This chapter reviews the impact of chronic musculoskeletal pain on patients' health-related
quality of life. In addition to the physical health consequences, chronic musculoskeletal pain …

Many studies which were published in other countries identified certain benefits and barriers
to physical activity among young people. But there is no data about the subject pertaining to …

Purpose: To evaluate the quality of life of mothers with children suffering from cerebral palsy
compared with those who have children with minor health problems. Method: Forty mothers …

Objectives: The Shoulder Pain And Disability Index (SPADI) is a self-report questionnaire
developed to evaluate patients with shoulder problems. No validated Turkish version exists. …

Settings A self-administrated questionnaire survey was conducted in September 2003. The
health care settings for this study included five university hospitals, seven government …

Purpose: To compare the quality of life scores of fibromyalgia patients with myofascial pain
syndrome patients. Method: Thirty-three fibromyalgia patients, 33 myofascial pain syndrome …

Purpose: This study aimed to compare health-related quality of life (HRQoL) between children
with cerebral palsy (CP) and neuromuscular diseases (NMD). Material and methods: A …

[Purpose] We compared the effectiveness of dry needling with a classical physiotherapy
program in patients with chronic low-back pain caused by lumbar disc hernia (LHNP).[Subjects …

This study sought to assess knee joint position sense (JPS) and static balance after application
of cold-packs and spray. Fifteen healthy basketball players volunteered to participate. …

… All of the subjects were told not to eat or drink 2 h preceding the exercise tests. The test
end points were the achievement of the subject’s age-predicted maximum heart rate or the …