Enhancing accuracy and efficiency in upper extremity disability assessments: development and testing of a desktop application.

This study aimed to validate a software application (app) developed by the authors to streamline and enhance the accuracy of disability assessments, specifically for musculoskeletal system disabilities in the upper extremities. A software was developed under a TÜBİTAK-funded project to aid in the disability assessment process. This tool, designed for Windows operating systems and developed in Visual Basic (VB.

Respiratory muscle strength in stroke: a case-control study.

Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the respiratory muscle strength of stroke patients and compare them with healthy individuals.

Method: The study was conducted with 171 patients who had a stroke between 2017 and 2021 and 32 healthy controls. Respiratory muscle strength and inspiratory and expiratory mouth pressure (MIP and MEP) were measured using the portable MicroRPM device (Micro Medical, Basingstoke, UK).

Revolutionizing migraine management: advances and challenges in CGRP-targeted therapies and their clinical implications.

Migraine, a prevalent neurological disorder, affects approximately 14.1% of the global population and disproportionately impacts females. This debilitating condition significantly compromises quality of life, productivity, and incurs high healthcare costs, presenting a challenge not only to individuals but to societal structures as a whole.

Structured different exercise protocols improve lung function, respiratory muscle strength, and thickness in stroke patients. A randomized controlled trial.

Background: The effect of core stabilization exercises (CSE) alone, or in combination with neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) and Kinesio taping (KT) on lung function, respiratory muscle strength, and thickness in patients with stroke is not fully known.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of NMES and KT applied with CSE on lung functions, respiratory muscle strength, and thickness in patients with stroke.

Methods: A total of 45 stroke patients were randomly assigned to the core stabilization exercises (CSE) group, CSE+KT group or CSE+NMES group, respectively.

Applying the WHO ICF framework to long COVID patients with persistent respiratory symptoms.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate long COVID patients with persistent respiratory symptoms through the application of the World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework.

Patients And Methods: This national, prospective, multicenter, cross-sectional study was conducted with 213 patients (118 females, 95 males; median age 56 years; range, 20 to 85 years) with long COVID between February 2022 and November 2022. The ICF data were primarily collected through patient interviews and from the acute medical management records, physical examination findings, rehabilitation outcomes, and laboratory test results.

Pain types and risk factors in post-COVID-19.

Objectives: This study aims to accurately evaluate pain lasting longer than three months and falls under the category of chronic pain and to determine the risk factors to follow up and treat properly and to develop appropriate diagnostic and treatment algorithms.

Patients And Methods: Between March 2021 and December 2021, a total of 437 patients (162 males, 275 females; mean age: 44±14.6 years; range, 12 to 82 years) who were referred to the participating centers due to pain complaints and were diagnosed with post-COVID-19 condition according to the criteria defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) were included in the study.

COVID-19-related anxiety and obsession levels in stroke patients and family caregivers and their effects on caregiver burden.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to describe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related dysfunctional anxiety and thinking in patients with stroke and caregivers who are family members and their effects on caregiver burden.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 79 stroke patients and their primary caregivers who were hospitalised in a tertiary rehabilitation hospital. Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) and Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (OCS) were used to assess the levels of COVID-19-related dysfunctional anxiety and obsession of the patients and their caregivers.

Effects of robot-assisted arm training on respiratory muscle strength, activities of daily living, and quality of life in patients with stroke: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial.

Background: Post-stroke clinical changes not only affect extremities and trunk muscles but also the respiratory muscles.

Purpose: To determine the effect of robot-assisted arm training with conventional rehabilitation (CombT) on respiratory muscle strength, activities of daily living (ADL), and quality of life in patients with stroke and to compare the results with conventional rehabilitation (CR).

Methods: It was a two-arm, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial in which 66 patients were randomly allocated to either CombT or CR to receive 30 sessions (5/week) over 6 weeks.

Whole body vibration activates the tonic vibration reflex during voluntary contraction.

[Purpose] The beneficial neuromuscular effects of whole-body vibration are explained by the tonic vibration or bone myoregulation reflex. Depending on factors that remain undefined, whole-body vibration may activate the tonic vibration or bone myoregulation reflex. We aimed to examine whether voluntary contraction facilitates activation of the tonic vibration reflex during whole-body vibration.

Evaluation of disease burden, patient journey, unmet diagnosis and treatment needs of patients with HIP and knee osteoarthritis in Turkey: A study through Delphi Methodology.

Objective: To get information-driven insights from expert physicians regarding multiple aspects of the patient journey in knee and hip OA and establish a consensus for future studies and decision tree models in Turkey.

Design: 157 questions were asked in total during this three-round modified Delphi-method panel to 10 physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists (2 have rheumatology and 3 have algology subspeciality), one orthopaedic surgeon and one algology specialist from anaesthesia specialty background. A consensus was achieved when 80% of the panel members agreed with an item.

The relationship between severity of overactive bladder symptoms and cognitive dysfunction, anxiety and depression in female patients with multiple sclerosis: Running head: OAB-V8, BICAMS and HAD scale in MS.

Background: Overactive bladder (OAB), cognitive dysfunction, depression and anxiety are common problems encountered in MS. This study was planned to investigate the relationship between the severity of OAB symptoms and cognitive function, anxiety and depression in MS.

Methods: 100 patients with MS diagnosis with OAB symptoms were recruited.

The effect of whole-body vibration on spasticity in post-stroke hemiplegia: A prospective, randomized-controlled study.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate whether whole-body vibration (WBV) has an anti-spastic effect on the ankle plantar flexors.

Patients And Methods: This single-blind, prospective, randomized-controlled clinical study included a total of 48 patients with chronic stroke (33 males, 15 females; mean age: 60.7±10.

COVID-19, cardiac involvement and cardiac rehabilitation: Insights from a rehabilitation perspective - State of the Art.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, many novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients have experienced multisystem involvement or become critically ill and treated in intensive care units, and even died. Among these systemic effects, cardiac involvement may have very important consequences for the patient's prognosis and later life. Patients with COVID-19 may develop cardiac complications such as heart failure, myocarditis, pericarditis, vasculitis, acute coronary syndrome, and cardiac arrhythmias or trigger an accompanying cardiac disease.

Demonstration of kinesio taping effect by ultrasonography in neck pain.

Objective: This study aimed to demonstrate the effectiveness of kinesio taping in nonspecific neck pain and to assess whether ultrasonographic parameters of the upper trapezius muscle can be used in the follow-up of kinesio taping treatment.

Methods: This was a single-blind, prospective, randomized controlled trial study involving 60 participants with nonspecific neck pain. The participants were randomly assigned into two groups.

Demonstrating the effectiveness of Platelet Rich Plasma and Prolotherapy treatments in knee osteoarthritis.

Background: Platelet-rich plasma(PRP) and prolotherapy(PRL) are regenerative treatment approaches in the knee osteoarthritis (KOA).

Aim: To see how efficient PRP and PRL are in treating KOA.

Methods: A total of 108 patients with a diagnosis of KOA who received either PRL, PRP, or exercise therapy and whose 3-month follow-up data were available were included in this retrospective study (PRL n = 35 or PRP n = 35, exercise n = 38).

Urinary system complications and long-term treatment compliance in chronic traumatic spinal cord injury patients with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate upper and lower urinary tract complications and the compliance of long-term treatment in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) by urodynamic examination.

Patients And Methods: Between January 1997 and May 2007, a total of 89 patients with SCI (79 males, 19 females; mean age: 39.8±12.

Biomechanical and Viscoelastic Properties of the Achilles Tendon and Plantar Fascia in Pregnant Women with Pelvic Girdle Pain: A Case-Control Study.

This cross-sectional study examined the biomechanical and viscoelastic properties of the Achilles tendon (AT) and plantar fascia (PF) and analyzed their relationship in pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain (PGP). The study was conducted in a public hospital between January and May 2021. Forty-four pregnant women (PGP+, n: 22; PGP-, n: 22) and 21 non-pregnant women were included.

Effect of dry-needling and exercise treatment on myofascial trigger point: A single-blind randomized controlled trial.

Aim: To investigate the effectiveness of dry-needling(DN) together with exercise therapy on pain, ultrasonographic parameters of myofascial trigger points(MTrPs), and upper trapezius(UT) muscles, and neck disability in patients with myofascial pain syndrome.

Material And Methods: This was a single-blind, prospective, randomized, and controlled trial. Participants aged 18-45 years with persistent neck pain for >3 months caused by the active MTrPs in the UT muscles were included.

Ultrasound-guided cervical selective nerve block: A case series.

Background: Cervical radiculopathy is characterized by pain, numbness, tingling, and weakness, mostly in an affected extremity, reflecting compression of a nerve in the neck is compressed or irritated where it emerges from the spinal cord. Diagnosis requires a detailed anamnesis, physical examination, and imaging. Physical therapy, exercise, medical therapy, and injections are the preferred treatments, but injections into the cervical region are only indicated if conservative treatment is ineffective.

Comparison of the effectiveness of radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy and supervised exercises with neuromuscular inhibition technique in lateral epicondylitis: A randomized-controlled trial.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the effects of radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) and supervised exercises with neuromuscular inhibition (NMI) technique in improving pain, function, and grip strength in the treatment of patients with lateral epicondylitis (LE).

Patients And Methods: A total of 50 patients with LE (11 males, 30 females; median age: 46 years; range, 23 to 57 years) whose symptoms persisted for at least three months between February 2015 and August 2015 were included in the prospective, randomized-controlled, clinical study. The patients were divided into two groups as the rESWT group (n=25) receiving a total of three rESWT sessions (once per week with 1.

Prevalence and predictors of polypharmacy among community-based individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the rate of polypharmacy and predictors in community-living people with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI).

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Outpatient clinic of the rehabilitation hospital.

Comparison of complete decongestive therapy and kinesiology taping for unilateral upper limb breast cancer-related lymphedema: A randomized controlled trial.

We designed a study to compare effects of complete decongestive therapy (CDT) and kinesiology taping (KT) (with exercise and skin care) on limb circumference, lymphedema volume, grip strength, functional status, and quality of life in patients with unilateral breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL). Forty patients with unilateral stage 2 BCRL were randomized to either the CDT group (n=20) or the KT group (n=20). Patients in the CDT group underwent 30-min manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) and multi-layer, short-stretch bandaging once a week for four weeks.