Urodynamic findings and therapeutic approaches for neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction in patients with thoracic spinal cord injury.

Objectives: To evaluate urodynamic examination results and treatment methods of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD) in patients with traumatic thoracic spinal cord injury (SCI).

Methods: Ninety-one patients with traumatic thoracic SCI were included in the study. The urodynamic analyses of the patients were conducted retrospectively using their laboratory outcomes.

The neurogenic bladder characteristics and treatment approaches in the patients with multiple sclerosis.

Objectives: To analyze the neurogenic bladder characteristics and the treatment approaches in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) to facilitate proper and reasonable decisions in relevant patients.

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

Assessment of nocturnal polyuria in patients with spinal cord injury at three different mobilization phases: A multicenter cross-sectional study.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of nocturnal polyuria (NP) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) during three different particular phases, and investigate the impact of injury level and injury type on the prevalence of NP.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Setting: Neurogenic Bladder Study Group from six different rehabilitation centers across the country.

Evaluation and management of neurogenic bladder after spinal cord injury: Current practice among physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists in Turkey.

Objectives: This study aims to determine the current trends in evaluation and management of neurogenic bladder secondary to spinal cord injury (SCI) among Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) specialists in Turkey.

Materials And Methods: Between September 2013 and November 2013, a total of 100 PMR specialists from 18 different provinces of Turkey were included in the study. A 23-item questionnaire was developed to evaluate the current practice on assessment and follow-up of upper and lower urinary tract dysfunction.

The course of post-stroke bladder problems and their relation with functional and mental status and quality of life: A six-month, prospective, multicenter study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency and course of post-stroke lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) from early term up to a period of six months and to investigate the relation of LUTD with functional and mental status and quality of life (QoL) in stroke patients.

Patients And Methods: This prospective study included a total of 70 stroke patients (44 males, 26 females; mean age 62.7±7.

Ultrasonographic assessment of neuromuscular electrical stimulation efficacy on glenohumeral subluxation in patients with hemiplegia: a randomized-controlled study.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the short-term effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) on glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) in stroke patients.

Patients And Methods: This prospective, randomized-controlled study included 24 unilateral hemiplegic patients (10 males, 14 females; mean age 64.1±14.

Independent predictors of mortality in subacute and chronic stroke patients: A single center study in Turkey.

Background: Although the long-term survival and related predictors have been identified in stroke patients, there is little evidence about the mortality rates and its associated factors in stroke patients treated in rehabilitation units.

Objective: To evaluate 5-year mortality rates of patients with stroke and its relationship with the clinical characteristics after inpatient subacute-chronic rehabilitation.

Methods: The files of 1016 stroke patients (482 male, 534 female) who received inpatient rehabilitation program were examined retrospectively.

Cross-sectional study of urinary problems in adults with cerebral palsy: awareness and impact on the quality of life.

We aimed to assess the functional status, urinary problems, and awareness of these problems in adults with cerebral palsy (CP) and their relationship with the quality of life. One-hundred-seventeen adults with CP (53 women, 64 men) were included in this study. Subjects were asked to fill out a urological questionnaire which dealt with urinary symptoms, awareness of urinary problems, and pharmacological treatment they received.

Assessment of voiding dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Danish Prostate Symptom Score.

Aims: To investigate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Danish Prostate Symptom Score (Dan-PSS) questionnaire in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and to compare the burden of LUTS (Lower urinary tract symptoms) in men and women.

Methods: For analysis of test-retest reliability, the Turkish version of the Dan-PSS scale was developed using the back translation method, and it was administered on the day of admission and repeated 1 week after in 60 patients with PD. The OAB-q (Overactive Bladder Questionnaire) and PDQ-39 (Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire-39) were administered to 73 patients for validity analysis.

Training postural control and sitting in children with cerebral palsy: Kinesio taping vs. neuromuscular electrical stimulation.

Objective: To elucidate the effects of Kinesio Taping (KT) in addition to neurodevelopmental therapy (NDT) on posture and sitting, and to compare the effects of KT and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES).

Materials-methods: Seventy-five children were randomized into control, KT, and NMES groups. NDT was applied to all children 4 times a week for 4 weeks.

Horseback riding therapy in addition to conventional rehabilitation program decreases spasticity in children with cerebral palsy: A small sample study.

Objective: To evaluate the short-term effects of horseback riding therapy in addition to a conventional rehabilitation program in children with cerebral palsy.

Methods: Nine children receiving horseback riding therapy in addition to conventional rehabilitation (Group 1) and seven children receiving conventional rehabilitation alone (Group 2) were assessed at baseline and 5 weeks later. Assessed were: modified functional reach test (MFRT), hip abduction angle, the Ashworth Scale for hip adductor muscle spasticity, knee distance test, and the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS).

The Fate of the Iliopsoas Muscle in Long-term Follow-up After Open Reduction With a Medial Approach in Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip. Part 2: Isokinetic Muscle Strength Evaluation.

Background: The impact on long-term weakness of hip flexion of complete iliopsoas tenotomy during open reduction of developmental hip dysplasia with a medial approach has not yet been fully clarified. The purpose of this study was to investigate the isokinetic muscle strength (IMS) of hip flexor and extensor muscles in these patients and also to analyze the effect of spontaneous reattachment of the iliopsoas muscle on IMS measurements.

Methods: The study included 20 patients.

Monitoring development of autonomic dysreflexia during urodynamic investigation in patients with spinal cord injury.

Objectives: We aimed to investigate whether autonomic dysreflexia (AD) develops during urodynamic investigation in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) with neurological level below thoracic (T) 6 together with the frequency and related factors for AD development.

Study Design: Prospective study.

Methods: The systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and heart rate (HR) of 51 SCI patients with a neurological level below T6 were measured and recorded at the beginning and every two minutes during the filling phase of the urodynamic study.

Shifting to 4 × 1 intermittent catheterization without an early follow-up urodynamic study is possible in most patients with subacute spinal cord injury.

Objectives: We retrospectively evaluated the frequency of changing to 4/day intermittent catheterization (IC) in patients with subacute spinal cord injury (SCI) who had been initiated on IC 6 times a day and started oral anticholinergic treatment following urodynamic investigation for decreased maximum cystometric capacity and undergone a follow-up urodynamic study within 45 days. The goal of the study was to see if the second urodynamic study was necessary.

Methods: The frequency of shifting to 4/day IC was investigated retrospectively in 27 patients with subacute SCI who were prescribed 6/day IC.

Urodynamic findings, bladder emptying methods and therapeutic approaches in patients with upper lumbar and lower lumbar-sacral spinal cord injury.

There have been previous reports of both demographic and clinical features with urodynamic evaluation results of patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). These studies were conducted on patients with cervical and thoracal SCI, but there has been no comparative study evaluating the urodynamic outcomes of patients with lumbosacral SCI. Therefore, it was aimed to investigate the bladder features and treatment options in patients with lumbosacral SCI to be able to take appropriate therapeutic decisions.

Overactive bladder symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis: Frequency, severity, diagnosis and treatment.

Objective: To determine the frequency and severity as well as the diagnosis and treatment of overactive bladder problems in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) followed up at five centers in Turkey.

Design: Survey study.

Setting: Outpatient tertiary clinics of physical medicine and rehabilitation and neurology.

Short-Term effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on muscle architecture of the tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius in children with cerebral palsy: preliminary results of a prospective controlled study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the short-term effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation application on tibialis anterior (stimulated muscle) and gastrocnemius (antagonist) muscles' size and architecture in children with cerebral palsy by using ultrasound.

Design: This prospective, controlled study included 28 children diagnosed with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy. Participants were treated either with neuromuscular electrical stimulation application and conventional physiotherapy (group A) or with conventional physiotherapy alone (group B).

Ultrasonographic evaluation of the median and sciatic nerves in hemiplegic patients after stroke.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate morphologically and electrophysiologically the peripheral nerves of hemiplegic patients.

Design: Thirty-three (18 women and 15 men) stroke patients were recruited. The mean (SD) age was 55.

Protective effect of preserved bladder-filling sensation on upper urinary tract in patients with spinal cord injury.

In this study the possible preventive effect of bladder-filling sensation (BFS) on upper urinary tract deterioration (UUTD) in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients was investigated. Eighty-four (60 males, 24 females) patients with SCI who underwent neurourological assessment and urodynamic examinations because of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction and were prescribed appropriate bladder management and were under follow-up and whose disease duration was at least 3 years were included in the study. Bladder-filling sensation was categorised as "absent", "partially preserved" or "preserved", and as "normal" (preserved) and "abnormal" (partially preserved, absent).

Effect of surgical closing in total knee arthroplasty at flexion or extension: a prospective, randomized study.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of knee position during wound closure (flexed vs. extended) in total knee arthroplasty on knee strength and function, as determined by knee society scores and isokinetic testing of extensor and flexor muscle groups.

Methods: In a prospective, randomized, double-blind trial, 29 patients were divided in two groups: for Group 1 patients, surgical closing was performed with the knee extended, and for Group 2 patients, the knee flexed at 90°.