The relationship of radiographic findings with pain, function, and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between pain, function and quality of life with radiographic findings in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods: A total of 86 patients diagnosed with knee OA were included in the study. Demographic, physical, and pathological information was collected.

Psychometrical properties of the Turkish translation of the New Knee Society Scoring System.

Objective: To translate the New Knee Society Scoring System (KSS) into Turkish and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the translated questionnaire.

Methods: This study was conducted on 66 knees of 43 pre-op patients who were scheduled for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and 50 knees of 26 knee arthroplasty patients at least 6 months postoperatively. KSS was translated and culturally adapted according to the guidelines of Guillemin and Beaton.

Oxford Shoulder Score: cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Turkish version.

Background: The Oxford Shoulder Score (OSS) is a questionnaire developed to evaluate patients with certain shoulder problems. This study aimed to translate and culturally adapt a Turkish version of the OSS and validate its use for assessing Turkish patients with shoulder pathology.

Patients And Methods: OSS was translated and culturally adapted according to the guidelines in the literature.

Effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and interferential current in primary dysmenorrhea.

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and interferential current in primary dysmenorrhea.

Design: A prospective, randomized, and controlled study.

Setting: Hacettepe University School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation.

Single-injection femoral nerve block. Effects on the independence level in functional activities in the early postoperative period in patients with total knee arthroplasty.

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of single injection femoral nerve block (FNB) on the independence level in functional activities in the early postoperative period in patients with total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Methods: We conducted this prospective, randomized, blinded trial in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hacettepe University Hospital Ankara, Turkey, between June 2003 and April 2004. Twenty-three patients scheduled for elective TKA were randomly divided into 3 groups.