Medical Practices and Rehabilitation

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to conduct the cross-cultural adaptation of Neck Disability Index (NDI) and investigate the validity and reliability of Turkish version in patients with neck pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: The NDI is a reliable evaluation instrument for disability but there are no published Tur…

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to conduct the cross-cultural adaptation of Neck Disability Index (NDI) and investigate the validity and reliability of Turkish version in patients with neck pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: The NDI is a reliable evaluation instrument for disability but there are no published Tur…

• AYNUR AYŞE KARADUMAN

STUDY DESIGN: The cultural adaptation of Neck Disability Index (NDI), the validity and reliability of Turkish version. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to conduct a study concerning the cultural adaptation of NDI and investigate the validity and reliability of its Turkish version in patients with neck pain. SUMMAR…

STUDY DESIGN: The cultural adaptation of Neck Disability Index (NDI), the validity and reliability of Turkish version. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to conduct a study concerning the cultural adaptation of NDI and investigate the validity and reliability of its Turkish version in patients with neck pain. SUMMAR…

• EMİNE ASLAN TELCİ

BACKGROUND: Successful use of prostheses after lower-limb amputation (LLA) depends on undergoing physiotherapy and rehabilitation both physically and psychologically. The aim of this systematic literature review is to systematically review the scientific evidence regarding prosthetic rehabilitation and physiotherapy a…

• ÖZLEM ÜLGER
• SEHER EROL ÇELİK

OBJECTIVE: The Neck Disability Index, the Northwick Park Pain Questionnaire, the Copenhagen Neck Functional Disability Scale and the Neck Pain and Disability Scale are widely used scales for assessing neck pain or disability. The aim of this study was to determine the most suitable scale for Turkish patients with neck…

• GONCA KARABULUT

Stroke is a major, chronically disabling neurological disease, which often radically and permanently changes the lives of the victims. Improvement of motor coordination and the degree of independence achieved in activities of daily living have been the usual criteria used to measure outcome in stroke rehabilitation. T…

• NİLÜFER KUTAY ORDU GÖKKAYA

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to determine the functional differences between total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients who were treated with supervised physiotherapy or a standardized home program and perform a cost analysis. [Subjects and Methods] Patients who received total knee arthroplasty between January 2009…

• NURAY AKKAYA

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to determine the functional differences between total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients who were treated with supervised physiotherapy or a standardized home program and perform a cost analysis. [Subjects and Methods] Patients who received total knee arthroplasty between January 2009…

• ALİ KİTİŞ

To facilitate the interaction between the health professional and the patient, a framework to guide the rehabilitation process is needed. This framework would encompass three interwoven aspects: the rehabilitation management plan, Individual Rehabilitation Project (IRP), and rehabilitation cycle(s). All three framewor…

• AYŞE ADİLE KÜÇÜKDEVECİ

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Impaired sitting balance is an important and time-consuming complication for stroke patients. We examined the effect of the use of an angular biofeedback device in addition to physical therapy in training stroke patients with impaired sitting balance compared with outcome in patients receiving…

• NİGAR DURSUN

In the context of the White Book on Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) in Europe this paper deals with the scope and competencies of PRM starting from its definition as the "medicine of functioning." PRM uses the rehabilitative health strategy as its core strategy together with the curative strategy. According…

• AYŞE ADİLE KÜÇÜKDEVECİ