A prospective clinical study to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of dry needling and laser therapy in neck and upper back myofascial pain syndrome.

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a disorder of the musculoskeletal system that is distinguished by the presence of pain, tenderness, muscle spasms, restricted joint range of motion, fatigue, and, in rare cases, autonomic dysfunction.

Coronaphobia in patients with fibromyalgia.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the level of coronaphobia caused by the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and to compare the results in patients without FMS.

Patients And Methods: Between August 2020 and October 2020, a total of 61 patients who were admitted to our outpatient clinic were included. The patients were divided into two groups as Group 1 (n=30; 2 males, 28 females; mean age: 43.

Diagnostic difficulty, delayed diagnosis, and increased tendencies of surgical treatment in fibromyalgia syndrome.

Purpose: Aimed to evaluate the time elapsed between the onset of early symptoms and the diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), the delays in diagnosis and frequent physician visits, increased tendencies of surgical treatment, and the effects of FMS symptoms on the post-surgical result.

Patients And Methods: While there were 101 patients diagnosed with FMS in the 1st group, there were 100 patients in the 2nd group who presented with musculoskeletal complaints but were not diagnosed with FMS. In both groups, information on duration of complaints, time until diagnosis, and number of evaluating physicians were included.

Social media use in patients with fibromyalgia and its effect on symptom severity and sleep quality.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate social media use in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and determine the effect of social media use on disease severity and sleep quality.

Materials And Methods: In total, 205 social media using patients with similar characteristics were included in the study. The study group consisted of 103 patients with FMS, and the control group consisted of 102 patients without FMS.

The effectiveness of balneotherapy and thermal aquatic exercise in postoperative persistent lumbar pain syndrome.

In our study, we aimed to investigate the effectiveness of balneotherapy and aquatic exercises in patients with postoperative chronic low back pain. Forty-three patients over the age of 18 who had been operated on for herniated disc and who had at least 6 months of back and/or leg pain were included in the study. The patients have been distributed randomly into 2 groups prior to the treatment.

Effectiveness of low-level laser therapy in temporomandibular disorder.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of low-level laser therapy in the treatment of temporomandibular disorder and to compare treatment effects in myogenic and arthrogenic cases.

Methods: Thirty-five patients were evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging and randomly allocated to active treatment (n=20) and placebo treatment (n= 15) groups. In addition to a daily exercise program, all patients were treated with fifteen sessions of low-level laser therapy.