International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Famagusta State Hospital, Famagusta, Cyprus

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• Research Article   
  Evaluation of Shoulder Pain, Depression and Sleep Quality in Hemiplejic Patients
  Author(s): Seide Karasel*
  
  Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain (HSP), depression and sleep quality in hemiplegic patients. Methods: The research is a cross-sectional study conducted between 2018-2019 in Famagusta State Hospital. In the scope of the study, patients with hemiplegia who applied to the physical therapy and rehabilitation clinic were included consecutively. Clinical evaluations of the patients were performed and the parameters examined were as follows: age, gender, duration of hemiplegia diagnosis (weeks), education level, shoulder pain, Computerized Tomography (CT) results, family support status, and antidepressant, anxiolytic and antipsychotic drug use. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Brunnstrom motor staging, Functional Ambulation Categories, Beck Depression Inventory were also applied to the pa.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-9096.20.8.578

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