Clinical feasibility of Xbox KinectTM training for stroke rehabilitation: A single-blind randomized controlled pilot study.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and safety of Xbox KinectTM training of the upper extremity in subacute stroke rehabilitation.

Design: A single-blind, randomized controlled, pilot study.

Patients: Twenty consecutive patients with stroke.

Speech and language therapy for aphasia following subacute stroke.

The aim of this study was to investigate the time window, duration and intensity of optimal speech and language therapy applied to aphasic patients with subacute stroke in our hospital. The study consisted of 33 patients being hospitalized for stroke rehabilitation in our hospital with first stroke but without previous history of speech and language therapy. Sixteen sessions of impairment-based speech and language therapy were applied to the patients, 30-60 minutes per day, 2 days a week, for 8 successive weeks.

Investigating the status of using lower extremity orthoses recommended to patients with spinal cord injury.

Study Design: Retrospective descriptive study.

Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the rate of using orthosis among spinal cord injury (SCI) patients for whom orthosis was recommended for standing and walking, the relationship between the clinical and demographic characteristics of SCI and the use of orthosis and the reasons for not using orthosis.

Setting: Ankara Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Turkey.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of persons with spinal cord injury in Turkey: One-year experience of a primary referral rehabilitation center.

Objective: To define the demographic and clinical characteristics of persons with spinal cord injury, rehabilitated in a primary referral rehabilitation center in Turkey.

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: Ankara Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

The analysis of serum lipid levels in patients with spinal cord injury.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Objectives: The purposes of this investigation were to evaluate the serum lipid profile among a broad sample of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), examining the impact of disease duration, lesion level, lesion grade and functional activity level on serum lipid levels of patients with SCI.

Setting: Ankara Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Turkey.

Correlation of bladder wall thickness and treatment success in types of urinary incontinence.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The aim of the study was to investigate the correlation between mean bladder wall thickness (BWT) and treatment success in patients diagnosed with urinary incontinence, based on urodynamic test results.

Methods: In this prospective study, patient urinary incontinence type was identified using urodynamic tests. Patients (N = 125) were categorized into three groups: urodynamic stress incontinence (SUI), detrusor over-activity (DO) and mixed urinary incontinence.

Training postural control and sitting in children with cerebral palsy: Kinesio taping vs. neuromuscular electrical stimulation.

Objective: To elucidate the effects of Kinesio Taping (KT) in addition to neurodevelopmental therapy (NDT) on posture and sitting, and to compare the effects of KT and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES).

Materials-methods: Seventy-five children were randomized into control, KT, and NMES groups. NDT was applied to all children 4 times a week for 4 weeks.

Musculoskeletal Hydatid Cysts Resembling Tumors: A Report of Five Cases.

Although challenges in treatment of musculoskeletal hydatid cysts (HC) lesions have been documented, data regarding the musculoskeletal HC lesions resembling tumor is scarce. This paper presented 5 patients (3 males, 2 females) with a mean age of 41.6 years with tumor-like lesions of HC.

Cardiovascular disease risk in people with spinal cord injury: is there a possible association between reduced lung function and increased risk of diabetes and hypertension?

Study Design: Retrospective, descriptive study of medical files 253 patients with chronic traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI).

Objectives: To determine the frequency of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in SCI people, to estimate CVD risk in this population according to the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) and to determine whether reduced lung function parameters are significant predictors of diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension.

Setting: Academic Rehabilitation Hospital.

The impact of lower extremity pain conditions on clinical variables and health-related quality of life in patients with stroke.

Background: The presence of lower extremity pain may be associated with poorer motor recovery, impaired activities of daily living (ADL), reduced quality of life, and disability in patients with stroke.

Objective: The aims of the study were to describe the characteristics of lower extremity pain conditions and to evaluate the impact of lower extremity pain on clinical variables, and health-related quality of life in patients with stroke.

Methods: One hundred and eighty-five patients with stroke who have self-reported pain in the lower extremity were included in the study.

Ultrasonographic measurements of the metacarpal and talar cartilage thicknesses in hemiplegic patients after stroke.

Background: Immobilization of the extremities after stroke is known to be the foremost reason of articular cartilage degeneration and musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) has become increasingly important in the assessment of joint cartilage. To the best of our knowledge, US measurements of the metacarpal and talar cartilage thicknesses in hemiplegic patients after stroke have not been performed before.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to explore whether metacarpal and talar cartilage thicknesses were affected after stroke using US.

EURO-MUSCULUS/USPRM basic scanning protocols revisited in children.

High-resolution ultrasound (US) has been widely used in the evaluation of adult musculoskeletal disorders with several established high-quality scanning protocols. Despite the fact that US use is even more advantageous in the pediatric population, normal sonographic images of the major joints are lacking in children. Due to the excessive amount of hyaline cartilage, the bony landmarks can hardly be recognized.

The Effects of Lead Exposure on Serum Uric Acid and Hyperuricemia in Young Adult Workers: A Cross-sectional Controlled Study.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the relationship between serum uric acid levels and renal functions in asymptomatic subjects who had occupational lead exposure, particularly for shorter durations whereby saturnine gout has also been discussed.

Patients And Methods: In this retrospective study, files of 100 males (mean age 34.5±5.

The effectiveness of balneotherapy in chronic neck pain.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of balneotherapy (BT), which is applied in addition to physical therapy (PT), in the treatment of chronic neck pain. Sixty patients with chronic neck pain were divided into study (n = 30) and control (n = 30) groups. All of the patients in both groups were treated with a 15-session standard PT program consisting of hot pack, ultrasound, and transcutaneous electrical stimulation.

Evaluation of bone mineral density and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in subjects with silica exposure.

Objective: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the bone mineral density (BMD) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels in patients with silica exposure.

Materials And Methods: The study included 104 male subjects with silica exposure and 36 healthy subjects. Posterior-anterior radiographs were classified according to the International Labour Office (ILO) Classification.

Coexistence of Deep Vein Thrombosis, Heterotopic Ossification, and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome due to Hemorrhagic Stroke.

Case: A patient who developed hemiplegia related to a hemorrhagic stroke and who had not been started on venous thromboembolism prophylaxis or a physical medicine and rehabilitation program was admitted to our clinic on the 4th month after the event. Our patient had pain, swelling, redness, increased temperature at the right lower extremity, range of motion limitation at the hip and knee, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) at the same side lower extremity, and heterotopic ossification (HO) at the hip.

Conclusions: Our case is presented to emphasize the HO that is not frequently seen after stroke, the importance of DVT prophylaxis in hemorrhagic stroke, and the association between DVT, HO, and CRPS.

The Fate of the Iliopsoas Muscle in Long-term Follow-up After Open Reduction With a Medial Approach in Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip. Part 2: Isokinetic Muscle Strength Evaluation.

Background: The impact on long-term weakness of hip flexion of complete iliopsoas tenotomy during open reduction of developmental hip dysplasia with a medial approach has not yet been fully clarified. The purpose of this study was to investigate the isokinetic muscle strength (IMS) of hip flexor and extensor muscles in these patients and also to analyze the effect of spontaneous reattachment of the iliopsoas muscle on IMS measurements.

Methods: The study included 20 patients.

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.

Handgrip Strength in Fibromyalgia.

Objectives: This study aims to compare the handgrip strength values of fibromyalgia (FM) patients and healthy individuals and to demonstrate the relationship between clinical factors and FM disease severity.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-five female patients (mean age 34±9.2 years; range 20 to 50 years) with FM and 23 age- and body mass index-similar healthy females (mean age 35.

Monitoring development of autonomic dysreflexia during urodynamic investigation in patients with spinal cord injury.

Objectives: We aimed to investigate whether autonomic dysreflexia (AD) develops during urodynamic investigation in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) with neurological level below thoracic (T) 6 together with the frequency and related factors for AD development.

Study Design: Prospective study.

Methods: The systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and heart rate (HR) of 51 SCI patients with a neurological level below T6 were measured and recorded at the beginning and every two minutes during the filling phase of the urodynamic study.