Comparing the contents of outcome measures in upper-limb amputation using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health: A systematic review.

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) provides a universal framework for assessing the functioning of any person. To facilitate the application of the ICF in practice, ICF core sets are being developed. This study is part of a project intended to develop an ICF core set for upper-limb amputation (ULA) and aims to identify relevant concepts included in the outcome measurements used in studies of ULA.

Effect of three different exercise trainings on functional capacity in early stage severe burn patients: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: This study investigated the effects of three different exercise protocols on functional capacity in early-stage burn patients.

Methods: A total of 25 patients hospitalized in the Burn Center (wards and intensive care unit) were included in the study. The individuals were divided into three groups by covariate adaptive randomization according to burn percentage and type: 1 - standard treatment, 2 - standard treatment + aerobic exercise training, 3 - standard treatment + combined exercise (aerobic and resistance) determined by metabolic status.

Effect of aerobic exercise on neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-lymphocyte ratio, and lymphocyte-monocyte ratio in burn patients: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the effects of aerobic exercises in addition to standard treatment on parameters such as neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and lymphocyte-monocyte ratio (LMR) in patients with burns.

Methods: A total of 31 hospitalized patients included in the study were divided into two groups using covariate adaptive randomization method according to burn percentage and burn type (1st:standard treatment, 2nd: standard treatment + aerobic training). NLR, PLR, and LMR were evaluated for 5 weeks in all groups.

Machine learning models for early prediction of mortality risk in patients with burns: A single center experience.

Mortality rate is considered as the most important outcome measure for assessing the severity of burn injury. A scale or model that accurately predicts burn mortality can be useful to determine the clinical course of burn injuries, discuss treatment options and rehabilitation with patients and their families, and evaluate novel, innovative interventions for the injuries. This study aimed to use machine learning models to predict the mortality risk of patients with burns after their first admission to the center and to compare the performances of these models.

A content comparison of 4 commonly used adult upper limb amputee outcome measurements with application of the refinements of International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health linking rules.

Introduction: The application of the refinements of linking rules to the outcome measurement methods provides an opportunity to obtain information concerning what the available instruments actually measure and how the instrument measures certain outcomes. The purpose of the study was to analyze the content of 4 commonly used upper limb amputee scales using the refined International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) linking rules.

Methods: The Upper Extremity Functional Status module of the Orthotics and Prosthetics User Survey (OPUS-UEFS), Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales, Southampton Hand Assessment Procedure (SHAP), and Quick Disability of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand were analyzed by 2 health professionals for a content comparison based on ICF categories.

Investigation of glucose, serum insulin levels, and insulin resistance in patients with major burn: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Background: Many studies have reported that insulin resistance (IR) is present and persistent in patients with major burns; however, the evidence remains insufficient. This study was planned to investigate insulin levels and IR in the early post-traumatic period in patients with major burns and to determine the prevalence of IR after burn injury.

Methods: This study included 68 patients.

Establishment of a core outcome set for burn care research: development and international consensus.

Objective: To develop a core outcome set for international burn research.

Design: Development and international consensus, from April 2017 to November 2019.

Methods: Candidate outcomes were identified from systematic reviews and stakeholder interviews.

Participation style and social anxiety as predictors of active participation in asynchronous discussion forums and academic achievement.

Learners in asynchronous discussion forums are inundated with diverse options when it comes to interaction. This enables the embodiment of various styles of participation. On the other hand, the affective domain tends to be overlooked in the online discussion context.

A quantitative content analysis of Turkish state universities' official websites in terms of their preparedness and actions during emergency distance education in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic period.

Most universities worldwide had to temporarily interrupt face-to-face education and start Emergency Distance Education (EDE) due to the COVID-19 outbreak. It is useful to identify the difficulties and problems that universities faced in this process in order that they can carry out a similar process more efficiently in the future. Therefore, this study aimed to conduct an in vivo examination of EDE from the institutional perspective within the scope of universities during the pandemic period in Turkey.

The effects of early physiotherapy on biochemical parameters in major burn patients: A burn center's experience.

Background: This study sets out to investigate the effects of early physiotherapy on biochemical parameters in major burn patients.

Methods: Ten women (50%) and 10 men (50%) aged 21-47 years old were included in this study. Participants were divided into two groups: the first group was the treatment group and the second group was the control group.

Intra-articular zoledronic acid in a rat osteoarthritis model: significant reduced synovitis may indicate chondroprotective effect.

Purpose: The aim of this experimental study was to evaluate the effect of intra-articular application of zoledronic acid (ZA) on joint cartilage and synovial tissue following induction of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in a rat model.

Methods: An OA model was created by anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) in the right knees of 48 adult Wistar albino rats. The rats were randomized into a study and control groups, each including 24 rats, and 10 μg of ZA was injected in 0.

The surgical treatment for a rare case of double-level isthmic spondylolisthesis in L4 and L5 lumbar spine: decompression, reduction and fusion.

An unusual case of a double-level isthmic spondylolisthesis of the lumbar spine in a 38-year-old female was described. The patient had been suffering from low back pain for 8 years and did not respond to conservative treatment. Her medical examination revealed that grade II isthmic spondylolisthesis was present both at L-4 to L-5 and at L-5 to S-1.

Revision of the failed pedicle screw in osteoporotic lumbar spine: biomechanical comparison of kyphoplasty versus transpedicular polymethylmethacrylate augmentation.

Objectives: In this study, we aimed to compare of kyphoplasty versus transpedicular polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) augmentation biomechanically in the revision of the failed pedicle screw in osteoporotic lumbar spine.

Materials And Methods: Bone mineral density (BMD) of lumbar vertebrae collected from four bovines were measured. Each vertebra was decalcified with hydrochloric acid solution to obtain osteoporotic specimens.

[Lumbar epidural steroid injection: Is the success rate predictable?].

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the relation between the percent of canal compromise and success rate of epidural steroid injection (ESI) in patients with symptomatic lumbar herniated intervertebral discs.

Methods: Patients with lumbar herniated intervertebral disc suffering from leg pain and treated with ESI were selected. The axial magnetic resonance (MR) image showing the largest canal compromise by the herniated disc was selected for measurements.

Irreducible dislocation of the knee joint: two-stage treatment.

Closed reduction attempts may be unsuccessful after traumatic knee dislocations on rare occasions. The interposition of the soft tissues on the medial aspect of the joint into the femoral condyle and tibial plateau is shown to be the cause of an unsuccessful reduction. In such cases, open reduction is the recommended method of treatment.

Clinical and isokinetic comparison between tenotomy and tenodesis in biceps pathologies.

Objectives: The purpose of this study to compare clinical and isokinetic results of patients who underwent biceps tenotomy or tenodesis for chronic tenosynovitis.

Methods: Arthroscopic biceps tenotomy, arthroscopy assisted or arthroscopic biceps tenodesis were done in 20 patients who had diagnosis of chronic tenosynovitis and in whom conservative treatment was not helpful. Rotator cuff repair and acromioplasty was performed in 18 patients and acromioplasty alone in two patients in addition to biceps surgery.

Tibiocalcaneal arthrodesis with posterior blade plate in diabetic neuroarthropthy.

Background: To prevent amputation, achieving successfull ankle artrodesis in diabetic Charcot arthropaty patients is very important. As a salvage procedure, we have used a 95-degree-angled blade plate via a posterior approach to achieve tibiocalcaneal arthrodesis.

Materials And Methods: Between 2006 and 2008, four diabetic patients with hindfoot Charcot arthropathy underwent talectomy and tibiocalcaneal arthrodesis with an AO 95-degree-angled blade plate via a posterior approach.

Bone pulsating metastasis due to renal cell carcinoma.

Pulsation on the bone cortex surface is a rare condition. Pulsative palpation of the superficial-located bone tumors can be misperceived as an aneurysm. Fifty-eight-year-old man is presented with pulsating bone mass in his proximal tibia.

[Unicondylar knee arthroplasty in medial unicompartmental osteoarthritis: technical faults and difficulties].

Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate both the technical problems of surgery and the clinical and radiologic outcomes of patients treated with unicondylar knee arthroplasty.

Patients And Methods: Forty-one unicondylar knee prosthesis were performed in 40 patients (3 males, 37 females; mean age 58.2 years; range 44 to 76 years) diagnosed with unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis.

Comparison of arthroscopic capsular release in diabetic and idiopathic frozen shoulder patients.

Introduction: The clinical results of arthroscopic capsular release for frozen shoulder in diabetic (group 1) and idiopathic (group 2) patients were compared. Surgery was performed on 28 shoulders of 26 patients (24 women, 2 men) with frozen shoulder unresponsive to conservative treatment. The mean age was 50 (range 40-65).

Remodeling potentials of biphasic calcium phosphate granules in open wedge high tibial osteotomy.

Introduction: Biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) has proved to be an effective bone substitute, but it's effectiveness and remodeling potential in open wedge high tibial osteotomy (OWHTO) has not been analyzed yet. This study sought to evaluate the bone healing and remodeling potentials of BCP granules using a radiographic rating system in biplanar OWHTO.

Materials And Methods: Fifteen patients (15 knees) underwent biplanar OWHTO.

Apoptosis in the traumatic and degenerative tears of human meniscus.

The apoptotic bodies were observed aging in osteoarthritic cartilage and meniscus but there is still a lack of knowledge in the literature about the relationship between meniscal injury and apoptosis. The aim of this study is to investigate the apoptotic changes on meniscal tears caused by degeneration and trauma. Thirty-eight specimens of human meniscal tissues harvested from cadavers and patients were selected from groups below the age of 40.

Bifocal compression-distraction in the acute treatment of grade III open tibia fractures with bone and soft-tissue loss: a report of 24 cases.

Objective: To evaluate the results of bifocal compression-distraction method for the acute treatment of open tibia fractures with bone and soft-tissue loss.

Design: Patients were selected for bifocal compression-distraction (shortening and lengthening) who had open tibia fractures with bone and soft-tissue loss and a Mangled Extremity Severe Score of 6 and below indicating good leg viability.

Patients: Bifocal compression-distraction osteogenesis using the Ilizarov type circular external fixator was applied to 24 patients with 14 grade IIIA and 10 grade IIIB open tibia fractures with bone and soft-tissue loss.

[Bone lengthening of congenitally short metacarpus and metatarsus by the callus distraction technique].

Objectives: We evaluated the results of lengthening of congenitally short metacarpus and metatarsus by the callus distraction technique.

Methods: We treated congenitally short metacarpus (n=7) and metatarsus (n=4) of five patients (4 females, 1 male; mean age 15 years; range 10 to 21 years) by callotasis. Callus distraction was performed with the use of mini-Orthofix or Ilizarov type semicircular external fixators.

Kotz and Ganz osteotomies in the treatment of adult acetabular dysplasia.

In hips with acetabular dysplasia, we performed Kotz osteotomy (group 1) in 22 hips (20 patients; mean age 24.3 years) and Ganz osteotomy (group 2) in 23 hips (22 patients; mean age 23.1 years).