological findings in the patient group. This study involved 55 wrists, 30 of which were clinically and electrophysiologically diagnosed with CTS and 25 healthy controls. These 55 wrists were evaluated electrophysiologically, and in terms of median nerve diameter, ratio of median nerve diameter at psiform bone level to distal radio-ulnar joint level, the flexor retinaculum bulging ratio and the median nerve intensity by MRI.