Evaluation of bone health in terms of osteoporosis in adult patients with neuromuscular disease.

Background/aim: There are no current guidelines to help clinicians decide whether patients with adult neuromuscular disease (NMD) should be screened or treated for osteoporosis (OP). This study was undertaken to investigate the presence of OP in patients with various types of NMD and to examine the relationship between OP evaluation parameters and functional status, daily living activities, balance, and ambulation levels.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study included 45 patients with NMDs.

Effectiveness of kinesiotape and sham kinesiotape application in children with cerebral palsy with dysphagia: A randomized controlled study.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the short- and long-term effects of kinesiotaping (KT) on dysphagia in children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Patients And Methods: One hundred one CP patients (59 males, 42 females; mean age: 49.3±18.

The caregiver burden of informal caregivers for stroke patients with and without dysphagia: A multi-center, cross-sectional study in Türkiye.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the caregiver burden (CB) of informal caregivers for stroke survivors with and without dysphagia and to assess the relationship between the CB levels of informal caregivers for stroke survivors with dysphagia, patients' swallowing-related quality of life (QoL), and patients' stroke-specific QoL.

Patients And Methods: This multi-center, prospective, cross-sectional study included a total of 120 stroke patients (76 males, 44 females; mean age: 61.1±12.

Pediatric Dysphagia Risk Screening Instrument (PDRSI) in Children With Cerebral Palsy.

This study aimed to evaluate whether the Pediatric Dysphagia Risk Screening Instrument (PDRSI) was a suitable test for children with cerebral palsy (CP) and assess the instrument's Turkish validity and reliability. One-hundred twenty-six children with CP participated in this study. "Cronbach's alpha (ɑ)," "Cronbach's ɑ when one item is deleted," "inter-item correlation," and "corrected item-to-total correlation" were used to assess internal consistency.

Reliability and Usefulness of ChatGPT for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: An Analysis for Patients and Healthcare Professionals.

Aim: We aimed to evaluate the performance of Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) within the context of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which is expected to become an increasingly significant health issue in the future. In addition, the objective of the study was to assess whether ChatGPT serves as a reliable and useful resource for both patients and healthcare professionals.

Methods: For this study, 20 specific questions were identified for the two main components of IBD, which are Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).

Factors influencing the willingness to participate in rehabilitation in patients with subacute stroke.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the parameters that may influence the willingness of patients to participate in post-stroke rehabilitation.

Methods: Patients in the subacute phase of stroke who underwent inpatient rehabilitation for one month were included in this study. The primary outcome measure was the level of rehabilitation participation as measured on the Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Participation Scale (PRPS).

Best Practice Recommendations for Dysphagia Management in Intensive Care Unit (ICU): A Delphi Study from Multidisciplinary Experts in Turkey.

There is no study about all aspects of oropharyngoesophageal (OPE) dysphagia from diagnosis to follow-up in a multidisciplinary manner in the world. In order to close this gap, we aimed to create a recommendation study that can be used in clinical practice, addressing all aspects of dysphagia in the ICU in detail with the opinion of experienced multidisciplinary experts. This recommendation paper was generated by a multidisciplinary team, using the seven-step process and a three-modified Delphi round via e-mail.

Ultrasonographic measurement of median nerve and wrist skin thickness in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: relationship with clinical, electrophysiologic and functionality.

The study aimed to investigate the relationship between the proximal and distal cross-sectional area (CSA) of the median nerve and wrist skin thickness measured by ultrasound in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), demographics, disease characteristics, electrophysiological measurements, symptom severity, functionality, and symptom severity. 98 patients with electrophysiological diagnoses of CTS in the dominant hand were included in the study. Proximal and distal CSAs of the median nerve and wrist skin thickness were measured ultrasonographically.

"Dr ChatGPT": Is it a reliable and useful source for common rheumatic diseases?

Aim: It is inevitable that artificial intelligence applications will be used as a source of information in the field of health in the near future. For this reason, we aimed to evaluate whether ChatGPT, a new Large Language Model, can be used to obtain information about common rheumatic diseases.

Materials And Methods: Common rheumatic diseases were identified using the American College of Rheumatology and European League against Rheumatism guidelines.

The importance of myofascial trigger points in chronic neck pain: An ultrasonography preliminary study.

Background: Ultrasonographic evaluation of trigger points detected by physical examination in patients with myofascial pain syndrome is being used more frequently in clinical care. However, the sonographic appearance of trigger points, in association with pain and disability, has not been adequately described.

Objective: To reveal the presence of trigger points with ultrasonography in those with myofascial pain syndrome and to determine if ultrasound images can help discriminate between demographic and disease characteristics.

Association between swallowing muscle mass and dysphagia in older adults: A case-control study.

Background: Swallowing function is formed by the synergistic, coordinated, and complex movements of approximately 30 muscles. However, There is no study on which one(s) of these muscles can predict the possibility of dyspfagia.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there is a relation between dysphagia and ultrasonographic measurements of swallowing muscles mass, and to determine which muscle mass would predict the possibility of dysphagia.

Pediatric dysphagia overview: best practice recommendation study by multidisciplinary experts.

Background: Currently, there is no comprehensive and multidisciplinary recommendation study covering all aspects of pediatric dysphagia (PD). This study aimed to generate PD management recommendations with methods that can be used in clinical practice to fill this gap in our country and in the world, from the perspective of experienced multidisciplinary experts.

Methods: This recommendation paper was generated by a multidisciplinary team, using the seven-step process and a three-round modified Delphi survey via e-mail.

Best Practice Recommendations for Geriatric Dysphagia Management with 5 Ws and 1H.

Background: Dysphagia is a geriatric syndrome. Changes in the whole body that occur with aging also affect swallowing functions and cause presbyphagia. This condition may progress to oropharyngeal and/or esophageal dysphagia in the presence of secondary causes that increase in incidence with aging.

Effectiveness of Functional Electrical Stimulation - Cycling Treatment in Children with Cerebral Palsy.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of functional electrical stimulation (FES) bicycle therapy system on motor function, gait pattern, spasticity, daily living activities, and aerobic capacity in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and to compare the results with sham stimulation and standard treatment.

Methods: Patients with cerebral palsy who received botulinum toxin type-A injections to lower extremities and those with Gross Motor Function Measure Classification System (GMFCS) levels I - III, were included in the study. Twenty-five patients were randomly assigned into three treatment groups for 4-weeks: Group 1, FES-cycling and standard treatment; Group 2, Sham stimulus FES-cycling and standard treatment; Group 3, Standard treatment.

Foot Deformity in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis: Is It Associated With Functionality and Disease Activity?

Foot involvement affects mobility and functionality in patients with ankylosing spondylitis but it remains unknown if foot deformities in ankylosing spondylitis patients affect functionality, disease activity, and quality of life. The aim of this study was to evaluate in detail the presence of a relationship between radiologically detected foot deformities in ankylosing spondylitis patients and both clinical and electrophysiological findings. The cross-sectional study included 110 patients with ankylosing spondylitis who were diagnosed according to the Assessment in Spondyloarthritis International Society criteria and were followed in our hospital.

Dysphagia management during COVID-19 pandemic: A review of the literature and international guidelines.

In this review, we present the safest and most effective diagnosis and treatment approaches to dysphagia during the novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the light of available data, relevant literature, and personal experiences. Evaluations for dysphagia patients should be based on clinical assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic and instrumental assessment should be planned for very few number of patients. The main approach to rehabilitation must depend on compensatory methods, texture-modified foods, and postural strategies.

Factors associated with paravertebral muscle cross-sectional area in patients with chronic low back pain.

Background: This study was performed to reveal the relationships between the cross-sectional areas (CSAs) of the paraspinal muscles and the severity of low back pain (LBP), including the level of disability.

Methods: This single-center cross-sectional study was conducted on 164 patients with chronic LBP. The effects of demographic characteristics, posture, level of physical activity, disc herniation type, and sarcopenia risk on the CSAs of paraspinal muscles were evaluated along with the relationship between the CSAs and severity of pain and disability in all patients.

Predisease Physical Activity Level and Current Functional Capacity in Patients With COVID-19: Relationship With Pneumonia and Oxygen Requirement.

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictive measures can reduce physical activity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate predisease physical activity and current functional capacity in patients with and without the presence of pneumonia and oxygen requirement in Turkish survivors of COVID-19.

Methods: Among the COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital, 100 patients were selected.

Swallowing difficulty in the older adults: presbyphagia or dysphagia with sarcopenia?

Oropharyngeal dysphagia is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in older adults. It has been reported in the literature that 11-68% of older adults experience swallowing difficulties. This study aimed to investigate the presence of dysphagia in older adults, whether this dysphagia is related to age (presbyphagia) or sarcopenia by comparing it with adults.

Is Dysphagia in Older Patients with Parkinson's Disease Associated With Sarcopenia ?

Background: Parkinson's Disease (PD) and sarcopenia share a number of common pathways, and they can potentially affect each other.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the relationship between dysphagia and sarcopenia in elderly patients with PD compared to healthy controls.

Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 54 elderly PD patients and age-, sex- and body mass index-matched 54 healthy elder persons.

Functional electrical stimulation cycling in patients with chronic spinal cord injury: a pilot study.

Objective: To examine the therapeutic value of lower extremity functional electrical stimulation (FES) - evoked cycling on functional independence, health status, gait parameters, pulmonary functions, and biochemical values in patients with chronic complete/incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI).

Materials And Methods: Fifteen patients with SCI (duration of more than 6 months) who were able to stand up and walk with long leg braces or assistive devices and had stable neurological status and trunk balance undertook FES cycling for 6 weeks (three times per week). The main outcomes were: Functional Independence Measure (FIM), Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), 6-minute walk test (6MWT), and 20-meter walk test (20MWT).