There are about 15072 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Turkey. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
Purpose of the research; To examine the effect of verbal feedback given by the educator on nursing students' clinical competence, academic self-efficacy and perceived stress levels. Hypotheses of the research; H1: Nursing students' academic self-efficacy level increases after the intervention. H2: Nursing students' clinical self-efficacy level increases after the intervention. H3: The level of stress perceived by nursing students decreases after the intervention.
This program for adults in need of psychological support in earthquake stricken area, Kahramanmaraş, consisted of a brief four-session group psychosocial support intervention. The aim of the project was to test the effectiveness of the intervention program. Intervention program was developed by the psychotherapists, a clinical psychologist holding a PhD degree and a psychiatrist. The general theme was about the strengthening of the personal resources including both external and internal resources. The content of the intervention program is based on the relevant literature.
Virtual Reality (VR) is a technology that enables individuals to engage in a computer-generated, three-dimensional (3D) environment by utilizing specialized electronic equipment. This technology allows users to explore and interact with a wide range of objects and events, enabling them to perform perspective and motor tasks (Frederick P. Brooks, 1999). VR head-mounted displays (HMDs) create full immersion in the virtual environment by projecting images on screens positioned very close to the eyes (Turnbull & Phillips, 2017). The quick development of this technology has made it more affordable and available, consequently, its utilization is also increasing. It has applications in various fields, for example, it is widely used as a training platform for astronauts, soldiers, and treatment purposes in rehabilitation (Xie et al., 2021). The reason why many sectors urge to take advantage of VR is because they could promote motor learning by generating an environment, scenario, or activity that allows for the user practice motor skills with simple tools. Simultaneously, VR provides the possibility of repeating the same task at any moment, modifying factors such as level of complexity, time, and intensity of the practice (Lledó et al., 2016). Despite the great expansion of virtual technology, cybersickness continues to be a problem that prevents it from being used fluently (Tian et al., 2022). Cybersickness is a term established to describe the unpleasant sensation that evokes from the use of virtual reality technology (McCauley & Sharkey, 1992). Cybersickness appears with symptoms like motion sickness symptoms, the ones we feel while using vehicle such as nausea, dizziness, fatigue, and blurred vision (Laviola, 2000). In various research studies, this phenomenon has been mentioned in different terms, such as simulator sickness or VR sickness. There are several theories trying to explain why individuals develop these symptoms when they are in the car or using HMDs, however, just two theories are considered the most accepted. First theory is the Sensory Conflict Theory that was proposed by Reason & Brand (1975) while the other one is the Postural Instability Theory, developed by Riccio & Stoffregen (1991). There are several factors that affect the severity of cybersickness while using HMDs and some studies have already discussed them (Tian et al., 2022). One of the main factors in Interaction; Navigation method and controllability. Different locomotion styles, such as steering walking, or teleportation, have been investigated to the virtual environment for the purpose of navigating and showed that the choice of the locomotion style would heavily impact the user experience (Al Zayer et al., 2020). From this point, our study is aiming to compare the difference between the most used locomotion style: controller-based steering, and the Walk in place (WIP), in the context of postural control and cybersickness. We are also planning to investigate other factors affecting the results, such as personal factors; gender, previous experience, and individual's susceptibility to motion sickness. This study including healthy young volunteers (18-30-year-olds). They started to be collected from November 2023 and will continue until February 2024 in Yeditepe University Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation department laboratory. Participants will be asked to fill in an online form or conduct a brief interview to collect their demographic information. They will be asked about their age, height (cm), weight (kg), body mass index (BMI), gender (female / male), Medical History, gaming experience, hand and leg preference and Susceptibility to motion sickness. Then, postural stability, motion sickness measurements and heart rate (HR) will be taken before and after each experimental trial. All Participants will play a game called "Freedom locomotion VR" a 3D virtual environment allowing the player to do several activities in it. All participants will be immerged in this virtual environment twice (two sessions) and have the freedom to do what they like in it. However, In each session, they will use one the two locomotion types that the game provides, the hand controller (HC) based and walking in place (WIP) based locomotion. To compare the effect of each of the two locomotion styles, each participant will play the game two times to be able to try both locomotion types. Postural control, motion sickness symptoms and heart rate will be tested after each session to measure the different in the effect of each type of locomotion. As this research is including one group who will be measured multiple times in the experiment, repeated measures one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) would be the best statistical test to use to investigate the difference.
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of complex decongestive physiotherapy (CDP) on propriseception, balance and sensation in patients with secondary lymphedema that develops in the lower extremities after cancer surgery.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with a mortality rate of 18%. The prognosis of lung cancer is progressive and devastating, which may cause patients to experience problems during the treatment and care process. Due to the problems experienced by lung cancer patients, their need for support increases and the care process is provided mostly in the home environment, causing family members to take on important roles as caregivers. Therefore, the resilience of family caregivers decreases and they feel burden.
Migraine is a common episodic headache disorder accompanied by neurological, gastrointestinal and autonomic changes.Migraine symptoms have a wide range, neck pain is seen in most migraine attacks, and accompanying neck pain is considered one of the important factors that increase migraine-related disability. It has been shown that various physical therapy methods applied to migraine patients with cervical myofascial pain reduce migraine pain and analgesic needs. One of the methods used in myofascial pain syndrome is kinesio taping and the effectiveness of cervical area applications has been shown in different studies.In this study, it was planned to examine the effect of kinesio taping applied to cervical trigger points on migraine symptoms in migraine patients.
Knee arthroplasty surgery numbers are increasing depending on joint deformities and cartilage degenerations. Severe postoperative pain may occur in these patients due to surgery and the placed prosthesis. The aim of study is to compare the effectiveness of AKB and PENG block for postoperative analgesia management after knee arthroplasty.
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Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is defined as low back pain lasting longer than three months. CLBP is one of the most common and expensive diseases in terms of both labour loss and treatment costs, and it is very important to treat it with conventional (non-surgical) treatment methods. Clinical guidelines recommend active treatments that address psychosocial factors and focus on functional improvement. Within this approach, low back protection training, called low back school, is recognised as an effective and economical method. This study was planned to investigate the effectiveness of lumbar school training or core stabilisation exercises on pain, mobilisation and quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain. In this research, patients coming to Seydişehir State Hospital physiotherapy unit will be included in the study. Patients will be taken in Seydişehir Vocational School of Health Services Vocational School vocational skills laboratory and Seydişehir State Hospital physiotherapy unit. As a result of the power analysis, 64 patients are planned to be included. Simple randomisation will be used. Sealed opaque envelopes will be prepared by the research team. Opaque envelopes will be determined as 32 (core exercise group) and 32 (B) (lumbar school). The pain intensity of the patients will be determined by the Visual Analogue Scale, which is a self-report scale, and the functional disability levels will be determined by the Oswestry Disability Index and the quality of life levels will be determined by the World Health Organization Quality of Life Module (WHOQOL-BREF) and spinal mobility will be determined by measuring the hand-finger ground distance. Patients will be divided into two groups as core exercise group and lumbar school training group and will be evaluated before and after treatment and training. Keywords: Chronic low back pain, back school, core stabilisation exercise
The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of video game-based exercises applied in addition to the cardiac rehabilitation program applied after open heart surgery, on pulmonary function and functional independence in the acute state. After ethics committee approval is received; Patients who volunteer to participate in the study will be divided into two groups by simple random method. The first group will be given a 12-week cardiac rehabilitation program after bypass surgery, and the second group will be given video game-based exercise training together with the cardiac rehabilitation program for 12 weeks. It is planned to apply the cardiac rehabilitation program to both groups twice a day during the postoperative period until hospital discharge. The patient's cardiac rehabilitation program after hospital discharge will be carried out in the cardiac rehabilitation unit three days a week. Cardiac r in the video game-based exercise group In addition to rehabilitation; "Breathing Labs Breathing Games" exercises will continue during the hospital stay, and Xbox games will continue after discharge. Evaluations will be made in the preoperative period (within one week before surgery) and at the end of the 12th postoperative week.