The quality of life in MCCPs is significantly lower than that of control mothers. Also, although the BAI scores were not significantly different between the groups, the BDI scores were poorer in MCCPs compared to those the control group.
Patients with myofascial pain syndrome had higher scores for anxiety than for depression. When combined with neck stretching exercises, ultrasound treatment and trigger point injections were found to be equally effective.
The present study showed that there are certain differences between NT and traumatic SCI patients. Therefore, not all SCI patients should be considered to be falling under a single category, and should be divided into groups on the basis of the etiology of the injury. It is important to consider this information while developing the targets and planning of the rehabilitation program.
The home-based exercise therapy recommended to the patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a simply applicable and cheap method. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of home-based exercise therapy on pain, mobility, function, disease activity, quality of life, and respiratory functions in patients with AS. Eighty patients diagnosed with AS according to the modified New York criteria were included in the study. Home-based exercise program including range of motion, stretching, strengthening, posture, and respiratory exercises was practically demonstrated by a physiotherapist. A training and exercise manual booklet was given to all patients. Patients following home-based exercise program five times a week at least 30 min per session (exercise group) for 3 months were compared with those exercising less than five times a week (control group). Visual analog scale pain (VASp) values at baseline were significantly higher in the exercise group. The exercise group showed improvements in VASp, tragus-wall distance, morning stiffness, finger-floor distance, modified Schober's test, chest expansion, the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index, Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (ASQoL), forced expiratory volume in first second, and forced vital capacity at third month. There was significant difference in ASQoL scores between the two groups in favor of the exercise group at third month. Regular home-based exercise therapy should be a part of main therapy in patients with AS. Physicians should recommend that patients with AS do exercise at least five times a week at least 30 min per session.
Summary objectives:Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a complex pain syndrome characterized with trigger points (TP) in skeletal muscles. We aimed to assess the efficacy of ultrasound (US) therapy, which is one of the main devices used in physical medicine and rehabilitation, for the treatment of TP in MPS. Methods: Fifty nine patients (49 females, 10 males) with active TP on the upper trapezius fibers were randomized into the treatment (n=30) and the control groups (n=29). The treatment group received conventional US therapy for 6 minutes, on 1.5 Watt/cm 2 dose with 1 MHz frequency for 15 days whereas a placebo US therapy was administered to the control group. Prior to the treatment, immediately and 3 months later pain severity during rest and physical activity was assessed with visual analog scale (VAS), TP tenderness was measured with 0-5 scale, pressure pain threshold (PPT) was analyzed with algometer and the depression level was evaluated with Beck's depression questionnaire (BDP) by a clinician blinded to the groups. Results: The mean age of the patients were 37.43±9.07 and 35.83±5.68 years, in the treatment and control groups, respectively. Compared to the pre-treatment values VAS, 0-5 scale and BDP scores decreased (p<0.01) along with an increase in PPT (p<0.01) in both groups at the follow-up visits. 0-5 scales and BDP scores were significantly lower and PPT was significantly higher in the treatment group, compared to the control group (p<0.001). conclusion: Our results revealed that US treatment is effective on MPS.Keywords: Myofascial pain syndrome; placebo ultrasound; ultrasound. Özet amaç:Miyofasiyal ağrı sendromu (MFAS), çizgili kas içinde tetik noktalar ile karakterize bir kompleks ağrı sendromudur. Ça-lışmamızda, fizik tedavide kullanılan temel cihazlardan biri olan ultrasonun (US) tetik nokta tedavisindeki etkinliği araştırıldı. Gereç ve Yöntem: Trapez kası üst liflerinde saptanan tetik noktalara bağlı MFAS tanısı konulan 59 hasta (49 kadın, 10 erkek) randomize olarak tedavi (n=30) ve kontrol grubu (n=29) olarak iki gruba ayrıldı. Tedavi grubuna 15 gün boyunca, günde bir kez 6 dakika süreyle 1.5 Watt/cm 2 dozunda, 1 MHz devamlı konvansiyonel US tedavisi, kontrol grubuna ise aynı sürede plasebo US tedavisi uygulandı. Tedavi öncesi, tedavi sonrası ve tedaviden üç ay sonra vizüel analog skala ile olguların istirahat ve aktivite sırasındaki ağrı düzeyi, sıfır-beş skalası ile tetik nokta hassasiyeti, algometre ile tetik nokta üzerindeki basınç ağrı eşiği ve Beck depresyon ölçeği ile depresyon düzeyleri, tedavi grubunu bilmeyen bir klinisyen tarafından değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Olguların yaş ortalaması tedavi grubunda 37.43±9.07, kontrol grubunda 35.83±5.68 idi. Tedavi öncesi değerlerle karşılaştırıldığında, tedaviden sonra ve üç ay sonraki kontrollerde her iki grupta da ağrı yakınmaları, tetik nokta hassasiyeti ve depresyon düzeyinde anlamlı bir azalma (p<0.01), basınç ağrı eşiğinde anlamlı artış (p<0.01) saptanmakla birlikte, grupların birbiriyle karşılaştırılmasında ağrı, tetik nokta hassasiyeti ve...
Background: The concept of preparing the body before a stressful event, such as surgery, has been termed "prehabilitation" (preoperative physiotherapy and exercise programs). Prehabilitation programs for people awaiting total knee arthroplasty (TKA) have positive effects on patients health status and may also lead to better postoperative outcomes. Aim: The purpose of this study was to examine effect of a prehabilitation program on knee pain, functional ability among patients with knee osteoarthritis after TKA surgery. Study Design: A Prospective Controlled Study. Patients and Methods: Subjects enrolled in this prospective controlled study who referred to our Orthopedics and Traumatology outpatient clinic between 2014 April-2015 May, had severe OA with pain not responsive to conservative treatment and scheduled for unilateral TKA. Subjects were assigned to a control or prehabilitation group. Patients of prehabilitation group were recruited from the orthopaedic waiting lists for primary unilateral TKA. Partipicants in the prehabilitation group were prescribed a training program that consisted of education and home-based exercise 12 weeks before the operation. After the TKA, all subjects partipicated in the same postoperative rehabilitation protocol. Evaluations were made before the surgery, with follow-up assessments at 3 and 6 months after surgery. Knee pain was assessed by the use of a 10-cm Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and function assesed by Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) scale. Results: A statistically significant improvement was observed in the values of VAS and all subsclaes of KOOS in both groups at third and sixth month compared to baseline. The intergroup comparison of the improvement (pre-post scores at sixth month) did not show any statistically significant diffeferences in VAS and KOOS scores. Conclusion: Our results show that prehabilitation before TKA is not superior to surgical treatment alone but about 20% of the patients changed their operation decision. So it is important to be able to postpone this process especially in the early period.
Our objective was to evaluate the relation between age, gender, initial functional, cognitive and motor condition, spasticity, diabetes mellitus, and functional outcome after rehabilitation of stroke patients. Eighty-eight patients who had suffered stroke were administered in this study. Participants were stroke patients undergoing rehabilitation in Istanbul Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital. Functional condition (Functional Independence Measurement (FIM)), spasticity (Ashworth Scale), cognitive condition (Mini Mental State Evaluation (MMSE)), post-treatment FIM were measured. A significant positive association between MMSE at admission and the functional discharge measures was observed. A significant positive association Brunnstrom (upper lower extremity assessment) scores and the functional discharge measures was observed. A significant positive association between spasticity at admission and the functional discharge measures was observed. In conclusions, the admission functional, motor, cognition condition, age, spasticity were a significant predictors of total and motor FIM score at discharge, but not gender and diabetes mellitus.
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