Evaluation of the Sympathetic Skin Response to the Dry Needling Treatment in Female Myofascial Pain Syndrome Patients.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity following dry needling (DN) treatment, by using the sympathetic skin response (SSR) method in female patients diagnosed with myofascial pain syndrome (MPS).

Methods: Twenty-nine MPS patients with trapezius muscle pain and 31 healthy subjects were included in this study. During a single treatment session, DN treatment was applied into trigger points, for a duration of 10 minutes.

Adiponectin is an indicator of insulin resistance in non-obese prepubertal children born large for gestational age (LGA) and is affected by birth weight.

Background And Objective: Being born as large for gestational age (LGA) has an increased risk of developing insulin resistance. Hypoadiponectinaemia is associated with insulin resistance. The aim of this study was to evaluate adiponectin levels and insulin resistance in association with body composition in LGA born non-obese children at prepubertal ages.

Insulin, adiponectin, IGFBP-1 levels and body composition in small for gestational age born non-obese children during prepubertal ages.

Background: Being small for gestational age (SGA) at birth and postnatal growth pattern may have an impact on insulin resistance and body composition in later life. Adiponectin is a strong determinant of insulin sensitivity.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate insulin resistance and adiponectin levels in SGA born children with catch-up growth (CUG) in the absence of obesity in prepubertal ages and relations with body composition and insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP)-1.

Insulin resistance and body composition in preterm born children during prepubertal ages.

Background: Premature born children may show insulin resistance in childhood which may be due to intrauterine or postnatal adverse environmental factors.

Objective: Aim of this study was to evaluate insulin resistance and body composition in preterm born children born appropriate for gestational age (AGA) or small for gestational age (SGA) and relations with IGF-I, IGFBP-3 axis.

Methods: Ninety-three preterm born children grouped as premature SGA (n = 30) and premature AGA (n = 63) were evaluated at age 4.

Involvement of sympathetic reflex activity in patients with acute and chronic stroke: A comparison with functional motor capacity.

Objective: To investigate sympathetic nervous system functions in patients with acute and chronic phase of stroke by measuring sympathetic skin reflex (SSR) and the relationship between sympathetic dysfunction and motor function capacity.

Design: Cross-sectional, case-control study.

Setting: A physical medicine and rehabilitation department in a research hospital of a university referral center in Turkey.

Gastrointestinal side effect profile due to the use of alendronate in the treatment of osteoporosis.

The aim of our study was to evaluate the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract side effect profile in 759 female patients that had taken alendronate (10 mg/day), for at least 6 months, for the treatment of osteoporosis, in relation to the safety of alendronate and the compliance of patients to its absorption rules. This study was a multicentered retrospective, clinical, non- placebo controlled, study of 759 female subjects carried out at 26 centres in 6 different regions of Turkey. The mean age of our patients was 62.

Biofeedback and pelvic floor exercises for the rehabilitation of urinary stress incontinence.

We investigated the effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle (PFM) exercises or biofeedback for the treatment of urinary stress incontinence (USI). Fifty patients with USI were included in this randomized, controlled, prospective study. Twenty patients were taught PFM exercises via digital palpation and instructed to perform regularly as home program.

MR imaging and electrophysiological evaluation in carpal tunnel syndrome.

The objective of this study was to compare the MRI findings of wrists in patients diagnosed with CTS with those of the healthy controls, and to evaluate the correlation between the MRI differences and the electrophysiological findings in the patient group. This study involved 55 wrists, 30 of which were clinically and electrophysiologically diagnosed with CTS and 25 healthy controls. These 55 wrists were evaluated electrophysiologically, and in terms of median nerve diameter, ratio of median nerve diameter at psiform bone level to distal radio-ulnar joint level, the flexor retinaculum bulging ratio and the median nerve intensity by MRI.