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PURPOSE: Obesity prevalence and the relationship between obesity and motor function in children with ambulatory cerebral palsy (CP) were investigated. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study. The obesity profile of 75 children a...
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PURPOSE: Obesity prevalence and the relationship between obesity and motor function in children with ambulatory cerebral palsy (CP) were investigated. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study. The obesity profile of 75 children aged 2-18 years with ambulatory CP was investigated. GMFCS levels were recorded, and BMI was calculated using height and weight data and converted into Z-scores. Age- and gender-specific growth charts were used for children and adolescents. RESULTS: The mean BMI of the participants was 17.78, with an obesity rate of 18.67% and an overweight rate of 16%. Gross motor function was found to be associated with height, weight, and BMI (p < 0.05). No relationship was found between obesity + overweight and gender and CP subtype (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Turkish children with CP had a higher rate of obesity compared to typically developing peers and also their counterparts in other countries. There is a need for studies to identify the causes of obesity and to develop effective intervention programs for prevention of it in children with CP.
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Background: People who have survived COVID-19 may develop chronic pain.Aims: To investigate the difference in pain level, anxiety, functional status, and quality of life in COVID19 survivors with myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) in ...
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Background: People who have survived COVID-19 may develop chronic pain.Aims: To investigate the difference in pain level, anxiety, functional status, and quality of life in COVID19 survivors with myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) in the trapezius muscle compared with MPS patients without COVID-19.Design: Cross-sectional observational study.Settings: Physical medicine and rehabilitation outpatient clinics of a single tertiary-care hospital.Participants/Subjects: Eighty patients (40 patients with MPS and 40 patients with MPS + COVID) who were diagnosed with chronic MPS in the trapezius muscle were evaluated.Methods: Pain level of the patients was evaluated using the visual analogue scale (VAS), the functional status with the Neck Pain and Disability scale, the psychosocial effects of the pain with the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and the quality of life with the Nottingham Health Profile tests, and the two groups (MPS and MPS + COVID) were compared.Results: A significant difference was observed between the groups in terms of pain, anxiety, and disability ( p < .001). MPS + COVID group showed significantly greater pain intensity on VAS and higher mean total scores on Nottingham Health Profile, Beck Anxiety Inventory, all Nottingham Health Profile subdomains (pain, emotional reactions, sleep, social isolation, physical mobility, energy) compared with the MPS group ( p < .001).Conclusions: After recovering from COVID-19, patients with MPS showed increased pain, anxiety, disability, and decreased quality of life.& COPY; 2023 American Society for Pain Management Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the properties of psoas muscle in osteoporotic patients in lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan and their relationship with hip fracture. Materials and methods One hundred...
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Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the properties of psoas muscle in osteoporotic patients in lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan and their relationship with hip fracture. Materials and methods One hundred seventy-seven patients with osteoporosis (63.69 +/- 9.677, 105 female) who had received lumbar spine MRI and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) examinations were retrospectively included. Thickness (PMT), cross-sectional areas (CSA), and index (PMI) values were measured for psoas muscle at L3 level and psoas muscle characteristics were compared between hip fracture and control groups. Results PMT, CSA, and PMI values were statistically significantly different between hip fracture and control groups (respectively p < .001, p < .05, p < .01). The results showed that there was a significant association between being sarcopenic and having hip fracture (chi(2) (1, n = 117) = 4.57, p < .05, phi = .20). Conclusion PMT, CSA, and PMI might be associated with hip fracture in osteoporotic patients. However, this association is independent of bone mineral density (BMD). Psoas muscle features including PMT, CSA, and PMI should be used as significant predictors of falls and fractures in osteoporotic patients.
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