Is magnesium citrate treatment effective on pain, clinical parameters and functional status in patients with fibromyalgia?

The aims of this study were to investigate the relationship between magnesium levels and fibromyalgia symptoms and to determine the effect of magnesium citrate treatment on these symptoms. Sixty premenopausal women diagnosed with fibromyalgia according to the ACR criteria and 20 healthy women whose age and weight matched the premenopausal women were evaluated. Pain intensity, pain threshold, the number of tender points, the tender point index, the fibromyalgia impact questionnaire (FIQ), the Beck depression and Beck anxiety scores and patient symptoms were evaluated in all the women.

Validation of a Turkish version of the burn-specific health scale.

The abbreviated Burn-Specific Health Scale (BSHS) is an instrument that measures physical, mental, social, and general health in burn survivors. This scale is composed of 80 items. The aim of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of a Turkish version of the BSHS (the BSHS-Turkish).

[Determining the biomechanical quality of normal and osteoporotic bones in rat femora through biomechanical test and finite element analysis].

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the biomechanical quality of cortical bone in normal and osteoporotic rat femora with the use of biomechanical analysis and finite element analysis.

Methods: Fourteen young adult female Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 225-250 g were randomized into two groups equal in number. One group underwent bilateral ovariectomy under ketamine anesthesia.

Coexistence of fibromyalgia, temporomandibular disorder, and masticatory myofascial pain syndromes.

The purpose of this study was to determine the association of fibromyalgia (FM) with temporomandibular disorder (TMD) and masticatory myofascial pain (MMP). Thirty-one consecutive women diagnosed as having FM according to American College of Rheumatology criteria and 21 consecutive women diagnosed as having TMD were included in this prospective study. All patients were examined by a dentist and a physiatrist to identify the coexistence of FM and TMD.

Quality of life after burn injury: the impact of joint contracture.

We sought to investigate quality of life, and to specifically assess how joint contracture affects it, in patients with burn injuries. The study is involved 22 adults with burn injuries. Patients were divided into two groups according to the presence (n = 11) or absence (n = 11) of any joint contracture.

Biomechanical evaluation in osteoporosis: ovariectomized rat model.

The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of ovariectomy on rat femur biomechanical parameters. Bone mineral density (BMD) and histological investigation were also evaluated. Fourteen female Sprague-Dawley rats (seven ovariectomized, seven control) were used.

Low-exposure cadmium is more toxic on osteoporotic rat femoral bone: mechanical, biochemical, and histopathological evaluation.

This study aimed to investigate the effects of low-exposure Cd on normal and osteoporotic bone. For this purpose, 12-week-old Sprague-Dawley female rats were assigned randomly to a control group, a Cd group, and an ovariectomy (OVX)+Cd group. OVX+Cd rats underwent bilateral ovariectomy via ventral incision.

Acute effect of single-dose cadmium treatment on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes in ovariectomized rats.

We investigated the acute effect of single-dose cadmium (Cd) treatment on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes in liver and kidney of rats following an ovariectomy operation. Twenty-eight female Wistar albino rats were used and were divided into four groups: I, control (n=7); II, cadmium (Cd, n=7); III, ovariectomized (Ovx, n=7); and IV, ovariectomized+cadmium (Ovx-Cd, n=7). Fourteen of the rats were ovariectomized.

Bone mineral density in premenopausal women with major depression.

Aim: To investigate the relationship between the major depression and bone mineral density (BMD) in premenopausal women.

Material And Methods: We compared BMD, plasma cortisol level, osteocalcin and C-telopeptide levels of 35 premenopausal women with major depression with those of 30 healthy women who were matched for age and body mass index. Major depression was diagnosed according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (fourth edition) criteria.

Free radicals and antioxidants in primary fibromyalgia: an oxidative stress disorder?

The role of free radicals in fibromyalgia is controversial. In this study, 85 female patients with primary fibromyalgia and 80 age-, height-, and weight-matched healthy women were evaluated for oxidant/antioxidant balance. Malondialdehyde is a toxic metabolite of lipid peroxidation used as a marker of free radical damage.

The effect of hand osteoarthritis on grip and pinch strength and hand function in postmenopausal women.

The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of osteoarthritis on hand function in postmenopausal women. One hundred patients with hand OA and 70 healthy volunteers as controls were evaluated. Grip and pinch strength measurements and Dreiser's functional index were used for hand function.

Pulmonary function tests, respiratory muscle strength, and endurance of patients with osteoporosis.

Background: It has been shown that patients with thoracic kyphosis due to osteoporosis have diminished pulmonary function. The aim of this study was to determine the pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength, and endurance of patients with osteoporosis who did not have compression fractures.

Methods: The patient group consisted of 88 recently diagnosed postmenopausal osteoporotic women without spinal fractures.

Correlation of serum cytokine levels with axial bone mineral density.

Cytokine has been postulated to play a role in the pathogenesis of post-menopausal osteoporosis. To test this hypothesis we measured circulating levels of IL-1, IL-6,IL-8 and TNF-alpha in 98 post-menopausal women (30 age matched normal and 68 osteoporotic) with no vertebral fractures. Although the cytokine levels of patients were found in normal cut off values, the difference in cytokine levels between patients and controls was statistically significant for IL-1 and IL-8 (p < 0.

Study of axial bone mineral density in postmenopausal women with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis related to type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: The association of bone mineral density (BMD) with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) related to diabetes mellitus was studied.

Methods: We measured BMD and elevated known determinants of BMD (bone markers) in 35 patients with DISH-related type 2 diabetes mellitus, 47 type 2 female diabetics, and 52 female controls with no systemic disease and no drug administration. All subjects were matched for age and body mass index (BMI).

Bone mineral density and grip strength in postmenopausal Turkish women with osteoporosis: site specific or systemic?

Objective: To assess the relationship of grip strength to site-specific bone mineral density of the metacarpal bone and also axial bone mineral density. The bone mineral density of the lumbar spine, femoral neck and the nondominant hand were measured by DEXA.

Subjects: A total of 187 postmenopausal women were included in the study.

Unilateral brachial plexus injury occurring after reduction mammaplasty.

A left neuropraxic brachial plexus injury was seen after reduction mammaplasty. The clinical signs of plexopathy were noted in the very early postoperative period. The partial axonal damage was heavy in the upper and posterior branches and moderate in the medial branch of the plexus.

Acute electrophysiologic effect of pulsed gallium-arsenide low energy laser irradiation on configuration of compound nerve action potential and nerve excitability.

Background And Objectives: We evaluated the acute electrophysiologic effects of low-energy pulsed laser irradiation, measured by extracellular recording technique on compound action potential configuration and nerve excitability in the isolated frog sciatic nerve

Study Design/materials And Methods: A pulsed gallium-arsenide (GaAs) laser (wavelength, 904 nm; pulse duration, 220 nanoseconds; peak power per pulse, 27 W; spot size, 0.28 cm(2); total applied energy density, 0.005-2.

Electrophysiologic effect of gallium arsenide laser on frog gastrocnemius muscle.

Background And Objective: In this study, the effect of low energy Gallium arsenide (GaAs) laser irradiation on the compound action potential of frog gastrocnemius muscle were investigated.

Study Design/materials And Methods: Sixty frogs were divided into different six dose groups: laser 1 (1 Hz), laser 2 ( 4 Hz), laser 3 (16 Hz), laser 4 (64 Hz), laser 5 (128 Hz), and laser 6 (1,000 Hz, DC, continue) (in each group n=10). Low energy GaAs laser (wavelenght: 904 nm, pulsed duration: 220 nanoseconds, peak power per pulse: 27 W, total applied energy density: 0.