Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome is a frequent cause of compression neuropathy. So, it is necessary to measure function and symptoms which are highly important to patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and have the most impact on quality of life. Aim of Study:To translate and test face validity, content validity, feasibility, internal consistency reliability and test retest reliability of Arabic-language version of Boston carpal tunnel questionnaire in carpal tunnel syndrome patients. Material and Methods:Fifty patients with carpal tunnel syndrome was recruited, 95 sheets (test and retest sheets) were filled out, two expert panels (each consists of ten experts) participated in this study. Forward translation, development of preliminary initially translated version, backward translation, and development of the pre-final version and testing of prefinal version by experts then testing of the final version on patients was done. Index of clarity, expert proportion of clearance, index of content validity, expert proportion of relevance, descriptive statistics, missed item index, Cronbach's alpha and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient were used for statistical analysis. Results:The study showed that scale index of clarity equals 87.14%, the mean proportion of clearance equals 87.14%, scale index of content validity equals 96.67%, the mean proportion of relevance equals 96.67%. The questionnaire items were filled by 95% in all sheets. The questionnaire needed less than 7 minutes to be filled. Cronbach's alpha equals 0.915 (0.877, 0.915) and all Spearman's correlations between test and retest results were statistically significant.Conclusion: Arabic-language version of Boston carpal tunnel questionnaire has face and content validity, feasibility and Internal consistency and test retest reliability enough in assessment of carpal tunnel syndrome.
Background and Objective: Cervical proprioception has an important role in maintaining normal spinal movement, stability and maintaining the balance of the body as a whole. Lateral ankle sprains are considered one of the most prevalent injuries in sports or in daily lives even. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of chronic ankle instability on cervical active repositioning accuracy. Materials and Methods: Thirty subjects of both sexes (16 females and 14 males) were selected and assigned into 2 groups, Chronic Ankle Instability (CAI) group consisting of 7 females and 8 males and control group (9 females and 6 males). Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool (CAIT) was used to determine the severity of functional ankle instability. Cervical proprioception was evaluated by CROM device in the sagittal, frontal and horizontal planes. Manual testing including talar tilt and anterior drawer tests was used to determine the integrity of ankle ligaments to identify subjects with ankle mechanical instability. Results: There was a significant effect of chronic ankle instability on cervical reposition error in all cervical movements of the three planes; cervical flexion reposition error (p = 0.0001), cervical extension reposition error (p = 0.0001), cervical Rt side bending reposition error (p = 0.0001), cervical Lt side bending reposition error (p = 0.0001), cervical Rt rotation reposition error (p = 0. 0001) and cervical Lt rotation reposition error (p = 0.006). Conclusion: There was a relation between CAI and the increase in cervical reposition error compared with healthy subjects. This effect should be considered in the rehabilitation program of patients with CAI.
IntroductionThe role of students’ residence and living status in the perceived barriers to healthy eating warrants attention. This study aimed to assess whether these factors influenced the perceived barriers to healthy eating in physiotherapy students.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in 3 Egyptian universities during the 2018 2nd semester; 404 physiotherapy students aged 18–22 years were recruited. They were overweight and obese, males and females, from all academic levels. The assessment tool was a validated questionnaire comprising 10 items designed to evaluate personal, social, and environmental barriers to healthy eating. A chi-squared test was used for statistical analysis.ResultsIn overweight students, there was a significant link between their residence and the perception of the barriers of lack of information, lack of enjoyment, lack of skills, high cost of healthy food, lack of friends’ support, lack of faculty staff support (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The living status was significantly related with the perception of the barriers of lack of information, lack of skills, lack of access to healthy foods, and high cost of healthy food in overweight students (<i>p</i> < 0.05). There was no significant association between the perception of the barrier of lack of time and students’ residence or living status.ConclusionsResidence and/or living status influence the perception of several barriers to healthy eating in overweight physiotherapy students. These observations may aid efforts to promote healthier eating behaviours among overweight/obese students, particularly from rural communities or living away from the family.
Background: Posterior ankle impingement syndrome is a common cause of posterior ankle pain that is known to be associated with sports which require the athletes to repetitively plantar flex the ankle such as ballet dancers, gymnasts, football, swimming, cycling. PAIS can limit the athlete’s ability to perform at the optimal level. Objective: To determine the prevalence of posterior ankle impingement syndrome in Egyptian swimmers. Subjects & Methods: Three hundred and fifty male and female Athletes; their age ranging from 8 to 18 years old practicing swimming for at least one year. Diagnosis of PAIS was made based on history taking and assessment using hyper plantar flexion ankle special test. Results: The prevalence of PAIS in the selected sample was 24.9% with 95% CI of 20.62- 29.64%. Conclusion: Swimming practice must be with precautions to avoid PAIS injury. Routine extensor tendon stretching before swimming and protective ankle dorsiflexion taping are recommended to prevent posterior ankle impingement syndrome.
Background: Mobile hand-held devices usage are on the rise in everybody's life that can be associated with physical health related problems, such as pain and numbness in the elbow and wrist and exposes forearm and hand to intense stresses at certain positions that may lead to peripheral nerve disorders. Purpose: To study correlation between forearm positions across elbow joint and ulnar nerve conduction velocity among mobile-hand held devices users. Design of the study: One shot case study. Subjects: Fifty healthy subjects from both genders, their age ranged from 20 to 40 years old. All subjects had body mass index between 18.5 and 24.9 Kg/m2. Method: Electromyography was used for measuring ulnar nerve conduction velocity across elbow joint at different angles (0 o extension, 45 o , 90 o and 120 o flexion) with different forearm positions (supination and pronation). Result: Multivariate Analysis of Variance revealed that there was a statistical significant difference in mean values of ulnar nerve conduction velocity at different angles of elbow flexion with forearm supination and pronation (P=0.001). There was a statistical significant difference in mean values of ulnar nerve conduction velocity between forearm pronation and supination at the different angles of elbow flexion (P=0.001). Conclusion: Usage of mobile hand held devices with forearm pronated and flexed elbow can decrease the motor conduction velocity of ulnar nerve more than other positions. As well as the best position for elbow joint during using mobile hand held devices is 0°-45° elbow flexion with elbow supinated.
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