Exercise Training and Knee Joint Proprioception in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Joint position sense was evaluated for proprioception measurement. All measurements were performed by a sports physician using a Biodex System III Isokinetic Dynamometer (Biodex Corp, Shirley, NY). For the reproduction test, which evaluates joint position sense, the passive method in the sitting position was used. The evaluation was performed for 30° and 60° knee flexion angles.

It is a scale developed to question functional inadequacy in daily living activities. The scale questions a total of 8 activities, including dressing, sitting up, eating, walking, hygiene, reaching out, grasping and daily tasks, and consists of 20 questions. Each question is scored between 0 and 3. High scores indicate a decrease in the individual's functionality.

It is a scale consisting of 14 questions (7 questions about depression, 7 questions about anxiety) that the individual is asked to answer by thinking about the last few days, and is scored between 0 and 3. The cut-off values of the scale are 10 for the anxiety subscale and 7 for the depression subscale. High total scores indicate high levels of anxiety or depression

WOMAC assesses pain, endurance and physical functioning, functional status and stiffness. This scale has gained increasing acceptance in the assessment of OA since its introduction in 1986. The pain subscale includes five items asking about pain with activity, at rest and at night. The stiffness heading includes two questions. The functional status heading includes an assessment of difficulty in 17 different activities. The items are scored from 0 to 4 according to difficulty and the degree of pain and stiffness felt, with a higher total score indicating greater severity of the disease.

The form consists of three parts. In the first part, 11 of the 15 descriptive word groups evaluate the sensory and 4 evaluate the perceptual dimension of pain. These descriptive words are rated on an intensity scale from 0 to 3 (0=None, 1=Mild, 2=Moderate, 3=Very). In the first part of the scale, a total of 3 pain scores are obtained: sensory pain score, perceptual pain score and total pain score. The second part of the form includes five word groups ranging from "mild pain" to "unbearable pain" to determine the severity of the patient's pain. In the third part, the patient's current pain intensity is assessed using a visual analogy scale (VAS).

It is a test that evaluates fall risk and mobility in the elderly. With this test, the time (sec.) for individuals to get up from a chair, walk a distance of 3 meters and sit back on the chair was measured. A trial test was performed once. Then the test was performed twice and the average of the two measurements was taken.

10-step stair climbing test:It is a test that evaluates the individual's stair climbing activity, lower extremity strength and dynamic balance.

On a staircase with a railing, the 9th step is marked and the individual is asked to climb up and down as fast as he/she can and this time (sec) is measured with a stopwatch.

This is a submaximal exercise test used to determine exercise capacity.

Developed in 1990 by Tinetti et al., it assesses a person's perception of stability and fear of falling during daily activities indoors. It consists of 10 items, answers are scored between 1 and 10. A score above 70 indicates fear of falling

Developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the scale has two versions: long (WHOQOL-100) and short (WHOQOL-BREF). The WHOQOL-BREF scale consists of a total of 26 questions, 24 of which question perceived quality of life and 2 of which question perceived health status. It consists of 4 domains: physical, psychological, social relations and environmental domains. Since each domain independently expresses the quality of life in its own domain, domain scores are calculated between 4 and 20. The higher the score, the better the quality of life.