Nonhealing, progressive stress fractures of the foot in a 13-year-old basketball player: is vitamin K deficiency a risk factor?

[Purpose] To report an adolescent male basketball player with nonhealing stress fractures of the foot and discuss the probable factors. [Subject and Methods] A 13-year-old basketball player presented with right foot pain. He had been playing basketball for three years and practicing 5 days/week.

Comparison of the efficacy of physical therapy and corticosteroid injection in the treatment of pes anserine tendino-bursitis.

[Purpose] The aims of this study were twofold. The first was to compare the functional capacity and pain of patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA), with or without pes anserine tendino-bursitis (PATB). The second is to compare the efficacy of two treatment methods (physical therapy and corticosteroid injection) for patients with PATB.

Effects of osteoarthritis and fatigue on proprioception of the knee joint.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of knee osteoarthritis (OA) and periarticular muscular fatigue on knee joint kinesthesia.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: A physical medicine and rehabilitation outpatient clinic.

The effect of abdominal massage on bowel function in patients with spinal cord injury.

Objectives: To investigate the effect of abdominal massage on clinical aspects of bowel dysfunction and colonic transit time in patients with spinal cord injury. Twenty-four patients were placed on a standard bowel program (phase I), after which abdominal massage was added to the regimen (phase II). Parameters of gastrointestinal system function and colonic transit times were evaluated.

Serum albumin and comorbidity relative to rehabilitation outcome in geriatric stroke, and possible links with stroke etiology.

Factors that describe the disability status of the stroke patient on discharge are important when starting a rehabilitation program, both from a psychosocial and a financial point of view. The objective of this study was to assess how comorbidity and serum albumin levels relate to rehabilitation outcome in geriatric stroke patients. Another aim was to assess whether stroke etiology (ischemic or hemorrhagic) influences these links.

Relationships between muscle strength and bone mineral density of three body regions in sedentary postmenopausal women.

This cross-sectional study was designed to investigate correlations between muscle strength and regional bone mineral density (BMD) in sedentary postmenopausal women. Sixty-two women who ranged in age from 41 to 76 years were investigated. Hip and trunk muscle strength was measured by isokinetic dynamometry.

Value of the D-dimer test in diagnosing deep vein thrombosis in rehabilitation inpatients.

Objective: To assess the utility of the D-dimer test-a widely available, less costly, and less time-consuming test than others used to diagnose or exclude deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism.

Design: Blind comparison.

Setting: An inpatient rehabilitation facility in Turkey.

Trunk muscle strength in relation to balance and functional disability in unihemispheric stroke patients.

Objective: To evaluate trunk muscle strength in unihemispheric stroke patients and to assess how it relates to body balance and functional disability in this patient group.

Design: This prospective case-comparison study investigated isometric and isokinetic reciprocal trunk flexion and extension strength at angular velocities in 38 unihemispheric stroke patients and 40 healthy volunteers. The Berg balance scale was used to assess balance and stability, and the FIM instrument was used to evaluate functional disability in the patient group.

Hemorrhagic transformation in stroke patients.

Objective: To identify the predictors of hemorrhagic transformation in stroke patients and to evaluate the impact of hemorrhagic transformation on rehabilitation outcome.

Design: The records of 203 hemiplegic patients hospitalized for rehabilitation after the acute phase of stroke were retrospectively analyzed. In 121 cases, the first computed tomographic scan and a repeat scan were compared to determine whether hemorrhagic transformation occurred.

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in a patient with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: a case report.

Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF) is a rare rheumatologic disease with obscure pathogenesis. Its manifestations depend upon the structures involved. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is usually seen in male patients over 45 years of age and characterized by new bone formation at the entheses.