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Turkiye Klinikleri Sports Medicine - Special Topics, 2021
Turkish Journal of Sports Medicine
Object ve: To investigate how elite female and male volleyball players spent their time during lo... more Object ve: To investigate how elite female and male volleyball players spent their time during lockdown in terms of keeping up their physical training and maintaining wellbeing as well as their beliefs, attitudes and expectation/perceptions about the upcoming season. Mater als and Methods: 331 elite volleyball players took part in the study. A survey, consisted of single and multiple-choice questions was applied. The Chi-square test was used to compare groups' frequency data. Following Chi-square test, Bonferroni correction was made and the statistical significance level was accepted as p<0.01. The significance level was set as p<0.05 for the rest of statistical analyses. Results: 147 (44.4%) male and 184 (55.6%) female players participated in the study. The mean age was 24.8±5.0 (15-37). Female athletes (97.3%) stated that they did more physical activity than male athletes (83.7%) (p<0.001), 40.8% of male athletes thought that they could not maintain their physical condition (p: 0.043). Female players participated exercise programs designed by their conditioners more than male counterparts (p<0.001). Sleep quality which was rated as "good" decreased from 89.8% to 44.2% for male athletes, while it has been decreased from 94.6% to 37.5% for females (p<0.001 for both genders). Conclus on: Majority of athletes had motivation to be physically active during the 9-week lockdown period. Athletes showed that they could overcome training barriers by adapting their exercises and training routines. Female volleyball players were more cautious in terms of being active and avoiding risk of infection.
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2007
Purpose: To determine the correlation of MR findings with clinical features of osteitis pubis and... more Purpose: To determine the correlation of MR findings with clinical features of osteitis pubis and to look for associating injuries complicating chronic cases. Materials and Methods: Pelvic MR images of the 22 elite athletes with groin pain were taken. Correlation analysis between the MR findings and clinical properties was carried out. Results: Six of the MR findings had strong correlation with duration of symptoms. Subchondral bone marrow edema, fluid in symphysis pubis joint, and periarticular edema had significant correlation with acuity of the case. On the contrary, subchondral sclerosis, subchondral resorption and bony margin irregularities, and osteophytes correlated with the chronicity of the case. Associated tendon injuries correlated with the duration of symptoms; i.e., all tendon injuries were in chronic cases. Conclusion: Subchondral bone marrow edema, fluid in symphysis pubis joint, and periarticular edema are the most reliable MRI findings of osteitis pubis that has a history of less than six months. Subchondral sclerosis, subchondral resorption and bony margin irregularities, and osteophytes (or pubic beaking) are the most reliable MRI findings of the chronic disease that has been present for more than six months. Associated pathologies, especially adductor or other tendon injuries, underlie more than half of the chronic cases of osteitis pubis.
Medical Ultrasonography, 2016
Aims: The comparison of elastographic features of quadriceps and patellar tendons in a group of p... more Aims: The comparison of elastographic features of quadriceps and patellar tendons in a group of professional athletes and healthy volunteers and the description of elasticity characteristics of these tendons. Material and methods: Thirtynine professional athletes (22 male, 17 female; mean age 18.5 years) and 35 healthy volunteers (21 male, 14 female; mean age 19 years) were included. They were divided into two groups by gender. Quadriceps tendon, patellar side of the patellar tendon, and tibial side of the patellar tendon elasticity patterns and strain ratios were investigated with real-time ultrasound elastography. The elasticity features of the dominant leg and non-dominant leg of athletes and volunteers legs were compared. In addition quadriceps and patellar tendons were compared separately for three distinct tendon locations. Results: There was no difference between the athletes and the healthy volunteers and also between the dominant leg and non-dominant leg of athletes. At ten...
Turkiye Klinikleri Sports Medicine - Special Topics, 2021
Turkish Journal of Sports Medicine, 2020
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine whether functional training had any effect... more Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine whether functional training had any effects on performance and related various physical components of basketball players. Materials and Methods: 28 athletes participated from first and second division professional basketball teams of one club. While first division basketball team players (n=14, average age: 26.6 ± 5.9 years) were assigned into functional training group (FTG), second division basketball team players (n=14, average age: 22.4 ± 4.2 years) were assigned into control group (CG). FTG completed a functional training program which included core strengthening and specific basketball task-related exercises with/without equipment. CG followed traditional strength training consisted of machine and free weight lifting based exercises. Both groups performed trainings for 20 weeks (2 days/week with 75-85 min. duration) along with the routine basketball practice. Anthropometric measurements, sit and reach flexibility test, 20 m speed test, T-drill and Lane-agility tests, horizontal and vertical jump tests, one-repetition maximum bench press and leg press strength tests were assessed before and after the 20-week program. Results: The results of this study was indicated that the FTG significantly improved upper and lower body strength, flexibility, vertical jump ability and T-drill agility scores relative to the CG (p<0.05). Conclusions: These findings demonstrate that the functional training (FT) can be an alternative method to traditional resistance training for improving performance-related parameters such as flexibility, vertical jump ability, agility, and strength. Further researches are needed to study with the different parameters about athletic performance in other sport disciplines and with larger sample size.
Research in Sports Medicine, 2021
This study aimed to identify the incidence of stoppage time due to field injuries in professional... more This study aimed to identify the incidence of stoppage time due to field injuries in professional football (soccer) games and to evaluate if the players involved really need medical care and whether team physicians deal with fake injuries. A total of 893 injury time-outs occurred leading to 956 treatments during 266 matches included in the study. The mean stoppage time was 88.7 ± 34.4 seconds. Less than one fifth of the injuries (17.4%) resulted in an impossibility to complete the game. The overall time-loss injury incidence which led players to miss the next game was 9.1/1000 match-hours (n = 80, 8.4% of all injuries). The players on teams in the lead at the time of the incident had significantly higher injury time-out incidence than players on teams who were losing (p < 0.05). Increasing the knowledge of team physicians, coaches, referees, and rule-makers about the medical needs of players during the game will help to identify the behaviour pattern of players.
Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine, Jan 15, 2018
To assess the incidence and characteristics of muscle injuries in professional football players a... more To assess the incidence and characteristics of muscle injuries in professional football players and to assess if coach dismissal may be related with muscle injuries within 1-month period from the dismissal. Prospective cohort study during 3 consecutive seasons. Turkish Super League football teams. One hundred eighteen male football players. Data on time-loss muscle injuries confirmed using magnetic resonance imaging were recorded, including type, body part, duration, and lay-off time, and training session and match exposure times. The muscle injury rate was evaluated at 2 weeks and 30 days after coach dismissal. In total, 124 muscle injuries were recorded, with injury incidences of 2.3 muscle injuries per 1000 hours of exposure overall, 1.2 in training sessions, and 13.6 in matches. Injury time loss ranged from 3 to 67 days (median, 13 days). Eighteen percent of the injuries (n = 23) were recurrent; no association was found between recurrence rate and the player's age or positio...
Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 2017
To establish the incidence and patterns of football injuries and associated consequences in daily... more To establish the incidence and patterns of football injuries and associated consequences in daily life and labor loss, among public employees. Prospective cohort study. Football tournament between public employees in Turkey. A total of 1821 recreational players from 78 teams. Injury rates (injuries per 1000 hours of football exposure) during tournament by age group, as well as prevalence, severity, and injury types were recorded. The data regarding the occurrence (eg, location, type, circumstances) and consequences (eg, absenteeism, medical treatment, labor loss) of injuries were collected. Of the 1821 football players registered for participation, 57% (n = 1038) were included in the study with the returned questionnaire forms. In total, 257 matches were played with a total exposure time of 5654 hours. A total of 218 injuries were recorded in 192 players (10.5%), resulting in a mean of 0.85 time-loss injuries per match (38.6 per 1000 hours). Severe injuries constituted 42.6% of all injuries, and 28.9% of all injuries caused the participants to be absent at least 1 day for the next working day. The total labor loss was 1196 days for all injuries. The rate of missing subsequent working day was significantly less for muscle injuries (P &amp;lt; 0.05). The risk of injury in recreational football players is relatively high causing significant labor loss. The results suggest that prevention programs should consider specific injury characteristics, as there is a greater incidence of muscle and anterior cruciate ligament injuries in this population.
Skeletal Radiology, 2011
The purpose of this study is to describe the elastographic appearance of the Achilles tendon in h... more The purpose of this study is to describe the elastographic appearance of the Achilles tendon in healthy subjects and patients with surgically repaired complete ruptures. Nineteen Achilles tendons of 16 amateur footballers with surgically repaired complete ruptures and their contralateral asymptomatic Achilles tendons were assessed with ultrasound and real-time sonoelastography. Additionally, 40 asymptomatic Achilles tendons of 20 healthy amateur footballers were assessed. The Achilles tendons were divided into the distal, middle, and proximal thirds for elastographic image evaluation. Tendons were classified into three main types according to the elasticity features: type 1, blue (hardest tissue); type 2, blue/green (hard tissue); or type 3, green (intermediate tissue). In addition, three subtypes were determined: homogeneous, relatively homogeneous, and heterogeneous. Most of the Achilles tendons of the patients with surgically repaired complete ruptures were detected to have type 2 elasticity (64.9%), and the remaining had type 1 (35.1%). In contrast, most of the healthy tendons had type 2 (64.2%), and the remaining had either a type 3 (20.8%) or a type 1 (15%) elastographic pattern. All of the ruptured tendons had a heterogeneous structure, whereas all of the healthy Achilles tendons had a homogeneous or relatively homogeneous structure. In sonoelastography, the recognition of normal tendon structure will be useful in assessing pathologies of the Achilles tendon. Additionally, in patients with excellent American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) scores and surgically repaired complete ruptures, a hard and heterogeneous pattern of tendon structure may be a natural consequence of tendon healing.
Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica, Jan 3, 2016
To describe a clinical treatment algorithm for posterior ankle impingement (PAI) syndrome in prof... more To describe a clinical treatment algorithm for posterior ankle impingement (PAI) syndrome in professional football players. A case series of 26 elite professional football players diagnosed and treated for posterior ankle impingement syndrome were included for the study. All of the athletes received conservative treatment with physical therapy modalities initially. If the first line medical treatment and rehabilitation was ineffective to alleviate the symptoms, ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection was proposed and thereafter the patients underwent posterior ankle arthroscopy if the complaints are still unresolved. The pain scores (AOFAS, VAS), and time to return to play were the main outcome measures. The complaints of 18 (69.2%) players were subsided with non-surgical treatment whereas three of acute cases and five of the chronic cases did not respond to medical treatment and arthroscopic surgery was performed for eight athletes. Eighteen players returned to training for a me...
gili eresli'i'i'ieleiin yegenle'smeeine ne- den mzŞtadrr. Cecukluk eenemndekl fie... more gili eresli'i'i'ieleiin yegenle'smeeine ne- den mzŞtadrr. Cecukluk eenemndekl fieikeel aktivitenin eeiglrge elumllu etkileri ue ene maddede eze'rlenmekfledlr. Bun- lenr'i ilki. erengun saglik dummuyle ilgi: kein "i'epiIElr'i meetinneier Sunucunun. fi- zikeel izilerek el'-iti eeeuklerde kile kent- reluniun saglandigi. kemik gelisiminin errtigii ken beeineinin eusiueu we peike- lejik lyili'ik heli Eep1enmietir (Eler-Ur 'i'e erk.. enne: Teleme. “reng. Leekee w: 'iifi- Ike-'I. 1EIEIT]- lklne'i elemli. cecukluk ce— gmdeie' Fiziksel aktivitenin etkilerL yetis»- kln donemde sagligi hiy-elajik elerek e1- kiley'eeek eelielde lesinir. Ornegini |i.-| ge- lismis. bir kemik {palatal eriskin donemde DEW-32L “ Şl'IT-BI'III‘I'IEEIHUE Wsmlsiir’. $en ulufe-k. eeeuklukie edinilmis fielkeel ekili-ite davranisi eriskin donemde de devem etmemedir. FizikeEI etarek ektil
Bel ağrısı, dünya nüfusunun yaklaşık % 80’inin hayatta en az bir kez geçirdiği bir sendromdur. Sp... more Bel ağrısı, dünya nüfusunun yaklaşık % 80’inin hayatta en az bir kez geçirdiği bir sendromdur. Sporcularda ise bel ağrısı şikayeti % 1-30 arasında değişkenlik gösterir. Tekrarlayan travmalar, aşırı yüklenmeler, dönme, kayma hareketleri, kas güçsüzlüğü, vücut yağ oranının fazlalığı, yapılan sporun şekli, antrenman şiddeti ve süresinin fazla olması, kullanılan malzeme ve yanlış antrenman gibi risk faktörleri sporcularda bel ağrısı şiddetini arttırmaktadır. Kayak, beyzbol, golf, halter, futbol, jimnastik, bale ve bisiklet sporlarında bel ağrısı şikayetinin arttığını gösteren çalışmalar vardır. Bel ağrısı sıklığı jimnastikçilerde % 79, kayakçılarda % 65, kürekçilerde % 63, güreşçilerde % 54, futbolcularda % 37, golfçülerde % 33, tenisçilerde ise % 32 oranlarında bildirilmiştir. Akut yaralanmalar çoğunlukla kendiliğinden ve hızla düzelir. Tedavide istirahat, buz uygulaması, ilaç tedavisi ve daha sonra egzersiz programı spora dönüş için önemlidir. Kronik bel ağrısı olanlarda ise fonksiyon...
Sport Sciences for Health, 2021
Taping has a critical role in athlete health. To evaluate the quality, characteristics and reliab... more Taping has a critical role in athlete health. To evaluate the quality, characteristics and reliability of the most viewed taping videos in YouTube. Uploaded videos were searched with “athletic taping” and “rigid taping” keywords in YouTube. The educational content quality of the videos was assessed using the Global Quality Scale (GQS), and reliability was evaluated using the Journal American Medical Association (JAMA) benchmark criteria. Video uploaders (source) were divided into three groups (physiotherapists (PT), athletic trainers (AT) and non-PT/AT) and compared in terms of video quality, reliability and characteristics. 82 videos were included in the study. The mean JAMA score of the videos was 2.91 ± 0.89 and GQS score was 4.06 ± 0.87. A significant difference was found among video uploading groups base on days since upload, number of views, daily views, dislikes, like ratio, and JAMA and GQS scores (p < 0.05). Less number of days since upload was found for AT videos versus...
Acta Scientifci Nutritional Health
Aim: We aimed to show that successful results can be obtained by combining the fractured parts ov... more Aim: We aimed to show that successful results can be obtained by combining the fractured parts over the operating table and fixing them with an anatomic plate in Mason type 3 - 4 multi-fragmented and / or displaced radial head fractures. Materials and Methods: Eleven cases of the 29 patients, operated in Yildirim Beyazit University Ankara Ataturk Education and Research hospital with the diagnosis of Mason type 3-4 radius head fracture, between June 2005nOctober 2011, in which fracture reducted outside, than providing the head reconstruction and fixing with radius head plate; were evaluated retrospectively. Results: Eight patients were male, 3 were female. Patient's ages ranged from 24 to 47 years of age with a mean age of 35 years. Mean follow-up was 44,9 months. Patients were evaluated for elbow with disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand outcome measures and Mayo elbow performance index with radiological examination of the fractures. Conclusion: Radial head is secondary st...
ÖZET Amaç: Bu çalışmada amaç, posterior impingement sendromu olan futbolcularda manyetik rezonans... more ÖZET Amaç: Bu çalışmada amaç, posterior impingement sendromu olan futbolcularda manyetik rezonans (MR) görüntüleme bulgularının değerlendirilmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışmaya ayak bileği arka kısmında ağrısı olan ondokuz profesyonel futbolcu alındı. Sporcuların tümünün ayak bileği MR görüntüleri ile değerlendirildi ve posterior impingement sendromu tanısı kondu. Sporcularım MR bulgularında, anormal kemik iliği sinyal değişiklikleri, kemik lezyonları ve yumuşak doku patolojileri değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Os trigonum sendromu olan sporcuların hepsinde MR bulgularında kemik kontüzyonuyla birlikte anormal kemik iliği sinyalleri saptanmıştır. Ondokuz futbolcudan sadece birinde talus posterolateralinde pseudoartroz saptanmıştır. Posterior impingement sendromunda talusta kemik iliği ödemi sıktır ve bu çalışmada talusta ödem 9 sporcuda görülmüştür. Bu tip olgularda en sık görülen bulgulardan birisi de tibiotalar sinovittir ve bu seride 12 gözlenmiştir. Fleksör hallusis longus tenosino...
The Physician and Sportsmedicine
OBJECTIVES The coronavirus outbreak caused significant changes in football around the world, such... more OBJECTIVES The coronavirus outbreak caused significant changes in football around the world, such as the suspension of leagues and home isolation of players, etc. The main purpose of the present study was to assess the psychological impacts of lockdown and similar restrictions on professional football players during the coronavirus pandemic. MATERIALS AND METHODS The players from 36 professional football teams (n=977) among Turkish Super League and First League teams were invited to complete a questionnaire including the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), Impact of Event Scale-Revised Scores (IES-R) and short form of International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). RESULTS The online survey was completed by 237 players (24.3%). The mean number of self-quarantine day of participants was 26.9±6.2 days. The median CES-D Scale and IES-R scores were 6.0 (min:0, max:42) and 23.0 (min:0, max:59), respectively. IPAQ scores of the players showed that four-fifths of the players still maintain high physical activity levels. There were negative, very weak and significant correlations between CES-D score and being married (r=-0.146, p=0.024), as well as between CES-D score and IPAQ-Walking (r=-0.189, p=0.004). A significant positive very weak correlation was observed between CES-D score and self-quarantine days (r=0.148, p=0.024). IPAQ-Walking was an independent predictor of CES-D. CONCLUSION These findings support that maintaining regular physical activity and routinely exercising in a safe home environment is one of the most important strategies to ensure healthy mental state.
Turkiye Klinikleri Sports Medicine - Special Topics, 2021
Turkish Journal of Sports Medicine
Object ve: To investigate how elite female and male volleyball players spent their time during lo... more Object ve: To investigate how elite female and male volleyball players spent their time during lockdown in terms of keeping up their physical training and maintaining wellbeing as well as their beliefs, attitudes and expectation/perceptions about the upcoming season. Mater als and Methods: 331 elite volleyball players took part in the study. A survey, consisted of single and multiple-choice questions was applied. The Chi-square test was used to compare groups' frequency data. Following Chi-square test, Bonferroni correction was made and the statistical significance level was accepted as p<0.01. The significance level was set as p<0.05 for the rest of statistical analyses. Results: 147 (44.4%) male and 184 (55.6%) female players participated in the study. The mean age was 24.8±5.0 (15-37). Female athletes (97.3%) stated that they did more physical activity than male athletes (83.7%) (p<0.001), 40.8% of male athletes thought that they could not maintain their physical condition (p: 0.043). Female players participated exercise programs designed by their conditioners more than male counterparts (p<0.001). Sleep quality which was rated as "good" decreased from 89.8% to 44.2% for male athletes, while it has been decreased from 94.6% to 37.5% for females (p<0.001 for both genders). Conclus on: Majority of athletes had motivation to be physically active during the 9-week lockdown period. Athletes showed that they could overcome training barriers by adapting their exercises and training routines. Female volleyball players were more cautious in terms of being active and avoiding risk of infection.
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2007
Purpose: To determine the correlation of MR findings with clinical features of osteitis pubis and... more Purpose: To determine the correlation of MR findings with clinical features of osteitis pubis and to look for associating injuries complicating chronic cases. Materials and Methods: Pelvic MR images of the 22 elite athletes with groin pain were taken. Correlation analysis between the MR findings and clinical properties was carried out. Results: Six of the MR findings had strong correlation with duration of symptoms. Subchondral bone marrow edema, fluid in symphysis pubis joint, and periarticular edema had significant correlation with acuity of the case. On the contrary, subchondral sclerosis, subchondral resorption and bony margin irregularities, and osteophytes correlated with the chronicity of the case. Associated tendon injuries correlated with the duration of symptoms; i.e., all tendon injuries were in chronic cases. Conclusion: Subchondral bone marrow edema, fluid in symphysis pubis joint, and periarticular edema are the most reliable MRI findings of osteitis pubis that has a history of less than six months. Subchondral sclerosis, subchondral resorption and bony margin irregularities, and osteophytes (or pubic beaking) are the most reliable MRI findings of the chronic disease that has been present for more than six months. Associated pathologies, especially adductor or other tendon injuries, underlie more than half of the chronic cases of osteitis pubis.
Medical Ultrasonography, 2016
Aims: The comparison of elastographic features of quadriceps and patellar tendons in a group of p... more Aims: The comparison of elastographic features of quadriceps and patellar tendons in a group of professional athletes and healthy volunteers and the description of elasticity characteristics of these tendons. Material and methods: Thirtynine professional athletes (22 male, 17 female; mean age 18.5 years) and 35 healthy volunteers (21 male, 14 female; mean age 19 years) were included. They were divided into two groups by gender. Quadriceps tendon, patellar side of the patellar tendon, and tibial side of the patellar tendon elasticity patterns and strain ratios were investigated with real-time ultrasound elastography. The elasticity features of the dominant leg and non-dominant leg of athletes and volunteers legs were compared. In addition quadriceps and patellar tendons were compared separately for three distinct tendon locations. Results: There was no difference between the athletes and the healthy volunteers and also between the dominant leg and non-dominant leg of athletes. At ten...
Turkiye Klinikleri Sports Medicine - Special Topics, 2021
Turkish Journal of Sports Medicine, 2020
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine whether functional training had any effect... more Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine whether functional training had any effects on performance and related various physical components of basketball players. Materials and Methods: 28 athletes participated from first and second division professional basketball teams of one club. While first division basketball team players (n=14, average age: 26.6 ± 5.9 years) were assigned into functional training group (FTG), second division basketball team players (n=14, average age: 22.4 ± 4.2 years) were assigned into control group (CG). FTG completed a functional training program which included core strengthening and specific basketball task-related exercises with/without equipment. CG followed traditional strength training consisted of machine and free weight lifting based exercises. Both groups performed trainings for 20 weeks (2 days/week with 75-85 min. duration) along with the routine basketball practice. Anthropometric measurements, sit and reach flexibility test, 20 m speed test, T-drill and Lane-agility tests, horizontal and vertical jump tests, one-repetition maximum bench press and leg press strength tests were assessed before and after the 20-week program. Results: The results of this study was indicated that the FTG significantly improved upper and lower body strength, flexibility, vertical jump ability and T-drill agility scores relative to the CG (p<0.05). Conclusions: These findings demonstrate that the functional training (FT) can be an alternative method to traditional resistance training for improving performance-related parameters such as flexibility, vertical jump ability, agility, and strength. Further researches are needed to study with the different parameters about athletic performance in other sport disciplines and with larger sample size.
Research in Sports Medicine, 2021
This study aimed to identify the incidence of stoppage time due to field injuries in professional... more This study aimed to identify the incidence of stoppage time due to field injuries in professional football (soccer) games and to evaluate if the players involved really need medical care and whether team physicians deal with fake injuries. A total of 893 injury time-outs occurred leading to 956 treatments during 266 matches included in the study. The mean stoppage time was 88.7 ± 34.4 seconds. Less than one fifth of the injuries (17.4%) resulted in an impossibility to complete the game. The overall time-loss injury incidence which led players to miss the next game was 9.1/1000 match-hours (n = 80, 8.4% of all injuries). The players on teams in the lead at the time of the incident had significantly higher injury time-out incidence than players on teams who were losing (p < 0.05). Increasing the knowledge of team physicians, coaches, referees, and rule-makers about the medical needs of players during the game will help to identify the behaviour pattern of players.
Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine, Jan 15, 2018
To assess the incidence and characteristics of muscle injuries in professional football players a... more To assess the incidence and characteristics of muscle injuries in professional football players and to assess if coach dismissal may be related with muscle injuries within 1-month period from the dismissal. Prospective cohort study during 3 consecutive seasons. Turkish Super League football teams. One hundred eighteen male football players. Data on time-loss muscle injuries confirmed using magnetic resonance imaging were recorded, including type, body part, duration, and lay-off time, and training session and match exposure times. The muscle injury rate was evaluated at 2 weeks and 30 days after coach dismissal. In total, 124 muscle injuries were recorded, with injury incidences of 2.3 muscle injuries per 1000 hours of exposure overall, 1.2 in training sessions, and 13.6 in matches. Injury time loss ranged from 3 to 67 days (median, 13 days). Eighteen percent of the injuries (n = 23) were recurrent; no association was found between recurrence rate and the player's age or positio...
Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 2017
To establish the incidence and patterns of football injuries and associated consequences in daily... more To establish the incidence and patterns of football injuries and associated consequences in daily life and labor loss, among public employees. Prospective cohort study. Football tournament between public employees in Turkey. A total of 1821 recreational players from 78 teams. Injury rates (injuries per 1000 hours of football exposure) during tournament by age group, as well as prevalence, severity, and injury types were recorded. The data regarding the occurrence (eg, location, type, circumstances) and consequences (eg, absenteeism, medical treatment, labor loss) of injuries were collected. Of the 1821 football players registered for participation, 57% (n = 1038) were included in the study with the returned questionnaire forms. In total, 257 matches were played with a total exposure time of 5654 hours. A total of 218 injuries were recorded in 192 players (10.5%), resulting in a mean of 0.85 time-loss injuries per match (38.6 per 1000 hours). Severe injuries constituted 42.6% of all injuries, and 28.9% of all injuries caused the participants to be absent at least 1 day for the next working day. The total labor loss was 1196 days for all injuries. The rate of missing subsequent working day was significantly less for muscle injuries (P &amp;lt; 0.05). The risk of injury in recreational football players is relatively high causing significant labor loss. The results suggest that prevention programs should consider specific injury characteristics, as there is a greater incidence of muscle and anterior cruciate ligament injuries in this population.
Skeletal Radiology, 2011
The purpose of this study is to describe the elastographic appearance of the Achilles tendon in h... more The purpose of this study is to describe the elastographic appearance of the Achilles tendon in healthy subjects and patients with surgically repaired complete ruptures. Nineteen Achilles tendons of 16 amateur footballers with surgically repaired complete ruptures and their contralateral asymptomatic Achilles tendons were assessed with ultrasound and real-time sonoelastography. Additionally, 40 asymptomatic Achilles tendons of 20 healthy amateur footballers were assessed. The Achilles tendons were divided into the distal, middle, and proximal thirds for elastographic image evaluation. Tendons were classified into three main types according to the elasticity features: type 1, blue (hardest tissue); type 2, blue/green (hard tissue); or type 3, green (intermediate tissue). In addition, three subtypes were determined: homogeneous, relatively homogeneous, and heterogeneous. Most of the Achilles tendons of the patients with surgically repaired complete ruptures were detected to have type 2 elasticity (64.9%), and the remaining had type 1 (35.1%). In contrast, most of the healthy tendons had type 2 (64.2%), and the remaining had either a type 3 (20.8%) or a type 1 (15%) elastographic pattern. All of the ruptured tendons had a heterogeneous structure, whereas all of the healthy Achilles tendons had a homogeneous or relatively homogeneous structure. In sonoelastography, the recognition of normal tendon structure will be useful in assessing pathologies of the Achilles tendon. Additionally, in patients with excellent American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) scores and surgically repaired complete ruptures, a hard and heterogeneous pattern of tendon structure may be a natural consequence of tendon healing.
Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica, Jan 3, 2016
To describe a clinical treatment algorithm for posterior ankle impingement (PAI) syndrome in prof... more To describe a clinical treatment algorithm for posterior ankle impingement (PAI) syndrome in professional football players. A case series of 26 elite professional football players diagnosed and treated for posterior ankle impingement syndrome were included for the study. All of the athletes received conservative treatment with physical therapy modalities initially. If the first line medical treatment and rehabilitation was ineffective to alleviate the symptoms, ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection was proposed and thereafter the patients underwent posterior ankle arthroscopy if the complaints are still unresolved. The pain scores (AOFAS, VAS), and time to return to play were the main outcome measures. The complaints of 18 (69.2%) players were subsided with non-surgical treatment whereas three of acute cases and five of the chronic cases did not respond to medical treatment and arthroscopic surgery was performed for eight athletes. Eighteen players returned to training for a me...
gili eresli'i'i'ieleiin yegenle'smeeine ne- den mzŞtadrr. Cecukluk eenemndekl fie... more gili eresli'i'i'ieleiin yegenle'smeeine ne- den mzŞtadrr. Cecukluk eenemndekl fieikeel aktivitenin eeiglrge elumllu etkileri ue ene maddede eze'rlenmekfledlr. Bun- lenr'i ilki. erengun saglik dummuyle ilgi: kein "i'epiIElr'i meetinneier Sunucunun. fi- zikeel izilerek el'-iti eeeuklerde kile kent- reluniun saglandigi. kemik gelisiminin errtigii ken beeineinin eusiueu we peike- lejik lyili'ik heli Eep1enmietir (Eler-Ur 'i'e erk.. enne: Teleme. “reng. Leekee w: 'iifi- Ike-'I. 1EIEIT]- lklne'i elemli. cecukluk ce— gmdeie' Fiziksel aktivitenin etkilerL yetis»- kln donemde sagligi hiy-elajik elerek e1- kiley'eeek eelielde lesinir. Ornegini |i.-| ge- lismis. bir kemik {palatal eriskin donemde DEW-32L “ Şl'IT-BI'III‘I'IEEIHUE Wsmlsiir’. $en ulufe-k. eeeuklukie edinilmis fielkeel ekili-ite davranisi eriskin donemde de devem etmemedir. FizikeEI etarek ektil
Bel ağrısı, dünya nüfusunun yaklaşık % 80’inin hayatta en az bir kez geçirdiği bir sendromdur. Sp... more Bel ağrısı, dünya nüfusunun yaklaşık % 80’inin hayatta en az bir kez geçirdiği bir sendromdur. Sporcularda ise bel ağrısı şikayeti % 1-30 arasında değişkenlik gösterir. Tekrarlayan travmalar, aşırı yüklenmeler, dönme, kayma hareketleri, kas güçsüzlüğü, vücut yağ oranının fazlalığı, yapılan sporun şekli, antrenman şiddeti ve süresinin fazla olması, kullanılan malzeme ve yanlış antrenman gibi risk faktörleri sporcularda bel ağrısı şiddetini arttırmaktadır. Kayak, beyzbol, golf, halter, futbol, jimnastik, bale ve bisiklet sporlarında bel ağrısı şikayetinin arttığını gösteren çalışmalar vardır. Bel ağrısı sıklığı jimnastikçilerde % 79, kayakçılarda % 65, kürekçilerde % 63, güreşçilerde % 54, futbolcularda % 37, golfçülerde % 33, tenisçilerde ise % 32 oranlarında bildirilmiştir. Akut yaralanmalar çoğunlukla kendiliğinden ve hızla düzelir. Tedavide istirahat, buz uygulaması, ilaç tedavisi ve daha sonra egzersiz programı spora dönüş için önemlidir. Kronik bel ağrısı olanlarda ise fonksiyon...
Sport Sciences for Health, 2021
Taping has a critical role in athlete health. To evaluate the quality, characteristics and reliab... more Taping has a critical role in athlete health. To evaluate the quality, characteristics and reliability of the most viewed taping videos in YouTube. Uploaded videos were searched with “athletic taping” and “rigid taping” keywords in YouTube. The educational content quality of the videos was assessed using the Global Quality Scale (GQS), and reliability was evaluated using the Journal American Medical Association (JAMA) benchmark criteria. Video uploaders (source) were divided into three groups (physiotherapists (PT), athletic trainers (AT) and non-PT/AT) and compared in terms of video quality, reliability and characteristics. 82 videos were included in the study. The mean JAMA score of the videos was 2.91 ± 0.89 and GQS score was 4.06 ± 0.87. A significant difference was found among video uploading groups base on days since upload, number of views, daily views, dislikes, like ratio, and JAMA and GQS scores (p < 0.05). Less number of days since upload was found for AT videos versus...
Acta Scientifci Nutritional Health
Aim: We aimed to show that successful results can be obtained by combining the fractured parts ov... more Aim: We aimed to show that successful results can be obtained by combining the fractured parts over the operating table and fixing them with an anatomic plate in Mason type 3 - 4 multi-fragmented and / or displaced radial head fractures. Materials and Methods: Eleven cases of the 29 patients, operated in Yildirim Beyazit University Ankara Ataturk Education and Research hospital with the diagnosis of Mason type 3-4 radius head fracture, between June 2005nOctober 2011, in which fracture reducted outside, than providing the head reconstruction and fixing with radius head plate; were evaluated retrospectively. Results: Eight patients were male, 3 were female. Patient's ages ranged from 24 to 47 years of age with a mean age of 35 years. Mean follow-up was 44,9 months. Patients were evaluated for elbow with disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand outcome measures and Mayo elbow performance index with radiological examination of the fractures. Conclusion: Radial head is secondary st...
ÖZET Amaç: Bu çalışmada amaç, posterior impingement sendromu olan futbolcularda manyetik rezonans... more ÖZET Amaç: Bu çalışmada amaç, posterior impingement sendromu olan futbolcularda manyetik rezonans (MR) görüntüleme bulgularının değerlendirilmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışmaya ayak bileği arka kısmında ağrısı olan ondokuz profesyonel futbolcu alındı. Sporcuların tümünün ayak bileği MR görüntüleri ile değerlendirildi ve posterior impingement sendromu tanısı kondu. Sporcularım MR bulgularında, anormal kemik iliği sinyal değişiklikleri, kemik lezyonları ve yumuşak doku patolojileri değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Os trigonum sendromu olan sporcuların hepsinde MR bulgularında kemik kontüzyonuyla birlikte anormal kemik iliği sinyalleri saptanmıştır. Ondokuz futbolcudan sadece birinde talus posterolateralinde pseudoartroz saptanmıştır. Posterior impingement sendromunda talusta kemik iliği ödemi sıktır ve bu çalışmada talusta ödem 9 sporcuda görülmüştür. Bu tip olgularda en sık görülen bulgulardan birisi de tibiotalar sinovittir ve bu seride 12 gözlenmiştir. Fleksör hallusis longus tenosino...
The Physician and Sportsmedicine
OBJECTIVES The coronavirus outbreak caused significant changes in football around the world, such... more OBJECTIVES The coronavirus outbreak caused significant changes in football around the world, such as the suspension of leagues and home isolation of players, etc. The main purpose of the present study was to assess the psychological impacts of lockdown and similar restrictions on professional football players during the coronavirus pandemic. MATERIALS AND METHODS The players from 36 professional football teams (n=977) among Turkish Super League and First League teams were invited to complete a questionnaire including the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), Impact of Event Scale-Revised Scores (IES-R) and short form of International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). RESULTS The online survey was completed by 237 players (24.3%). The mean number of self-quarantine day of participants was 26.9±6.2 days. The median CES-D Scale and IES-R scores were 6.0 (min:0, max:42) and 23.0 (min:0, max:59), respectively. IPAQ scores of the players showed that four-fifths of the players still maintain high physical activity levels. There were negative, very weak and significant correlations between CES-D score and being married (r=-0.146, p=0.024), as well as between CES-D score and IPAQ-Walking (r=-0.189, p=0.004). A significant positive very weak correlation was observed between CES-D score and self-quarantine days (r=0.148, p=0.024). IPAQ-Walking was an independent predictor of CES-D. CONCLUSION These findings support that maintaining regular physical activity and routinely exercising in a safe home environment is one of the most important strategies to ensure healthy mental state.