Use of relative motion orthoses from the perspective of hand-injured patients: A qualitative study.

Background: Relative motion (RM) orthoses have gained popularity with therapists as their versatility lends to "protective," "exercise," and "adaptive" uses.

Purpose Of The Study: To ask for comments from patients wearing RM orthoses for protective or exercise reasons.

Study Design: Interpretive descriptive qualitative study.

The Use of Relative Motion Flexion Orthoses for Chronic Boutonniere Deformity.

Purpose: This study investigated the effectiveness of a relative motion flexion orthosis (RMFO) for increasing the range of motion for boutonniere deformity.

Methods: We included 28 patients aged 13-62 years with chronic boutonniere deformity who could complete 0° proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint extension with the pencil test and were stage 1 according to the Burton classification of boutonniere deformity. At the initial hand therapy appointment, the RMFO was made.

Early active movement with relative motion flexion splint for the management of zone 1-2 flexor tendon repairs: Case series.

Background: There is limited literature evidence on the use of relative motion flexion splint after flexor tendon repairs.

Objectives: We aimed to report the clinical use of early active movement with a relative motion flexion splint and to determine the outcomes of a consecutive series in patients with zone 1-2 flexor tendon repair.

Methods: We included 14 patients with one-stage flexor tendon repair.

Bone mineral density and serum vitamin D status in Parkinson's disease: Are the stage and clinical features of the disease important?

Background: Although it is well known that patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) have low bone mineral density (BMD) and serum vitamin D level, there are no studies evaluating their relationship with the stage and clinical features of the PD.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between BMD and serum vitamin D level and stage or clinical features of the PD.

Materials And Methods: One hundred twenty-four patients with PD recruited from Movement Disorders Outpatient Clinic and age- and sex-matched 116 healthy controls were included in the study.

Punica granatum L. Juice Attenuates Experimental Cerebral Vasospasm in the Rabbit Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Model: A Basilar Artery Morphometric Study and Apoptosis.

This study investigated the effect of L. (pomegranate) juice on the rabbit basilar artery in an experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) model.  Eighteen adult male New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into three groups: a control group ( = 6), SAH group ( = 6), and SAH + treatment group ( = 6).

Evaluation of the relationship between heart type fatty acid binding protein levels and the risk of cardiac damage in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

The aim of this study was to establish cardiac damage related to nocturnal ischemia using heart type fatty acid binding protein (h-fabp), which reaches detectable levels in plasma after being released from myocytes in case of ischemia in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) patients without coronary artery disease (CAD). Fifty patients diagnosed with OSAS in our sleep laboratory with polysomnographic analysis (PSG), who did not have any previous history of cardiac disease and in whom CAD was ruled out with myocardium perfusion scintigraphy, were included in the study. Control group comprised 19 volunteers without history of cardiac disease and risk factors in whom OSAS was excluded with PSG analysis.