Prevalence and characteristics of bone disease in cirrhotic patients.

Background And Aim: Chronic liver disease is a risk factor for osteoporosis, osteopenia and bone fractures. In this study, prevalence and risk factors of osteoporosis and vitamin D deficiency and also their effects on survival were investigated in 218 patients with chronic liver disease.

Materials And Methods: Prevalence of osteoporosis and vitamin D levels was calculated.

Recurrent priapism in spinal cord injury: A case report.

Recurrent priapism is characterized by repetitive episodes of erections which are unrelated to sexual interest or stimulation. It is extremely rare in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). There are a number of conservative agents used in the treatment.

Effects of robot assistive upper extremity rehabilitation on motor and cognitive recovery, the quality of life, and activities of daily living in stroke patients.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of robotic rehabilitation on upper extremity functions, cognitive development, and activities of daily living in patients with subacute stroke.

Methods: This study was set as prospective and controlled. Subjects with subacute stroke were allocated into two groups as the robotic and control groups.

Wheelchair appropriateness in children with cerebral palsy: A single center experience.

Background: Although wheelchair appropriateness has been studied in general wheelchair users and spinal cord injury patients, it has not been studied in children with cerebral palsy yet.

Objective: To describe the wheelchair appropriateness in children with cerebral palsy.

Materials And Methods: Thirty children with cerebral palsy were included.

Does vitamin D affect muscle strength and architecture? An isokinetic and ultrasonographic study.

Background And Objectives: The objective of this study was to explore the association between 25- hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and muscle strength/architecture.

Methods And Study Design: Thirty patients (27 women, 3 men) were allocated into Group I (n=15, mean age; 44.4±9.

Effects of botulinum toxin serotype A on sleep problems in children with cerebral palsy and on mothers sleep quality and depression.

Objective: To evaluate botulinum toxin serotype A (BoNT-A) effects on sleep problems in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and on mothers` sleep quality and depression at multiple time points.

Methods: This is a single center, cross sectional, and observational study was conducted to assess children with CP who were admitted. We recruited children with CP who were admitted to Ministry of Health Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey between September 2012 and April 2014 for the BoNT-A injection for lower limb spasticity.

Pregabalin: A New Adjunct in Calcineurin Inhibitor Pain Syndrome Treatment.

Tacrolimus and cyclosporin are calcineurin inhibitors (CIs) commonly used in organ transplants. These agents rarely cause a severe, debilitating pain syndrome of especially lower extremities, known as CI pain syndrome (CIPS). Although the pathogenesis is not well understood, neuropathic pain mechanisms have started to be discussed in the recent literature.

Effectiveness of Kinesiotaping and Subacromial Corticosteroid Injection in Shoulder Impingement Syndrome.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether kinesiotaping or subacromial corticosteroid injection provides additional benefit when used with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome.

Design: Patients with shoulder impingement syndrome were divided into 3 groups as follows: NSAID group (n = 33), kinesiotaping group (kinesiotaping + NSAID) (n = 33), and injection group (subacromial corticosteroid injection + NSAID) (n = 33). Outcome measures including visual analog scale, shoulder ranges of motion, Shoulder Disability Questionnaire, and University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) scale were evaluated before and after the treatment (fourth week).

Ultrasonographic measurement of the femoral cartilage thickness in patients with transfemoral amputation.

Objective: To compare the distal femoral cartilage thickness of the non-amputee sides in patients who had unilateral transfemoral amputation with those of healthy subjects by using ultrasound.

Methods: Thirty transfemoral amputees (27 male, 3 female) and 30 age-, sex-, and body mass index-matched healthy controls were included. Functional usage of the prosthesis was evaluated by using Houghton score.

Effects of Bisphosphonates and Calcium plus Vitamin-D Supplements on Cognitive Function in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis§.

Background: Postmenopausal osteoporosis has been linked to accelerated cognitive decline; however, little is known about the effects of medical treatment on cognitive functions.

Material And Methods: In this prospective study, we evaluated the effects of bisphosphonate treatment and calcium plus vitamin D supplementation on cognitive functions in 45 women with postmenopausal osteoporosis who were started on medical treatment. The medications included alendronate, zoledronic acid, risedronate, or ibandronic acid along with a low or high dose of calcium plus vitamin D supplements.

Effects of the bilateral isokinetic strengthening training on functional parameters, gait, and the quality of life in patients with stroke.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of the bilateral isokinetic strengthening training applied to knee and ankle muscles on balance, functional parameters, gait, and the quality of in stroke patients.

Methods: Fifty patients (33 M, 17 F) with subacute-chronic stroke and 30 healthy subjects were included. Stroke patients were allocated into isokinetic and control groups.

The prosthesis evaluation questionnaire: reliability and cross-validation of the Turkish version.

[Purpose] Currently, there are a limited number of amputee-specific instruments for measuring prosthesis-related quality of life with good psychometric properties in Turkey. This study translated the Prosthetic Evaluation Questionnaire to Turkish and analyzed as well as discussed its construct validity and internal consistency. [Subjects and Methods] The Prosthetic Evaluation Questionnaire was adapted for use in Turkish by forward/backward translation.

Hypertrophic ancenous epitrochlearis muscle as a cause of ulnar neuropathy at elbow.

We report herein a 35-year-old man who suffered from pain at his left elbow and numbness in his left hand. Electromyographic studies demonstrated a localized nerve conduction block in the left elbow region. Ultrasonographic evaluation revealed enlargement of the ulnar nerve at the level of the medial epicondyle as well as bilateral anconeus epitrochlearis muscles, one of which was hypertrophic, causing the ulnar neuropathy at the symptomatic site.

Position sense of the hemiparetic and non-hemiparetic ankle after stroke: is the non-hemiparetic ankle also affected?

Background And Purpose: Researchers have shown an increased interest in proprioception deficits of the paretic side in hemiplegic patients. However, far too little attention has been paid to the proprioception sense of the non-hemiparetic side. The objective of this research was to determine whether the position sense of the ankles, especially of the non-paretic side, is affected in stroke patients.

Extremity shortness in obstetric brachial plexus lesion and its relationship to root avulsion.

A total of 73 patients with obstetric brachial plexus palsy and extremity shortness were evaluated clinically, electrophysiologically, and with cervical magnetic resonance imaging. Patients were separated into groups according to age and the level of lesion. The differences of the length of the humerus, ulna, radius, and the second and fifth metacarpal bones were significant between the involved and uninvolved extremities.

Factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients with severe Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Purpose: To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in control subjects and patients with severe Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) 6 months after rehabilitation. To determine the relationship of several sociodemographic and medical factors with the HRQOL of the GBS survivors.

Methods: Thirty-one patients with severe GBS and 31 control subjects were included in the study.

Functional and cognitive progress in aphasic patients with traumatic brain injury during post-acute phase.

Objectives: To investigate the relationship between language functions and cognitive and functional outcome and to evaluate the effects of a conventional language rehabilitation programme on aphasic adult patients in the post-acute stage of traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Design: Non-concurrent prospective study. Patients were assessed pre-treatment and post-treatment with standardized assessment tools.

Spinal cord injury associated with thoracic osteoporotic fracture.

This report details a case of sudden neurologic deficit attributable to acute thoracic fractures associated with senile osteoporosis. A 73-yr-old female patient with a history of occasional back pain during the past 4 mos had sudden thoracic vertebral fracture with spinal cord injury. The patient, who had a benign past medical history, had not been evaluated for osteoporosis.

Upper extremity shortness in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.

Objective: To evaluate upper extremity shortness in patients with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (HCP) and to investigate the association between extremity shortness, motor level, and muscle tone.

Design: Prospective, controlled study.

Subjects: Forty-two children with HCP and 29 healthy children.

Comparison of rehabilitation outcome in patients with aphasic and non-aphasic traumatic brain injury.

Objective: To compare the functional, cognitive and disability status of aphasic and non-aphasic traumatic brain injury patients.

Design: A prospective comparative study in which 103 patients with traumatic brain injury participated.

Subjects: Fifty-one aphasic and 52 non-aphasic patients with traumatic brain injury.

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation versus baclofen in spasticity: clinical and electrophysiologic comparison.

Objectives: Clinical and electrophysiologic comparison of the efficacy of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and oral baclofen in the treatment of spasticity.

Design: Patients with spinal cord injury and spasticity were included in the study. Ten patients were assigned to oral baclofen and 11 to TENS groups.

Sensitivity of median sensory nerve conduction tests in digital branches for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome.

Objective: To compare the sensitivity of median sensory nerve conduction tests performed by stimulating digital branches in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.

Design: A prospective study in 506 hands of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosed electrophysiologically.

Results: The sensitivity of median sensory nerve conduction tests across the first three digit-to-wrist segments and palm-to-wrist segment was determined.