Derya Ozer

The effect on neuromuscular stability, performance, multi-joint coordination and proprioception of barefoot, taping or preventative bracing

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the effects of taping and preventive bracing on functional balance, jumping performance, multi-joint coordination and proprioception on comparison to barefoot and each other. DESIGN Controlled trial as an experiment with the independent variable testing in 3 trials: control (barefooted), preventive bracing, and taping. SETTING The sports physiotherapy research laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Twenty physically active male university students aged between 20 and 28 who had been free from lower extremity pathology for 12 months and had no previous history of ankle sprain served as participants. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Single leg balance (s), jumping performance (cm), coordination and proprioception assessments by the Functional Squat System. The software automatically calculated the absolute average error (cm) and the standard deviation (SD) of the average error. Average errors were independently quantified as a function of the action mode (concentric versus eccentric) and of the lower limb (dominant versus non-dominant). RESULTS There was no significant difference among the groups for balance tests (p>0.05). For vertical jump performance of bilateral and the dominant leg there were significant differences that the barefoot group had better results compared to the other groups (p=0.059; 0.017). According to the coordination results of Functional Squat System participants were better in brace and tape situations since the deviations were less for all concentric and eccentric positions. Deviation results for the proprioception test were different for first visual and non-visual deviations for dominant leg (p<0.05). CONCLUSION In conclusion, bracing and taping may play an important role in preventing injury or rehabilitation of the injured ankle by improving concentric and eccentric coordination, proprioception with the ability of reproducing motion in closed kinetic chain while decreasing vertical jump performance. No superiority of brace over tape or vice versa was found in this study.

Rehabilitation and shoulder function after suprascapular nerve entrapment operation in a volleyball player

The purpose of this report was to determine a detailed description of a rehabilitation programme of a volleyball player who had a decompression surgery for suprascapular nerve entrapment and to expose the long-term functional outcomes which lead to successful results.

295 ISOKINETIC TORQUE AND FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY IN WOMEN WITH AND WITHOUT OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE

Arthropathies (FIHOA), quality of life evaluated by the SF12, psychological impact of disease by the Hamilton Anxiety Depression scale (HAD), and the number of radiologically affected joints. Statistics: mean [standard deviation (sd)]; Kruskall test for univariate analysis of correlations and multiple regression analysis. Results: 101 patients were studied: 90% women (93% menopaused), 10% men, mean age 63.8 (8.7), BMI 23.4 (3.4), 63% with a familial history of HOA, mean symptoms duration 10 (7.5) years. Aesthetic damage scored 43.2 (37.7) mm. It was scored 11.6 (25.6) by men and 46.9 (37.2) by women. Univariate analysis identified the following possible clinically correlated parameters: gender (p = 0.002); the number of painful joints on pressure (Spearman r: 0.30; p = 0.007); n. of radiologically affected joints (r: 0.26; p = 0.01); n. of spontaneously painful joints (r: 0.23; p = 0.05); and a trend for the n. of nodal joints (r:0.18; p = 0.08). No correlation was found for pain at rest or on activity, FIHOA, SF12, HAD. Results of the multivariate analysis are in the table.