Association of Vitamin D with Haematological Inflammatory Indices in Patients with Back Pain.

Objective: To assess the relationship between vitamin D and haematological inflammatory indices (HII) in chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients.

Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: Harran University Hospital, Sanliurfa, Turkiye, between September 2023 and February 2024.

Paresthesia frequency in fibromyalgia and its effects on personality traits.

Aim: Paresthesia and personality disorders are common conditions among patients with fibromyalgia. However, no previous study has examined a possible relation of paresthesia with personality traits in fibromyalgia. This study investigates the frequency of paresthesia in fibromyalgia patients and its relation with personality traits.

The frequency and effect of fibromyalgia in patients with Behçet's disease.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the scores of depression, anxiety, sleep and quality of life (QoL), to identify the prevalence of fibromyalgia (FM) in Behçet's disease (BD), and to evaluate whether there is a difference between BD patients with and without FM in these scores.

Patients And Methods: Between March 2008 and January 2009, 97 patients with BD and 95 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were included in the study. The patients with BD were divided into two groups according to the presence or absence of FM.

Isometric Exercise for the Cervical Extensors Can Help Restore Physiological Lordosis and Reduce Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether isometric neck extension exercise restores physiological cervical lordosis and reduces pain.

Design: Sixty-five patients with loss of cervical lordosis were randomly assigned to exercise (27 women, 7 men; mean age, 32.82 ± 8.

Serum GDF-15 level in Behçet's disease: relationships between disease activity and clinical parameters.

Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15), a member of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily of cytokines, plays an important role in cell growth, signal transduction, and apoptosis regulation. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum GDF-15 levels and their relationships with disease-related variables in patients with Behçet's disease (BD). Forty-six patients diagnosed with BD and 30 demographically matched healthy control subjects participated in the study.