MT in conjunction with physical therapy appears to be an effective treatment modality that reduces shoulder pain and improves shoulder ROM, shoulder function, and quality of life among patients with AC.

The aim of this study is to evaluate comparatively the life quality of patients with knee osteoarthritis (KO), shoulder impingement syndrome(SIS), fibromialgia(FM), or osteoporosis(OP) using SF 36 and establish the impact of these diseases on quality of life (QoL). A total of 193 patients with one of the above-mentioned different diagnoses completed SF 36 scale. The diseases were compared to each other with SF 36 subgroups scores. There were significant differences among patients with KO and SIS, SIS and FM with respect to all SF 36 subgroups scores. According to these assessments, QoL of KO and FM patients was worst than that of SIS. The QoL scores of KO patients were worse than those of FM patients considering the physical function, while QoL scores of FM patients were lower than those of KO patients with respect to their general well-being. Scores of physical function and pain in KO patients were lower than those of OP patients. In domains of social functioning, emotional role, energy, pain, and general health condition QoL of FM patients was worse than that of OP patients. Quality of life of SIS patients was less affected than the patients of the other disease groups. In spite of their young age, FM patients appear to be the group with the worst quality of life scores.

DHI is a reliable, valid questionnaire to assess hand-related activity limitation in patients with traumatic hand flexor tendon injuries. Also, due to its high level responsiveness DHI can be used for assessing the clinical course of the traumatic hand flexor tendon injured patient.

ÖzetTopuk ağrısı ayak ağrılarının %15'ini oluşturur. Ağrı, plantar fasiit, kalkaneal kırık, kalkaneal apofizit, topuk yastığının atrofisi, enflamatuar hastalıklar gibi nedenlere bağlı olabildiği gibi sinir kökenli de olabilir. Tibial, plantar ve/veya medial kalkaneal sinir sıkışması ağrının nöral nedenlerindendir. Medial kalkaneal sinir topuktaki yumuşak dokuların çoğunun duysal innervasyonunu sağlar. Topuk ağrısının nöral kaynaklı olduğunu teşhis etmek için öykü ve dikkatli bir fizik muayene gerekir. Topuk ağrısının diğer nedenleri dışlanmadan önce cerrahi girişim için acele edilmemeli, konservatif tedavi sonrasında tanı yeniden gözden geçirilmelidir.Anahtar sözcükler: Topuk ağrısı; medial kalkaneal sinir.

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