The Effects of cervical mobilization and clinical pilates exercises in cervicogenic headache: randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of Cervical Mobilization (CM) and Clinical Pilates Exercises (CPE) in Cervigogenic Headache (CHA).

Methods: The 37 patients were randomized into the 3 groups. The CM for 1st group, CPE for 2nd group and CM+CPE for 3rd group were applied 3 days/a week for 6 weeks.

The Effects of Cervical Mobilization with Clinical Pilates Exercises on Pain, Muscle Stiffness and Head and Neck Blood Flow in Cervicogenic Headache: Randomized Controlled Trial.

: Physiotherapy approaches are used to eliminate the problems caused by cervicogenic headache (CHA), known as secondary headache associated with the structures of the upper cervical region. This study aimed to investigate the effects of cervical mobilization (CM) with clinical Pilates exercises (CPE) on pain, muscle stiffness and head-neck blood flow in CGH. : A total of 25 patients participated in this randomized controlled study and were randomized into either the CM group or the CM+CPE group.

Evaluation of manual dexterity when using a mirror of dental students and academicians with increasing professional experience.

Introduction: To evaluate the manual dexterity of dentistry students and academicians when using a mirror according to increasing professional experience.

Materials And Methods: The study included 72 subjects, grouped according to professional experience 5th year dentistry students (DS) accepted as no experience-academicians with 1-4 years experience (A5L)-academicians with ≥5 years experience (A5M). Direct and indirect visualisation using the mirror was evaluated with the completion times of the O'Connor Finger Dexterity Test.

The relationship between the backward walking and proprioception, trunk control, and muscle strength in children with cerebral palsy.

Objective: This study was planned to determine the factors affecting backward walking in children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Methods: The study included 30 children with CP, with a mean age of 10.43 ± 2.

The effects of different procedures on pain levels in preterm and term infants in neonatal intensive care unit: a cross-sectional survey of pain assessment in newborns.

Background: Newborns show a series of behavioral and physiological reactions to painful stimuli.

Aims: The current study aimed to determine the effect of different procedures on the pain levels of newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Methods: One hundred ninety-six newborns with gestational age (GA) of 23-40 weeks, birth weight (BW) between 2235 ± 911 g were included.

Evaluation of the relationship between the disease severity and the level of physical activity in patients followed up with COVID-19 diagnosis.

Objectives: To investigate the relationship between physical activity level and disease severity, anxiety level, sleep quality, and fatigue in patients followed up with COVID-19 diagnosis.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 111 volunteer patients who were receiving treatment with COVID-19 diagnosis at the Chest Diseases Polyclinic, Sanko University, Sani Konukoğlu Practice and Research Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey between May 2021 and July 2021 were included in the study and classified clinically and radiologically. They were evaluated on the basis of demographic characteristics, International Physical Activity Questionnaire, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and Fatigue Severity Scale.

Validity and reliability of the 3-meter backward walk test in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Background: The 3-meter backward walk test (3MBWT) evaluates neuromuscular control, proprioception, protective reflexes, fall risk, and balance. This study aimed to examine the reliability, validity, and minimal detectable change (MDC) of the 3MBWT in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (pwMS).

Methods: 40 pwMS (8 male, 32 female) were included in the study.

Muscle architecture and its relationship with lower extremity muscle strength in multiple sclerosis.

This study was planned to determine the muscle architecture (pennation angle, muscle fiber length, and muscle thickness) and its relationship to lower extremity muscle strength in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (pwMS). The muscle architecture (pennation angle, muscle fiber length, and muscle thickness) and lower extremity muscle strength were assessed in 33 pwMS [13 Relapsing-Remitting MS (RRMS), 5 Primary Progressive MS (PPMS), 5 Secondary Progressive MS (SPMS), and 11 matched healthy controls (HC)]. Muscle architecture features were assessed with ultrasonography and muscle strength were assessed with a digital hand-held dynamometer.

Cross-cultural adaptation, validity, and reliability of Turkish version of Identification of Functional Ankle Instability (IdFAI) scale.

Objective: This study aimed to develop the Turkish version of Identification of Functional Ankle Instability (TV_IdFAI) scale and evaluate its validity and reliability.

Methods: A total of 100 participants (54 men and 46 women; 50 volleyball players and 50 sedentary individuals) between 18 and 38 years of age were included this study. The construct validity, reference validity, sensitivity, specificity, and test-retest reliability of TV_IdFAI were evaluated.

Comparison of muscle activation levels and knee valgus between individuals with medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction and healthy individuals during fatiguing step down task.

Background: Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction becomes first-choice surgical procedure for patients with a history of lateral patellar dislocations but there is limited knowledge about neuromuscular activation patterns of individuals with a history of patellar dislocation who underwent medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare muscle activation levels and knee valgus during step down performance test between individuals with a history of medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction and healthy individuals.

Methods: Fifteen individuals with medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction and 15 healthy individuals were included.

Correlation of proximal and distal muscle strength with upper limb functional ability in patients with essential tremor.

Despite being considered as a benign, genetic and monosymptomatic disorder, ET is a poorly understood entity with etiological and pathological heterogeneity. The aim of the present study was to examine the relation between proximal and distal muscle strength and upper limb functionality and tremor severity in patients with essential tremor (ET). The study enrolled 25 tremor patients followed at the neurology clinic of a university hospital and 19 healthy controls.

Shoulder kinematics and mobility adaptations in water-polo players.

Background: There is limited research to demonstrate how scapular kinematics and shoulder-related physical characteristics are affected in water-polo players, who undertake swimming and repetitive throwing activity. The aim of this study was to investigate possible adaptations in the three-dimensional scapular kinematics and in glenohumeral internal rotation, external rotation range of motion and shoulder posterior-capsule tightness in water-polo players.

Methods: Fourteen water-polo players and 14 asymptomatic volunteers participated in the study.

Regression of lumbar disc herniation by physiotherapy. Does non-surgical spinal decompression therapy make a difference? Double-blind randomized controlled trial.

Background And Objectives: The aim of the study determining whether or not Non-invasive Spinal Decompression Therapy (NSDT) was effective in resorption of herniation, increasing disc height in patients with lumbar disc herniation (LHNP).

Methods: A total of twenty patients diagnosed as LHNP and suffering from pain at least 8 weeks were enrolled to the study. Patients were allocated in study (SG) and control groups (CG) randomly.

Comparison of virtual reality exergaming and home exercise programs in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome and scapular dyskinesis: Short term effect.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the short term effects of home exercise program and virtual reality exergaming in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome (SAIS).

Methods: A total of 30 patients with SAIS were randomized into two groups which are Home Exercise Program (EX Group) (mean age: 40.6 ± 11.

The profile of upper extremity muscular strength in female wheelchair basketball players: a pilot study.

Background: The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare the profile of upper extremity muscle strength in female wheelchair basketball players with that of sex-matched non-disabled controls.

Methods: Nineteen female subjects were enrolled in this study. These were divided into two groups.

Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the anterior cruciate ligament-return to sport after injury (ACL-RSI) scale into Turkish.

Purpose: To translate and culturally adapt the anterior cruciate ligament-return to sport after injury (ACL-RSI) scale into Turkish (ACL-RSI-Tr) and examine and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Turkish version in individuals who have undergone anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.

Methods: The ACL-RSI was forward- and back-translated, culturally adapted and validated on ninety-three Turkish individuals who had undergone ACL reconstruction (5 females, 88 males; age 28.7 ± 8.

Determination of the effects of playing soccer on physical fitness in individuals with transtibial amputation.

Background: The aim of this paper is to determine the effects of playing soccer on various components of physical performance such as body composition, muscular endurance, anaerobic power, flexibility, balance, and speed of individuals with transtibial amputation.

Methods: Twelve amputee football players aged 26.67±7.

Long term test-retest reliability of Oswestry Disability Index in male office workers.

Background: The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is one of the most common condition specific outcome measures used in the management of spinal disorders. But there is insufficient study on healthy populations and long term test-retest reliability. This is important because healthy populations are often used for control groups in low back pain interventions, and knowing the reliability of the controls affects the interpretation of the findings of these studies.

Scapular resting position, shoulder pain and function in disabled athletes.

Background: Despite the fact that the number of disabled individuals participating in sports is increasing, there are only sparse reports in the literature concerning overuse injuries.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare scapular resting position, shoulder pain, and function in wheelchair basketball, amputee soccer, and disabled table tennis players.

Study Design: Descriptive study.

Effect of gender on the quadriceps-to-hamstrings coactivation ratio during different exercises.

Context: Coactivation ratio of quadriceps to hamstring muscles (Q:H) and medial to lateral knee muscles (M:L) contributes to the dynamic stability of the knee joint during movement patterns recommended during rehabilitation and important for daily function.

Objective: To compare the quadriceps-to-hamstring and medial-to-lateral knee muscles' coactivation ratios between men and women during the following closed kinetic chain exercises performed on a balance board: forward lunge, side lunge, single-leg stance, and single-leg squat.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Effectiveness of manual therapy and home physical therapy in patients with temporomandibular disorders: A randomized controlled trial.

The purpose of this study was to compare the short-term effectiveness of home physical therapy (HPT) alone with that of manual therapy (MT) in conjunction with home physical therapy (MT-HPT) performed for four weeks in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD). Forty subjects (nine males and 31 females; age, 18-72 years) with TMD were randomly divided into two groups: HPT (n = 20; five males and 15 females; mean age, 34.8 ± 12.

Activation of selected ankle muscles during exercises performed on rigid and compliant balance platforms.

Study Design: Experimental laboratory study.

Objective: To compare how the design of 2 balance platforms affects ankle musculature activation for various weight-bearing exercises.

Background: Balance platforms are widely used in both training and rehabilitation, and a better understanding of how platform design and type of exercise modify the demands on the ankle musculature may be helpful in staging exercise progression.

The relationship between body composition, anaerobic performance and sprint ability of amputee soccer players.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between body composition, anaerobic performance and sprint performance of amputee soccer players. Fifteen amputee soccer players participated in this study voluntarily. Subjects' height, body weight, body mass index, body fat percentage (Jackson and Pollock formula) and somatotype characteristics (Heath-Carter system) were determined.

Is there a relationship between core stability, balance and strength in amputee soccer players? A pilot study.

Background: The body is a kinetic chain and all the systems and muscle groups play important roles in this chain. Core stability, strength and balance are important components of performance within many sports, and in particular soccer. However, the relationship between these components is not fully understood.

Effects of different segmental spinal stabilization exercise protocols on postural stability in asymptomatic subjects: randomized controlled trial.

Background And Objectives: The aim was to assess and compare the postural stability effects of the "Progressive Dynamic Spine Stabilization Exercise Protocols" (PDSSEP) which were designed for different spinal segments.

Material And Method: The asymptomatic, sedentary, and female volunteers (21.26 ± 1.