Calisthenic exercises can be easily performed both at home and in hospital setting. In patients with AS, calisthenic exercises performed at the hospital may improve the mobility, and psychological status (anxiety).
Pes planus is a condition that can cause pain along the innerfoot due to the absence or abnormal depression of the longitudinal arch. There are few studies available that compare therapy modalities used in these patients. In our study, those treated with conservative therapies - internal and external shoe modifications and pes planus exercises - were compared clinically and pedobarographyically. 60 pes planus patients were included in the study. In the first group; internal modification was performed by placing a medial longitudinal arch support inside the shoe. In the second group, external shoe modification was performed using the Thomas heel. In the third group of patients however, only an exercise program was executed. The patients' foot pain levels, functional asssessment, satisfaction and quality of life were recorded. Pedobarography was used in measuring both static and dynamic plantar pressure. Assessments were carried out at baseline and at the end of the first and third months respectively where intra- and inter- group comparisons were performed. Each group was composed of 20 subjects. While improvement in terms of foot pain, foot function index and quality of life was observed in all the study groups (p< 0.05), the most improvement was observed in the group of patients treated with internal modification (p< 0.016). This was followed by the external modification and the exercise groups respectively. No difference was observed between the internal and external modification groups in terms of patient satisfaction. Cross-sectionally; clinical assessments, pedobarographic analysis were correlated. The changes observed after static and dynamic pedobarographic studies were not significantly different between the study groups. At the end of the study it was observed that internal modification yielded the most significant clinical improvement. In the literature, there are limited publications comparing the conservative treatments with each other. In this study we aimed to compare the conservative treatments for flatfoot.
[Purpose] Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder resulting from a defect in insulin
secretion, insulin action, or both. A consequence of this is chronic hyperglycemia with
disturbances in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. We investigated whether there is
any difference among DM patients and a control group in terms of lumbar and femur BMD
(bone mineral density), and standard deviation scores (Z score and T score). [Subjects and
Methods] This randomized, prospective, controlled, single-blind study was conducted in the
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department Faculty of Medicine, Bezm-i Alem Vakıf
University. Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were included in the patient groups.
Healthy individuals were included in the control group. [Results] A total of 126 patients
completed the study (63 in the study group, 63 in the control group). There was no
significant difference in the results of the laboratory examinations of the cases. The
bone mineral densities of the cases were found to be significantly low in terms of the
lumbar (L1–4) T scores in the type 2 diabetes group. [Conclusion] Although osteoporosis is
one of the potential complications of type 1 diabetes, its effect on bone mineral density
in type 2 DM is controversial. In different studies, the bone mineral density values have
increased, decreased or remained normal. With the exception of the lumbar (L1–4) T score,
similar results were obtained in this study.
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