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The effects of COVID-19 on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Turkey in the first month of pandemic.

Turk J Phys Med Rehabil

September 2020

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Uludağ University, Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey.

Objectives: The outbreak of novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) has affected Turkey very seriously, as well as all around the world. Many urgent and radical measures were taken due to the high contagious risk and mortality rate of the outbreak. It is noteworthy that isolation recommendations and the provision of health services for pandemic have a negative impact on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) services.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study aimed to determine how common rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA) are in Turkey using a phone questionnaire previously tested in other countries.
  • In the research, a Turkish version of the questionnaire was validated with 200 rheumatology patients, then used to survey 4,012 randomly selected individuals to identify potential cases.
  • Results showed a RA prevalence of 0.56% and an SpA prevalence of 0.46% in the general population of Turkey, with significant differences based on region, particularly higher rates in the Northern and Central regions for RA and SpA, respectively.
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Investigation of the effect of GaAs laser therapy on lateral epicondylitis.

Photomed Laser Surg

June 2010

Uludağ University Medical Faculty, Atatürk Rehabilitation Center, Rheumatic Disease and Hydrotherapy Section, Bursa, Turkey.

Background And Objective: There are conflicting reports regarding the efficacy of low energy laser therapy in treatment of lateral epicondylitis (LE). Contradictory results are considered to be due to different joint treatment protocols regarding variables such as dose, duration, and frequency. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of gallium-arsenide (GaAs) laser therapy, which was performed with the dose regimen recommended by the World Association for Laser Therapy, in relieving pain and improving functional activities in patients with LE.

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Reliability and validity of Turkish version of the patient rated tennis elbow evaluation.

Rheumatol Int

June 2010

Rheumatic Disease and Hydrotherapy Section, Atatürk Rehabilitation Center, Uludağ University Medical Faculty, Kükürtlü cad. No: 98, Cekirge 16080, Bursa, Turkey.

The objective of this study was to test the reliability of the Turkish version of PRTEE (PRTEE-T) as a specific scale for LE, and to investigate the validity of this version by correlating and comparing its outcomes with those of the scales DASH (the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand questionnaire) and Quick DASH (QDASH), pain (VAS), tenderness, and maximal grip strength (MGS). Fifty patients (14 males and 36 females) with the diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis were included in this study. PRTEE Questionnaire was translated into Turkish according to the guideline for the cross-cultural adaptation process.

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Conservative treatment of lateral epicondylitis: comparison of two different orthotic devices.

Clin Rheumatol

August 2008

Rheumatic Disease and Hydrotherapy Section, Atatürk Rehabilitation Center, Uludağ University Medical Faculty, Bursa, Turkey.

We investigated the effectiveness of braces in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis and compared the effects of two different types of most frequently used braces. A total of 50 patients (seven males and 43 females) with an age range of 34 to 60 who had the diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis were included in the study. The patients were distributed into two groups.

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A modified yoga-based exercise program in hemodialysis patients: a randomized controlled study.

Complement Ther Med

September 2007

Uludag University Medical Faculty, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Department, Atatürk Balneotherapy and Rehabilitation Center, PK 16080 Kükürtlü, Bursa, Turkey.

Aim: To evaluate the effects of a yoga-based exercise program on pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and biochemical markers in hemodialysis patients.

Materials And Methods: In 2004 a randomized controlled trial was carried out in the outpatient hemodialysis unit of the Nephrology Department, Uludag University Faculty of Medicine. Clinically stable hemodialysis patients (n=37) were included and followed in two groups: the modified yoga-based exercise group (n=19) and the control group (n=18).

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Objective: This study is based on whether the self-management program choices For Better Bone Health is effective to promote behavioral strategies for improving bone health, life quality, pain perception, physical function, and balance in osteoporotic subjects.

Design: In this single-blind, randomized controlled study, a total of 50 sedentary women with postmenopausal and idiopathic osteoporosis were selected from the outpatients of Atatürk Balneotherapy and Rehabilitation Center according to their physical activity level and T scores of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry as the inclusion criteria. Fifty sedentary women with BMD T scores of -2.

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Brown tumor of the sacral spine in a patient with low-back pain.

Rheumatol Int

November 2007

Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Rheumatic Disease and Hydrotherapy Section, Uludağ University Medical Faculty, Atatürk Rehabilitation Center, Kükürtlü cad. No. 98, 16080, Cekirge, Bursa, Turkey.

We present a case of a 44-year-old woman with an unusual location of a brown tumor in the sacral vertebrae due to parathyroid adenoma. She was admitted to our clinic with the complaint of low-back pain and was later diagnosed to have a brown tumor. The patient underwent surgery and partial sacrectomy and iliac wing resection was performed in Orthopedic Surgery Department.

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects and minimum effective dose of laser acupuncture in knee osteoarthritis (KOA), and to determine if it is superior to placebo treatment (sham) in the evaluation of clinical-functional outcome and quality of life.

Methods: In this randomized, placebo-controlled study, patients with grade 2 and 3 primary KOA were selected. Group I (n = 27) received 904-nm low-level laser irradiation with 10 mW/cm(2) power density, 4 mW output power, 0.

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To investigate if spa water is superior to tap water (TW) in relieving the symptoms of pain, joint motion, life quality in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients. In this randomized placebo-controlled trial, 52 patients with KOA were followed in two groups. In group I (n = 27), patients were treated in the pool full of spa water at 37 degrees C for 20 min a day, 5 days a week, for a period of 2 weeks.

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Hand involvement in Behçet's disease.

Joint Bone Spine

December 2006

Division of Rheumatology, Atatürk Rehabilitation Center, Uludag University, Kükürtlü C.98, 16080 Bursa, Turkey.

Aims: To study the clinical hand findings in Behçet's disease (BD) and to observe scintigraphic changes of these areas.

Methods: Fifty-seven randomly selected BD patients and the patients in the control group (N=40) were evaluated by two blind rheumatologists. The hands were examined for the presence of pain, tenderness, swelling, effusion, erythema, warmth, range of motion and limitation of motion, deformities and muscle atrophy.

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Low-power laser treatment for shoulder pain.

Photomed Laser Surg

October 2005

Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk Rehabilitation Center, Rheumatic Disease and Hydrotherapy Section, Uludaà University, Cekirge, Bursa, Turkey.

Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of low-power gallium-arsenide laser treatment on the patients with shoulder pain.

Background Data: Low-energy laser therapy has recently been popularized in the treatment of various rheumatologic, neurologic, and musculoskeletal disorders such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome, rotator cuff tendinitis, and chronic back pain syndromes.

Methods: A total of 40 patients who applied to our clinic with shoulder pain and complied with the selection criteria were included in the study.

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Aims: This study is designed to show the efficacy of balneotherapy and balneotherapy (BT) + nonsteroid antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) use in Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients.

Methods: In this prospective study, BT, BT+ NSAID and NSAID therapy in 61 patients with AS were evaluated by ASAS core set. BT group (21 patients) was treated only with BT for 20 min, once a day, 5 days a week, over a period of 3 weeks.

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Influence of aquatic and weight-bearing exercises on quantitative ultrasound variables in postmenopausal women.

Am J Phys Med Rehabil

January 2005

Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Atatürk Balneotherapy and Rehabilitation Center, Uludağ University, Kükürtlü Kaplicalari, PK:16080 Bursa, Turkey.

Objective: In this prospective, controlled study, the effects of weight bearing and aquatic exercises on the calcaneal ultrasonic scores of postmenopausal sedentary women was investigated.

Design: A total of 62 postmenopausal sedentary women (mean age, 54.1 +/- 7 yrs) with broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) T-score variables less than -1 were admitted to Ataturk Balneotherapy and Rehabilitation Center and randomized into aquatic exercise (n = 21), weight-bearing exercise (n = 21), and control (n = 20) groups.

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Objective: To investigate the effect of laser photostimulation in rehabilitation of human digital flexor tendons with a placebo-controlled double-blind prospective study model.

Background Data: Low-energy laser therapy has been applied in several rheumatoid and soft tissue disorders with a varying rate of success and it has also been shown to have a positive effect on tendon healing in animal experiments, but no clinical study on laser photostimulation in the treatment of human tendons has been reported to date.

Materials And Methods: This study was performed in a total of 25 patients with 41 digital flexor tendon injuries in five anatomical zones.

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Investigation of the effect of GaAs laser therapy on cervical myofascial pain syndrome.

Rheumatol Int

January 2005

Rheumatic Disease and Hydrotherapy section, Atatürk Rehabilitation Center, Uludağ University Medical Faculty, Bursa, Turkey.

Low-energy laser therapy has been applied in several rheumatoid and soft tissue disorders with varying rates of success. The objective of our study was to investigate the effect of laser therapy on cervical myofascial pain syndrome with a placebo-controlled double-blind prospective study model. It was performed with a total of 53 patients (35 females and 18 males) with cervical myofascial pain syndrome.

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Objective: This study is based on whether moderate increased physical activity as aquatic exercise has anabolic effects on bone and evaluates this in terms of quantitative ultrasound and hormonal variables.

Design: In this study, 41 postmenopausal sedentary women were admitted to Atatürk Balneotherapy and Rehabilitation Center, according to T scores of broadband ultrasound attenuation. Subjects were followed for 6 mos in aquatic exercise and control groups.

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Investigation of the effects of pool-based exercise on fibromyalgia syndrome.

Rheumatol Int

September 2004

Rheumatic Disease and Hydrotherapy Section, Uludağ University Medical Faculty, Atatürk Rehabilitation Center, Bursa, Turkey.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare pool-based exercise and balneotherapy in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients.

Methods: Fifty female patients diagnosed with FMS according to the American College of Rheumatism (ACR) criteria were randomly assigned to two groups: group 1 (n=25) with pool-based exercise, and in group 2 (n=25) balneotherapy was applied in the same pool without any exercise for 35 min three times a week for 12 weeks. In both groups, pre- (week 0) and post-treatment (weeks 12 and 24) evaluation was performed by one of the authors, who was blind to the patient group.

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