Complex motion of the human thumb is enabled by the balanced architectural design of the extrinsic and intrinsic thumb muscles. Given that recent imaging advances have not yet been applied to enhance ...
It is well known that questionnaires and scales are easy to use, cheap, and provide fast results. In the clinical setting, it will be easier and more comfortable to evaluate lower-extremity functions ...
To study the Turkish version of the orthotics and prosthetics users' survey lower-extremity functional status (OPUS-LEFS) and investigate its reliability and validity in the Turkish prosthesis and ort...
After forward and backward translation process, test-retest, internal consistency, validity, dimensionality, and Rasch analysis were done for 139 participants....
Participants with a lower-limb prosthesis or orthosis were recruited in this study. Test and retest of the survey was done 1-3 days apart. For convergent validity, Nottingham Health Profile was used. ...
Test-retest reliability of OPUS-LEFS showed very strong correlation (0.994) and for internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha value 0.71 of the Turkish version of OPUS-LEFS. Analyses showed that OPUS...
The Turkish version of the OPUS-LEFS has been shown to be a valid and reliable tool in evaluating both orthosis and prosthesis users with a self-administered questionnaire for LEFS....
A precise and reliable test of the olfactory function is indispensable for the diagnosis of the olfactory disorder (OD). Despite of this, in a clinical context, often there is no place in daily routin...
Participants comprised 84 healthy control subjects (HC) and 37 OD patients. The "Sniffin' Sticks" test battery consisting of odor threshold (T), discrimination (D) and identification (I) tests was use...
Sniffin' Sticks self-assessment was efficient in distinguishing between self-reported HC subjects and OD patients (p's < 0.01), and the scores did not differ significantly from the assisted-assessment...
The Identification self-test is appropriate to be solely applied, and is therefore an easy-to-use alternative for olfactory screening in a larger segment of patients. The whole "Sniffin' Sticks" self-...
Reliable quantitative data are required to address the unpredictability of facial autologous fat grafting (AFG). Facial evaluation by 3D scanning technology is getting popular. However, this process l...
A systematic review was used to collect the differences in and limitations of 3D assessments and analyze the effect of the quantification process on the AFG outcomes. Healthy subjects undergoing only ...
The systematic review revealed the quantitative process to be operator-dependent. The intra-group FVRR in the postoperative 11+ month group varied significantly (P=.03). The review identified a set of...
As far as the 3D evaluation of AFG outcomes is concerned, this is the first study to comprehensively analyze the process and set quantitative criteria. These standards would not only guide future rese...
This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Inst...
The Tinnitus Screener was introduced in 2015 as a four-item algorithmic instrument to assess the temporal characteristics of a person's reported tinnitus. The Tinnitus Screener was then revised as a s...
The Tinnitus Screener was administered to 190 military Service members and 250 military Veterans at two time points separated by 7-31 days. Our analysis focused on test-retest reliability of responses...
Constant or intermittent tinnitus was found in 31% of Service members and 53% of Veterans. Overall, kappa reliability coefficients were high, near .80, indicating substantial reliability. The majority...
The updated version of the Tinnitus Screener is shown to be a reliable instrument. The Tinnitus Screener is recommended to inform clinical decision making by determining the temporal characteristics o...
Skin-mountable electronics are considered to be the future of the next generation of portable electronics, due to their softness and seamless integration with human skin. However, impermeable material...
To agree wording of level descriptors for a measure of functional outcome of children's eating and drinking....
An online, modified Delphi method was used to gather feedback on current level descriptor wording and generate rewording suggestions. Thirty speech and language therapists, working in a variety of set...
Nineteen expert speech and language therapists (median experience 18 years) completed round one; 15 out of 19 completed round two. Level descriptor rating reached 80% agreement in two rounds. Addition...
This study has produced agreed wording for a functional measure of eating and drinking activity suitable for use with paediatrics feeding disorders, regardless of disease aetiology, presentation, age,...
The HEXACO model divides the space of personality into six main dimensions: Honesty-Humility, Emotionality, eXtraversion, Agreeableness (vs. anger), Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience. Desp...
The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is widely used to assess the use of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression strategies to regulate negative emotions. The present study evaluates th...
Current studies are focusing on the relationship between anatomical variables in preoperative prostate MRI and the development of post-prostatectomy incontinence (PPI). Nevertheless, there is little e...
Pelvic floor measurements with 3T-MRI were performed by two radiologists and two urologists independently and blindly. Interobserver agreement was determined using the intraclass correlation coefficie...
The concordance was good-acceptable for most measurements, except for the levator ani and puborectalis muscle thickness (some ICC values < 0.20/p value > 0.05). The anatomical parameters with the high...
MUL, IPP, prostate volume, aLUMP, OIT, urethral width and prostatic length show acceptable inter-observer concordance and they would be reliable as possible predictors of PPI. Levator ani and puborect...
