Functional Assessment of the Subjects with Unertan Syndrome: 10 Years Follow-Up Study

Thapar A, Pine DS, Leckman JF, et al. Rutter’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 6th ed. Wiley-Blackwell; 2015.

Tan U. A new syndrome with quadrupedal gait, primitive speech, and severe mental retardation as a live model for human evolution. Int J Neurosci. 2006;116(3):361–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207450500455330.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Ozcelik T, Akarsu NA, Uz E, et al. Mutations in the very low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) gene cause cerebellar hypoplasia and quadrupedal locomotion. Eur J Hum Genet. 2008;16(4):486–91. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201995.

Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Manto M, Bower JM, Conforto AB, et al. Consensus paper: roles of the cerebellum in motor control—The diversity of ideas on cerebellar involvement in movement. Cerebellum. 2012;11(2):457–87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-011-0331-9.

Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Tan U. A new theory on the evolution of human mind. unertan syndrome: quadrupedality, primitive language, and severe mental retardation. NeuroQuantology. 2005;3(4):250–5. https://doi.org/10.14704/nq.2005.3.4.76.

Tan U. Evidence for unertan syndrome and the evolution of the human Mind. Int J Neurosci. 2006;116(7):763–74. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207450600588733.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Tan U. A wrist-walker exhibiting no Uner Tan sydnrome: A theory for possible mechanisms of human devolution toward the atavistic walking patterns. Int J Neurosci. 2007;117(1):147–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207450600936866.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Tan U, Karaca S, Tan M, et al. Unertan syndrome: A case series demonstrating human devolution. Int J Neurosci. 2008;118(1):1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207450701667857.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Turkmen S, Demirhan O, Hoffmann K, et al. Cerebellar hypoplasia and quadrupedal locomotion in humans as a recessive trait mapping to chromosome 17p. J Med Genet. 2006;43(5):461–4. https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg.2005.040030.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Tan U. Evidence for Uner Tan syndrome as a human model for reverse evolution. Int J Neurosci. 2006;116(12):1539–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/10623320600934325.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Stein RE, Riessman CK. The development of an impact-on-family scale: preliminary findings. Med Care. 1980;18(4):465–72. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005650-198004000-00010.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Beydemir F, Cavlak U, Yolacan S, Ekici G. Reliability and validity of Turkish version of the impact on family scale: assessment of depressive symptoms and quality of life in mothers with cerebral palsied children. J Med Sci. 2009;9(4):175–84. https://doi.org/10.3923/jms.2009.175.184.

Article  Google Scholar 

Mahoney FI, Barthel DW. Functional evaluation: the Barthel index. Md State Med J. 1965;14:61–5.

CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Uysal HH. The effectiveness of physiotherapy approaches in diabetic foot. University of hacettepe, health sciences institute program in physical therapy and rehabilitation doctorate thesis. 2002. [in Turkish].

www.who.int (WHO. World Report on Disability and Rehabilitation).

Piştav Akmeşe P, Mutlu A, Günel MK. Serebral paralizili Çocukların annelerinin Kaygı Düzeyinin araştırılması. Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları. Dergisi. 2007;50(4):236–40. [in Turkish].

Google Scholar 

Al-Kuwari MG. Psychological health of mothers caring for mentally disabled children in Qatar. Neurosciences. 2007;12:312–7.

PubMed  Google Scholar 

Andersson A. Depression and anxiety in families with a mentally handicapped child. Int J Rehabil Res. 1993;16:165–9. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004356-199306000-00011.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Kolk AM, Schipper JL, Hanewald GJ, et al. The impact on family scale: A test of invariance across culture. J Pediatr Psychol. 2000;25(5):323–9. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/25.5.323.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Cavlak U, Kavlak E, Gursoy S, et al. The effects of physical and social health components on quality of life in Turkish mothers with disabled children. Semin Neurol. 2007;11(1):32.

Google Scholar 

Cavlak U, Kavlak E, Tarakcı E, et al. A comparison of quality of life mothers with children with/without disabilities: a sample based on Turkish population. Semin Neurol. 2007;11(1):31.

Google Scholar 

Ekici G, Cavlak U. An analysis of psycho-social problems and level of hopelessness of mothers who have had disabled children. OZ-VERI. 2007;4:998–1008. [in Turkish].

Google Scholar 

Rantanen T, Guralnik JM, Foley D, et al. Midlife hand grip strength as a predictor of old age disability. JAMA. 1999;281(6):558–60. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.281.6.558.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Steiber N. Strong or weak handgrip?? Normative reference values for the German population across the life course stratified by sex, age, and body height. PLoS ONE. 2016;11(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163917.

Shapiro LJ, Raichlen DA. Lateral sequence walking in infant papio cynocephalus: implications for the evolution of diagonal sequence walking in primates. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2005;126:205–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20049.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Tan U. Unertan syndrome: review and report of four new cases. Int J Neurosci. 2008;118(2):211–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207450701667808.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Tan U. Two families with quadrupedalism, mental retardation, no speech, and infantile hypotonia (Uner Tan syndrome Type-II); a novel theory for the evolutionary emergence of human bipedalism. Front Neurosci. 2014;22(8):84. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2014.00084.

Article  Google Scholar 

Comments (0)

No login
gif