Estimating the most accurate sonographic measurement in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome: Which is the best?

Objectives: This study aims to identify the most accurate method or ultrasonographic measurement for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).

Patients And Methods: Between October 2010 and April 2011, a total of 160 hands of 87 patients (4 males, 83 females; mean age 54.5 years; range, 26 to 84 years) with clinically and electrodiagnostically proven CTS and 80 hands of 40 controls (3 males, 37 females; mean age 53.

The effectiveness of cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injection for the treatment of neck pain due to cervical disc herniation: long-term results.

Aim: To investigate the long-term effect of fluoroscopy guided cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injection on neck pain radiating to the arm due to cervical disc herniation.

Materials & Methods: 64 patients (26 women [40.6%], 38 men [59.

Can Epidural Contrast Dispersal Pattern Help to Predict the Outcome of Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections in Patients with Lumbar Radicular Pain.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between epidurographic contrast dispersal patterns and both immediate and short-term clinical effectiveness of lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TFESIs) in patients with radicular back pain.

Methods: A digital database of 64 patients who underwent single-level lumbar TFESI for unilateral lumbar radicular pain was scanned. The type of contrast pattern was analyzed by 1 physiatrist and defined as follows: type 1 (tubular appearance), type 2 (nerve root visible as a filling defect), or type 3 (cloud-like appearance).

The effectiveness of transforaminal epidural steroid injection in patients with radicular low back pain: Combination of pain provocation with effectiveness results.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the efficacy of transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) on low back pain relief and functional impairments and whether pain provocation during injection has an effect on pain relief in mid-term.

Patients And Methods: The study, which was conducted between September 2012 and September 2013, included 62 patients with low back pain (38 males, 24 females; median age 45 years; min 22 - max 88 years). All injections were applied under C-arm fluoroscopy guidance, using a mix of betamethasone and lidocaine.

Comparison of lumbosacral transforaminal epidural steroid injection techniques in terms of radiation safety.

Aim: To investigate the difference in radiation exposure to the patients between oblique and posteroanterior view, initial approach techniques in fluoroscopy-guided lumbosacral transforaminal epidural steroid injections.

Patients & Methods: Total amount of Kerma area product, elapsed time of the procedure and fluoroscopy time were obtained from medical records retrospectively.

Results: 28 patients were included in each group.

Peripheral nerve injuries: Long term follow-up results of rehabilitation.

Background: Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is a common problem in the world resulting with severe disability. Etiological data is different in studies because of the study period, patient population, economic status, and workplace safety policies of the different countries.

Objective: To define epidemiological and etiological data of our patients with peripheral nerve injury and to identify factors influencing efficacy of rehabilitation methods and recovery.

Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Ascertaining the Success of Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection for Lumbar Radicular Pain.

Objective: To explore the outcome differences of lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) according to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in patients with lumbar radicular pain.

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: Single university-based interventional pain management unit.

The effectiveness of transforaminal epidural steroid injection in patients with radicular low back pain due to lumbar disc herniation two years after treatment.

Background And Aim: The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the therapeutic effect of transforaminal epidural steroid injection in patients with chronic low back pain and radicular leg pain due to lumbar disc herniation.

Materials And Methods: This study included 80 patients (32 female and 48 male; mean age: 45.8 years [range: 25-65 years]) that received fluoroscopically guided transforaminal epidural steroid injections for chronic radicular low back pain due to lumbar disc herniation.

Low-level laser therapy versus ultrasound therapy in the treatment of subacromial impingement syndrome: a randomized clinical trial.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of low-level laser therapy and ultrasound therapy in the treatment of subacromial impingement syndrome.

Materials And Methods: Thirty one patients with subacromial impingement syndrome were randomly assigned to low-level laser therapy group (n=16) and ultrasound therapy group (n=15). Study participants received 10 treatment sessions of low-level laser therapy or ultrasound therapy over a period of two-consecutive weeks (five days per week).

Femoral cartilage thickness measurements in healthy individuals: learning, practicing and publishing with TURK-MUSCULUS.

Background And Objectives: Measurement of the femoral cartilage thickness by using in-vivo musculoskeletal ultrasonography (MSUS) has been previously shown to be a valid and reliable method in previous studies; however, to our best notice, normative data has not been provided before in the healthy population.The aim of our study was to provide normative data regarding femoral cartilage thicknesses of healthy individuals with collaborative use of MSUS.

Methods: This is across-sectional study run at Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Departments of 18 Secondary and Tertiary Centers in Turkey.

Is phonophoresis effective in the treatment of chronic low back pain? A single-blind randomized controlled trial.

The aim of this trial is to investigate and compare the effects of phonophoresis (PP) and ultrasound (US) therapy on pain, disability, trunk muscle strength, walking performance, spinal mobility, quality of life (QOL), and depression in the patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). A total of 60 patients with definite CLBP were included in this study. The patients were randomized into three groups.

Neoplastic brachial plexopathy detected by ultrasonography in a patient with chronic cervicobrachialgia.

Objective: We report here a case of neoplastic brachial plexopathy detected by musculoskeletal ultrasonography in a patient with chronic cervicobrachialgia.

Methods/results: A 71-year-old man presented at Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Turkish Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center, Ankara, Turkey with a one-year history of cervicobrachial pain radiating to the left arm and numbness in the medial aspect of the left arm and hand. He could not tolerate magnetic resonance imaging because his pain was exacerbated by cervical extension.

Assessment of the impact of proprioceptive exercises on balance and proprioception in patients with advanced knee osteoarthritis.

Impaired proprioceptive perception and the balance function are known to associate with knee osteoarthritis. The previous publications have reported the beneficial effects of proprioceptive exercises on mild or moderate knee osteoarthritis. Scientific data in the literature regarding their effects in advanced stages of knee osteoarthritis are lacking.

Consistency between physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists and a radiologist in interpretation of lumbosacral radiographs.

Objective: To investigate intra- and inter-observer reliability among physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists and a radiologist in interpretation of plain lumbar spine X-ray films in patients with low back pain.

Methods: Three assessors (A: a resident of PM&R, B: an experienced PM&R specialist, C: an experienced radiologist) read the standard lumbosacral plain radiographs of 79 patients with 2-3 month time interval. Each assessor recorded the presence or absence of abnormalities on the radiograph according to a standardized assessment form.

Accuracy of ultrasound-guided suprascapular nerve block measured with neurostimulation.

Although the use of ultrasound (US) to perform suprascapular nerve block (SsNB) is rapidly gaining popularity, information about its accuracy is still lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate the proximity of the needle to suprascapular nerve under US guidance by means of neurostimulation current intensity in SsNB. The patients who were referred for SSnB due to shoulder pain were included in the study.

The effects of balneotherapy on disease activity, functional status, pulmonary function and quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the effects of balneotherapy on disease activity, functional status, metrology index, pulmonary function and quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).

Materials And Methods: The study included 28 patients (27 male and 1 female) diagnosed with AS according to modified New York criteria. The patients were treated with balneotherapy for 3 weeks (30 min/day, 5 days/week).

The effects of electrical stimulation combined with continuous passive motion versus isometric exercise on symptoms, functional capacity, quality of life and balance in knee osteoarthritis: randomized clinical trial.

The aim of this study was to evaluate effects of electrical stimulation combined with continuous passive motion (CPM-ES) versus isometric exercise on symptoms, functional capacity, quality of life, muscle strength, knee and thigh circle measurements, and balance in knee osteoarthritis (OA). This is a randomized clinical trial. The study was done in Gulhane Military Medical Academy (GMMA) Rehabilitation Center.

Muscle strength and bone mineral density in mine victims with transtibial amputation.

The aims of this study were to: (i) Determine if there were significant bone mineral density and muscle strength differences between intact and amputated limbs, and (ii) investigate the possible relationship between local bone loss and muscle strength in transtibial amputees. Fifteen male veterans with traumatic unilateral transtibial amputations who ranged in age from 18-45 years were included in this prospective study. Lower limb muscle strength was measured with an isokinetic dynamometer.

Manual lymphatic drainage in management of edema in a case with CRPS: why the(y) wait?

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a disorder characterized by pain, edema, skin color changes and autonomic abnormalities. Its treatment is quite difficult and in most of the patients effective results cannot be reached. Manual lymphatic drainage is a very rare method for managing limb edema in CRPS.

Work disability in ankylosing spondylitis: differences among working and work-disabled patients.

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a systemic chronic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the axial skeleton. Work disability can be one of the major consequences of AS, and the knowledge about the burden of AS to the patient and society is not well-established yet. The objective of this study was to investigate work disability among patients with AS in the national service and to put forward the related factors and differences among disabled and nondisabled groups.

Inflammatory sacroiliitis in a man with spinal cord injury.

Background: Inflammatory sacroiliitis associated with spinal cord injury (SCI) as an unusual cause of elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) level has not been reported previously to our knowledge.

Objective: To represent a case of SCI associated with bilateral sacroiliitis causing ESR and CRP level elevation.

Methods: Case report of a man with T9 paraplegia.

Comparison of therapeutic activities with therapeutic exercises in the rehabilitation of young adult patients with hand injuries.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy of therapeutic activities that mimick the activities of daily living with that of traditionally used therapeutic exercises in the management of injured hands in young adult patients.

Methods: Thirty-six patients having functional loss due to hand injury were enrolled. Patients were allocated randomly into 2 groups.

Effect of playing football (soccer) on balance, strength, and quality of life in unilateral below-knee amputees.

Objective: To investigate the effect of playing football (soccer) on balance, muscle strength, locomotor capabilities, and health-related quality of life in subjects with unilateral below-knee amputation.

Design: Cross-sectional controlled study.

Results: Difference in KAT dynamic balance scores obtained 3 days after was statistically significant in the study group (P < 0.