Despite Turkish not being her mother tongue, Parastoo Younesian from Iran, a graduate student at Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Faculty of Health Sciences, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department (in Turkish – with Thesis), showed great courage and devotion; and successfully wrote her thesis in Turkish. With EMU Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department Chair Asst. Prof. Dr. Ender Angın as her supervisor, Younesian successfully completed her thesis titled “The Effects of Aqua Bicycle Training for Knee Arthroplasty Implemented Patients on Pain, Joint Range of Motion, Muscle Strength, Physical Performance, Balance and Life Quality: A Comparative Study”.
EMU Rector Extends Congratulations
EMU Rector Prof. Dr. Necdet Osam received Parastoo Younesian, who significantly contributed to literature with her observational study on early Aqua bicycle training after Total Knee Arthroplasty. During the meeting on January 23rd 2019, Wednesday at 15:30, Younesian presented her thesis to Prof. Dr. Osam, who congratulated Younesian for her success and courage; and stated that he was deeply pleased with her thesis. Younesian’s work is the first thesis written in Turkish by an international student at EMU Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation.
76 Subjects Participated in the Post-Arthroplasty Study
76 individuals, with knee arthroplasty implementations, participated in the study of this thesis that evaluates the effects of Aqua Bicycle training in their treatment. 38 subjects were in the Aqua Bicycle training group and 38 individuals were in the ‘classic home exercise’ group. The study proved that a 4 week-long Aqua Bicycle training was more efficient compared to the classical home exercises and that despite the existence of significant improvements in the control group, the Aqua Bicycle training had more efficiency.
