A quick balance assessment tool for all clinical settings: validity and reliability of the Hungarian version of the activities-specific balance confidence scale.

Background: The Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale was developed for testing the balance confidence of elderly individuals, and it has been used extensively for evaluating various patients. No such scale has been adapted for the Hungarian population.

Objective: To translate and culturally adapt the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale and test the reliability and validity of the Hungarian version.

Genetic Polymorphisms in Exon 5 and Intron 5 and 7 of Are Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk in a Hungarian Population.

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is chronically persistent synovitis and systemic inflammation. Although multiple contributors are detected, only one is pivotal in the neonatal period: the negative selection of autoimmune naïve T-cells by the autoimmune regulator (AIRE) transcriptional factor.

Methods: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the DNA-binding site of may determine its function and expression.

Association Between Polymorphisms rs870881(C>T), rs1003854(T>C) and Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk: A Hungarian Case-control Study.

Background/aim: Autoimmune regulator (AIRE) is a transcription factor that plays pivotal role in controlling autoimmunity. In the thymus, it supports the presentation of peripheral tissue antigens to developing T cells, where recognition of these self-antigens negatively selects the autoimmune naïve T-cells by central tolerance. Studies demonstrated that single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in AIRE alter transcription and propagate clonal survival of autoimmune T cells, therefore increase susceptibility to autoimmune diseases.

Effect of HEAT therapy in patiEnts with type 2 Diabetes mellitus (HEATED): protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Introduction: The burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing worldwide. Heat therapy has been found effective in improving glycaemic control. However, to date, there is a lack of randomised controlled studies investigating the efficacy of heat therapy in T2DM.

Clinical Effect of End-range Maitland Mobilization in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis - A Pilot Study.

Background/aim: Different manual therapy techniques and conservative therapy have been used separately for alleviation of pain and improvement of physical function in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). However, no study has reported the effect of combination of these treatment modalities in the management of KOA. Our aim was to test the feasibility of the study design and to compare the effect of end-range Maitland mobilization to conservative therapy in KOA.