Relationship between urinary dysfunction and clinical factors in patients with traumatic brain injury.

Objectives: Examination of relations between urinary dysfunction and Functional Independence Measurement (FIM) values and other clinical factors.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-nine patients with TBI were included in the study. Patients' demographic values, lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and urinary drainage methods were recorded.

Does vitamin D affect femoral cartilage thickness? An ultrasonographic study.

This study aims to investigate the association between vitamin D levels and distal femoral cartilage thickness in healthy subjects. Eighty patients who were admitted to our outpatient clinic between May and July 2013 were classified into three subgroups according to their 25-OH vitamin D levels of <10, 10-20, and ≥20 ng/mL. Distal femoral cartilage thickness was measured from the midpoints of the right medial condyle (RMC), right lateral condyle (RLC), right intercondylar area (RIA), left medial condyle (LMC), left lateral condyle (LLC), and left intercondylar area (LIA) by using musculoskeletal ultrasound (US).

Isokinetic muscle performance of the hip and ankle muscles in women with fibromyalgia.

Objective: To compare isokinetic muscle performances of a proximal (hip) and a distal (ankle) muscle of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients with those of age- and body mass index (BMI)-matched healthy subjects.

Methods: Thirty female patients with FMS (mean age: 41.5 ± 6.

Proximal median nerve entrapment caused by a distal biceps tendon cyst: an ultrasonographic diagnosis.

A 60-yr-old woman reported severe pain in the proximal part of her left forearm. The pain was also radiating toward the median nerve-innervated areas of the arm, especially during elbow flexion. Ultrasonographic imaging showed a well defined ganglion cyst around the distal biceps tendon close to the median nerve.

Comparison of urodynamic findings in patients with upper and lower cervical spinal cord injury.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Objectives: To analyze the neurogenic bladder characteristics and treatment approaches in patients with upper and lower cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) in order to make proper and reasonable decisions to the relevant patients.

Setting: Rehabilitation center in Ankara, Turkey.

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.

Early radial digital neuropathy of the thumb due to flexor pollicis longus tendinitis: value of ultrasound in an uncommon mild neuropathy.

Introduction: A 50-year-old man developed intermittent paresthesia of the outer portion of the right thumb. Paresthesia increased with thumb abduction and flexion. The remainder of the physical examination was normal.

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.

An evaluation of bladder emptying methods and the effect of demographic and clinical factors on spontaneous voiding frequency in stroke patients.

In this study, the bladder emptying methods at different stages of the post-stroke period along with the effects of demographic and clinical parameters on spontaneous voiding frequency were investigated. The frequencies of bladder emptying methods at admission to the rehabilitation clinic, after neurourological and urodynamic assessment and at home after discharge were spontaneous voiding (SV) 51/99 (51.5 %), 62/99 (62.

Carpal tunnel syndrome and metabolic syndrome co-occurrence.

We aimed to evaluate the relation between the severity of carpal tunnel syndrome and metabolic syndrome. One hundred and fifty patients who had a clinical and electrophysiologically confirmed diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), were included in this study. The patients were divided into two groups (with or without metabolic syndrome) according to the criteria of National Cholesterol Education Program.

Incidence of acute hepatitis B in patients with spinal cord injury.

Study Design: Retrospective case survey.

Objective: To examine incidence and clinical characteristics of hepatitis B infection in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Setting: Inpatient clinic within a physical medicine and rehabilitation hospital specialized in rehabilitation.

Simultaneous complex regional pain syndrome of the upper and lower limb in a stroke patient. Case report.

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a clinical condition charactarized by localised or diffuse pain accompanied with vasomotor, sudomotor and trophic changes in the affected part of the body. CRPS type-1 (CRPS-1) is a disabling problem after stroke and it is frequently reported in plegic upper limb. Although hemiplegia also involve the lower limb only a small number of patients reported to have CRPS-1 in the ipsilateral lower limb simultaneously in the literature.

Diabetic muscular infarct: an unusual cause of extremity pain and dysfunction.

Diabetic muscular infarct (DMI) is a rare condition, which begins with acute onset of extremity pain and swelling. Patients usually have long-standing disease and poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (DM). Thigh muscle group is the most commonly involved side, while lower leg involvement is rare.

Isolated fibrosis/contracture of the rectus femoris muscle: diagnosis and follow-up with sonography.

Reported here is a 21-year-old female with isolated contracture of the rectus femoris muscle. Its possible relation to breech positioning, and the role of sonography for its diagnosis and close follow-up are discussed in the light of the relevant literature.

A sarcoidosis patient with hand involvement and large pulmonary lymph nodes: results of 1-year treatment with methotrexate.

Sarcoidosis infrequently involves the phalanges and the adjacent soft tissue. The management of bone lesions is not clear. We present herein the results of methotrexate therapy applied for 1 year in a sarcoidosis patient with hand involvement and large hilar lymphadenopathies.

Efficacy of combined oral-intravesical oxybutynin hydrochloride treatment for patients with overactive detrusors and indwelling urethral catheters.

The purpose of this article is to investigate the efficacy of intravesical oxybutynin hydrochloride (OH) to treat patients with overactive detrusors who are unresponsive to oral anticholinergic therapy alone. Twenty-five patients who were treated with oral OH for overactive detrusor (but who did not respond to treatment and were using indwelling urethral catheters) were given intravesical OH without changing oral treatment. Pre- and posttreatment bladder capacities were compared in urodynamic studies.

A rarely seen syndrome in rehabilitation of hemiplegia: antiphospholipid antibody-negative Sneddon's syndrome.

Sneddon's syndrome is a rarely seen disorder and it is characterized by livedo reticularis (LR) and neurologic findings. Some systematic findings may also be seen with neurologic and cutaneous findings. In this case, we aimed to present a 28-year-old female patient with diffuse LR, cardiac valve disease and migraine-type headache who had a right hemiplegic attack.

Occupation in spinal cord injury patients in Turkey.

Study Design: A cross-sectional survey.

Objectives: To investigate the changes in the occupation of patients after spinal cord injury (SCI) and the factors that cause this change.

Subjects: The study involved 192 Turkish patients (41 female, 151 male) who had suffered SCI.

Association of anti-CCP positivity with serum ferritin and DAS-28.

Antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptides (anti-CCP) are highly specific for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with a marginal increased prediction of the disease. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relation of the presence of anti-CCP with clinical manifestations and disease activity in a cohort of RA patients. A total of 61 RA patients were included in this study.

Noninvasive evaluation of lower urinary tract function in children with cerebral palsy.

Objective: The aim of this study was noninvasive evaluation of voiding function in children with cerebral palsy.

Design: Sixty children with cerebral palsy were enrolled in the study. Urinary system symptoms were recorded.

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.

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.

Decreased chest mobility in children with spastic cerebral palsy.

Consequences of neuromuscular impairment may lead to lung damage and reduced lung function in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The purpose of this study was to evaluate chest mobility by means of chest expansion (CE) measurements in patients with spastic CP. Chest circumference at maximal voluntary inspiration (Cinsp) and at maximal voluntary expiration (Cexpir) and CE (the difference between Cinsp and Cexpir) were measured in 56 consecutive inpatients with spastic CP and in 40 healthy children.

Bladder storage and emptying disorder frequencies in hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke patients with bladder dysfunction.

Background: Bladder dysfunction is common in stroke patients and it has a considerable impact on their lives. The objective of this study was to investigate the frequencies of urine storage and emptying disorders in hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke patients with persistent bladder dysfunction.

Methods: A total of 48 stroke patients who underwent urodynamic tests because of persistent bladder dysfunction were evaluated retrospectively.