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Objectives. Myofascial pain syndrome is a common problem decreasing physical functioning, emotional status, and social participating. It also affects quality of life of individual suffering from myofascial pain syndrome. The aim of the study was to show the effectiveness and contribution of instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization in physical therapy in myofascial pain syndrome. Materal and Methods. Randomized controlled study design. Twenty two patients (F/M:17/5) with myofascial pain syndrome were included. They were randomly divided into two groups (study and control). The experimental group applied IASTM with conventional physiotherapy program, the control group was followed by only a conventional physiotherapy program without any manual intervention. Visual pain scale, neck and shoulder joint range of motion, pain pressure threshold, Neck Pain and Disability Index, Beck Depression Inventory, Center of Disease Control Health-Related Quality of Life were used for data collection. Results. The mean age participants was 36.86±10.28 years. In study group, there was a significant difference after intervention according to preintervention in all measurements. In control group there was a difference in just neck and shoulder range of motion(p<0.05). In the study group, development was found meaningfully more than the control group in quality of life parameter, item 3 (number of days good at emotional health), depression score, disability score, pain severity, neck lateral flexion and pain pressure threshold(p<0.05). Conclusion. In myofascial pain syndrome, instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization could be an effective treatment technic in quality of life, emotional status, pain severity, functional status and range of motion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This study was planned to examine the effects of exercise on quality of life, body awareness, kinesiophobia and falling risk among young older adults. Materials and Methods: The study was performed with 74 participants (aged between 65-74) in Trabzon. Age, gender, body mass index, educational status, family structure, living with people and chronic illness were all included in the sociodemographic data form.They were divided into two groups: one exercised group of 36 people (group I) and non-exercised of 38 subjects (group II). A 12-week exercise program was applied to the study group. The SF-36 Quality of Life Questionnaire was used to evaluate the quality of life, the Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ) for comparing awareness conditions, the Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale (TSK-11) for the perception of kinesiophobia, and the Denn Falling Risk Scale (DENN) to determine falling risk level. Results: The mean age of the participants was 69.45 years. There were differences in terms of quality of life in all subscales between two groups. While there was a corelation between quality of life, body awareness and falling fisk in exercise group, there was no corelation in non-exercise group. There was a positive correlation between falling risk and kinesophobia in two groups. There was a negative correlation between falling risk and body awareness in exercise group. Conclusion: The presence of positive effects on the quality of life and body awareness in the older adults will shed light on planning geriatric rehabilitation programs for health professions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]