In the Spine Health Unit, various treatment and preventive approaches are applied to individuals who have back and neck pain due to spine problems, whose daily life activities are restricted or who need preventive health services. After the specific evaluations are made, a personalized physiotherapy and rehabilitation program is created for the individuals who apply to our unit.
• Stabilizer Biofeedback device (2 pieces)
• Semmes Weinstein monofilaments (1 piece)
• Jamar hand dynamometer set (1 piece)
• Algometer (1 piece)
• Treadmill (1 unit)
• Optogait walking device (1 piece)
• Posturography (1 piece)
• Therapeutic ultrasound device (1 piece)
• Mobile ultrasound device (1 piece)
• Cosmed Fitmate MED KPET device (1 unit)
• Mask for CPET (4 pieces)
• Manual sphygmomanometer (1 piece)
• Pulse oximeter device (1 piece)
• Resistant exercise tires (5)
• Exercise balls (5)
• Balance device (2 pieces)
• Exercise mat (10 pieces)
• Tape measure (2 pieces)
• Goniometer (2 pieces)
• Desktop computer (1 unit)
• Portable computer (1 unit)
• Adjustable bed (2 pieces)
• Portable bed (1 piece)
• Blue chair (2 pieces)
• Adjustable black chair (1 piece)
• Stool (3 pieces)
• Cabinet (2 pieces)
• Towels (5 pieces)
• Table (2 pieces)
• Kumtel heater (1 piece)
• Prof. Dr. Özlem Ülger (Faculty Member)
• Dr. Lecturer Assist. Aynur Demirel (Faculty Member)
• Res. Assist. Utku Berberoğlu (PhD Thesis Student-Prof. Dr. Özlem Ülger)
• Res. Assist. Müzeyyen Öz (PhD Thesis Student-Prof. Dr. Özlem Ülger)
• Res. Assist. Dilara Onan (PhD Thesis Student-Prof. Dr. Özlem Ülger)
• Res. Assist. Yasemin Özel Aslıyüce (PhD Thesis Student-Prof. Dr. Özlem Ülger)
Thesis Students (Outside the Unit)
• Murat Emirzeoğlu (PhD Thesis Student-Prof. Dr. Özlem Ülger)
• Mustafa Madan (PhD Thesis Student-Prof. Dr. Özlem Ülger)
• Seda Özdemir (PhD Thesis Student-Prof. Dr. Özlem Ülger)
• Ayşe Nur Öztürk (Master Thesis Student-Prof. Dr. Özlem Ülger)
• Devrim Nazlıcan (MSc Thesis Student-Prof. Dr. Özlem Ülger)
• Aybüke Fanuscu (PhD Thesis Student-Prof. Dr. Özlem Ülger)
• Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Remote Exercises in Asymptomatic Individuals, ASLIYÜCE Ö Y (Executive), ÜLGER Ö (Consultant) TÜBİTAK: Rapid Support Project (National)
• The effect of different exercise approaches on physical and cognitive variables in individuals with chronic low back pain (BAP: Rapid Support Project (National)), ÜLGER Ö. (Coordinator), ÖZ M. (Researcher), 2020-ongoing.
• Evaluation of Long Term Continuity of Exercises in Individuals with Low Back Pain, ÖZ M (Executive), ÜLGER Ö (Consultant) TÜBİTAK: Rapid Support Project (National)
• Establishment of an Interdisciplinary Clinical Master Program in Rehabilitation Sciences at JUST (JUST - CRS). Directors: Ayşe Karaduman, Özlem Ülger, ERASMUS KA2 Project. 2017-ongoing.
• Three points shot to health. Erasmus plus, small partnership Project (International) Coordinator: DEMİREL A.
• Eu on the move Erasmus plus, big partnership Project (International) Coordinator: DEMİREL A.
• Mental well-being and health training for carers of people with disabilities and elderly people. ERASMUS KA2 Project. TR01 THE CENTER FOR EUROPEAN UNION EDUCATION AND YOUTH PROGRAMMES (TURKISH NATIONAL AGENCY). Executives: İrem Düzgün, Muhammed Kılınç, Özlem Ülger. 2020-ongoing.
• Providing Women with Exercise Habits to Protect Waist and Neck Health in Women Education and Culture Centers. Institution: HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY, 01 October 2015, 01 December 2016. (National), ÜLGER Ö. (Coordinator), ÖZ M. (Researcher), DEMİREL A. (Researcher), ÖZEL Y. (Researcher), CETİN H (Researcher)
• The Effect of Different Physiotherapy and Manual Therapy Methods on Pain, Function and Quality of Life Levels in Patients with Low Back and Neck Pain (2014-2015, Higher Education Institutions Supported Project (BAP) (National), ÜLGER Ö. (Executive), ÖZ M. (Researcher ), TAMER S. (Researcher)
• Effects of Yoga and Spinal Stabilization Exercises on Pain Function and Stress in Individuals with Chronic Low Back Pain (2015 - 2016), Higher Education Institutions Supported Project (BAP) (National), ÜLGER Ö. (Executive), ÖZ M. (Researcher)
• Aktif Hacettepe (2014-2017), Higher Education Institutions Supported Project (BAP) (National), ÜLGER Ö. (Coordinator), CEREN A. N., ALKAN H., KARA D., FIL BALKAN A., DÜZGÜN İ. , et al.
• Investigation of the Effects of Upper Extremity Amputation and Prosthesis Use on Balance and Gait (2015-2017), TÜBİTAK Project (National), TOPUZ S, ÜLGER Ö, ŞENER F. G. et al.
• The Effect of Football Sport on Balance Weight Transfer and Stabilization Limit in Individuals with Amputation (2015 - 2017), Higher Education Institutions Supported Project (National), KEKLİCEK H. (Coordinator), YALÇIN A. İ. , TOPUZ S., ŞENER F. G., ÜLGER Ö. , KARAGÜL E
• Comparison of classical education and Bertec's effect on balance in individuals with unilateral lower extremity amputation (2015-2018), Higher Education Institutions Supported Project (National), TOPUZ S. (Executive), ŞENER F. G., ÜLGER Ö. , KARAGÜL E., YALÇIN A. İ. , KEKLİCEK H.
• Emirzeoğlu, M., & Ülger, Ö. (2020). The Acute Effects of Cognitive-Based Neuromuscular Training and Game-Based Training on the Dynamic Balance and Speed Performance of Healthy Young Soccer Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Games for Health Journal.
• Asliyuce, Y. O., Berberoglu, U., & Ulger, O. (2020). Is cervical region tightness related to vagal function and stomach symptoms ?. Medical Hypotheses, 109819.
• Demirel, A., Onan, D., Oz, M., Aslıyuce, Y. O., & Ulger, O. (2020). Moderate Disability Has Negative Effect on Spatiotemporal Parameters in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain. Gait & Posture.
• Onan, D., Gokmen, D., & Ulger, O. (2020). The fremantle neck awareness questionnaire in chronic neck pain patients: Turkish version, validity and reliability study. Spine, 45 (3), E163-E169.
• Demirel, A., Oz, M., Ozel, Y. A., Cetin, H., & Ulger, O. (2019). Stabilization exercise versus yoga exercise in non-specific low back pain: Pain, disability, quality of life, performance: a randomized controlled trial. Complementary Ther Clin Pract, 35, 102-8.
• Topuz, S., Kirdi, E., Yalcin, A. I., Ulger, O., Keklicek, H., & Sener, G. (2019). Effects of arm swing on spatiotemporal characteristics of gait in unilateral transhumeral amputees. Gait & posture, 68, 95-100.
• ASLIYÜCE, Y. Ö., GÖKMEN, D., & ÜLGER, Ö. (2019). Rasch analysis of the Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire: Turkish version, validity, and reliability study. Turkish journal of medical sciences, 49 (6), 1760-1765.
• Ülger, Ö., Yıldırım Şahan, T., & Çelik, S. E. (2018). A systematic literature review of physiotherapy and rehabilitation approaches to lower-limb amputation. Physiotherapy theory and practice, 34 (11), 821-834.
• Keklicek, H., Demirel, A., Yalcin, A., & Ulger, O. (2018). P 139 – Investigating the effects of sacroiliac joint dysfunction on gait in individuals with lumbar herniation nucleus pulposus. Gait & posture, 65, 467.
• Keklicek, H., Demirel, A., Kirdi, E., Yalcin, A., & Ulger, O. (2018). P 017-Gait stability in patient with lumbar herniation nucleus pulposus. Gait & Posture, 65,258-259.
• Ulger, O., Demirel, A., Oz, M., & Tamer, S. (2017). The effect of manual therapy and exercise in patients with chronic low back pain: double blind randomized controlled trial. Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation, 30 (6), 1303-1309.
• Tamer, S., Öz, M., & Ülger, Ö. (2017). The effect of visceral osteopathic manual therapy applications on pain, quality of life and function in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain. Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation, 30 (3), 419-425.
• Soyer, K., Unver, B., Tamer, S., & Ulger, O. (2016). The importance of rehabilitation concerning upper extremity amputees: A Systematic Review. Pakistan journal of medical sciences, 32 (5), 1312.
• Yagli, N. V., & Ulger, O. (2015). The effects of yoga on the quality of life and depression in elderly breast cancer patients. Complementary therapies in clinical practice, 21 (1), 7-10.
• Demirel, A., Onan, D., Aslıyüce, Y. Ö., Öz, M., Berberoğlu, U., & Ülger, Ö. (2020). Body awareness and chronic low back pain: validity and reliability study of Turkish version of Body Awareness Rating Scale. Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences, 50.
• Demirel, A., Onan, D., & Ulger, O. (2020). Effects of fatigue on spatiotemporal characteristics of healthy individuals. Gait & Posture, 81, 81.
• Li, J., Demirel, A., Azuero, A., McLain, A., & Yarar-Fisher, C. (2020). The Relationship Between Healthy Eating Index-2015 and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in People with Long-Standing Spinal Cord Injury. Current Developments in Nutrition, 4 (Supplement_2), 540-540.
• Demirel, A., Li, J., Morrow, C., Barnes, S., Jansen, J., Gower, B., ... & Yarar-Fisher, C. (2020). Evaluation of a ketogenic diet for improvement of neurological recovery in individuals with acute spinal cord injury: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 21, 1-13.
• Demi̇rel, A. (2019). The Relationship Between Quality of Life, Disability, Functional Status and Radiculopathy in Patients with Cervical Disc Herniation. Journal of Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation, 7 (3), 123-128. DOI: 10.30720 / ered.468859
• Ülger, Ö., Demirel, A., Oz, M., & Şahin, A. (2018). Effectiveness of physiotherapy and minimally invasive technics on functional status and quality of life in geriatric patients with low back pain. Journal of exercise rehabilitation, 14 (6), 1048.
• Ülger, Ö., Balkan, A. F., Demirel, A., Keklicek, H., Ceren, A. N., Dilara, ONAN., ... & Düzgün, İ. (2018). Investigation of the change in the activity levels of young individuals who received awareness training on physical activity. Journal of Ergotherapy and Rehabilitation, 7 (1), 17-26.
• Demirel, A., Oz, M., & Ulger, O. (2019). The effect of minimally invasive techniques and physiotherapy on pain and disability in elderly: A retrospective study. Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation, 32 (1), 63-70.
• Demirel, A., Yorubulut, M., & Ergun, N. (2017). Regression of lumbar disc herniation by physiotherapy. Does non-surgical spinal decompression therapy make a difference? Double-blind randomized controlled trial. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 30 (5), 1015-1022.
• Ülger, Ö. G., Demirel, A., & Yorubulut, M. (2017). Neck Injury: 3532 June 3 1000 AM-1020 AM. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 49 (5S), 1006.
• Demirel, A. (2017). Rehabilitation: In-Water Exercise Training. Turkiye Klinikleri Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation-Special Topics, 3 (2), 103-112.
• 26. Demi̇rel, A, Uyan, A, Ergun, N. (2016). Effect of International Paralympics Summer Youth Camp on self-esteem. Journal of Exercise Therapy and Rehabilitation, 3 (1), 9-14. Retrieved from https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jetr/issue/41921/504318
• Demirel, A., Öz, M., & Ülger, Ö., (2015). The effect of deep friction massage and cervical stabilization exercises on pressure pain threshold in cervical disc herniation, Physiotherapy Rehabilitation, Issue 26 (3)
• Demirel, A., & Ergun, N., (2015). Comparison of different physiotherapy methods in lumbar disc herniation. Physiotherapy Rehabilitation, Issue 26 (3)
• Demirel, A., Tamer, S., Öz, M., & Ülger, Ö., (2015). A case report of the effect of deep friction massage on pain in a patient with lumbar disc herniation. Turkish physiotherapy and rehabilitation, vol.26, 66.
• Tamer, S., Öz, M., Demirel, A., Ülger, Ö., & Şahin, A., (2015). The effect of osteopathic manual therapy in a patient with coccygeotomy, whose pain continues after coccygeal radiofrequency. Turkish Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, vol.26, 23.
• Akel, B. S., Demirel, A., & Baltacı, G., (2015). Determination of Grip Contact Areas With Stereologic Measurement in Children with Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy. Turkish Journal of Physiotherapy Rehabilitation-Physiotherapy Rehabilitation, Vol.26, 86-92.
• Onan, D., Fırat, T., & Ülger, Ö., (2020). Efficacy of a 9-week Exercise Program including Rectus Abdominis Eccentric Exercise in a Girl Patient Diagnosed with Thoracic Kyphosis. International Journal of Sport, Exercise and Health Research, 4 (2).
• Emirzeoğlu, M., & Ülger, Ö., (2019). Comparison of the Dynamic Balance andSpeed Performance of Soccer Players Playing in Different Positions. Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Sports Sciences.
• Emirzeoğlu, Murat, and Özlem Ülger. "Investigation of the Effect of Conventional Physiotherapy and Game Based Training on Young Soccer Player with Lumbar Spondylolysis: Case Report." Sport Exercise Research 2019; 3 (1): 1-4
• Özlem, Ülger, and Yagli Vardar Naciye. "The Effects of Yoga on Sleep, a Depressed State, and Quality of Life, in both Working and Inactive Women." Annals of Health and Health Sciences 5.2 (2018): 82-86.
• Demirdel, S., Kırdı, E., Yalçın, A. İ., Keklicek, H., Topuz, S., Ülger, Ö., Erbahçeci, F. (2017). Prosthetic rehabilitation of a patient with proximal focal femoral deficit in the left leg and bilateral upper extremity surgery. Physiotherapy Rehabilitation, Vol 28, Issue 3
• Güçhan, Z., & Ülger, Ö., (2017). Comparison of the Effects of PhysiotherapyGroup Exercise and Basketball on Quality of Life of Obese Children. Open Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, vol.5, 1-10.
• Ülger, Ö., Topuz, S., & Güven, Ö., (2016). The Prosthetic Rehabilitation of an Amputee with Rett Syndrome and Wrist Disarticulaiton. SEAJCRR, vol. 5, 2323-2328.
• Ülger, Ö., Topuz, S., Bayramlar, K., & Şener, F. G., (2015). Functional Leveling Scale Developed for Child Amputees and Preliminary Results. Turkish Physiotherapy Rehabilitation, vol.26, 1-3.
Books
• Ülger, Ö., & Demirel, A., (2018). Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in Lumbal Disc Herniation. Orthopedic Rehabilitation with Cases Istanbul Kitapevi.
• Öz, M., & Ülger, Ö., (2017). The Effect of Yoga on Pain and Stress in a Case with Low Back Pain: A Case Report. Physiotherapy Seminars e-Book, Hipokrat Publishing House.
• Öz, M., & Ülger, Ö., (2017). How Realistic Is Virtual Reality in Low Back and Neck Pain ?. Physiotherapy Seminars e-Book, Hipokrat Publishing House.
• Ülger, Ö., Tamer, S., & Öz, M., (2016). Exercises and Suggestions for Waist and Neck Health. Özlem Ülger (Ed.). : Öztürk.
• Özel, Y., & Ülger, Ö., (2017) Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation after Minimally Invasive Lumbal Surgical Approaches. Physiotherapy Seminars e-Book, Hipokrat Publishing House.
• Onan, D., & Fırat, T., (2017) Evidence-Based Physiotherapy Approaches in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Physiotherapy Seminars e-Book, Hipokrat Publishing House.
• Rehabilitation in Thoracic and Cervical Region Pathologies. Editor: Özlem Ülger, Ankara, Vize Publishing, 2020
• Rehabilitation in Lumbal Area Pathologies. Editor: Özlem Ülger, Ankara, Vize Publishing, 2020