{"title":"Ultrasonographic evaluation of muscle thickness in female patients with fibromyalgia and its relationship with clinical parameters.","authors":"Erkan Mesci, Bilinc Dogruoz, Nilgun Mesci, Afitap Icagasioglu","doi":"10.14744/nci.2023.04382","DOIUrl":"10.14744/nci.2023.04382","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to compare the ultrasonographic thickness of selected major muscles of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and asymptomatic control subjects and to evaluate the relationship between muscle thickness and muscle strength, physical performance, kinesiophobia, and clinical variables.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-two FMS patients and 18 asymptomatic control cases who applied to the physical medicine and rehabilitation outpatient clinic were included. The thickness of the gastrocnemius medialis/lateralis, trapezius, and upper arm muscle was evaluated with ultrasonography. Muscle strength was evaluated with hand grip strength, muscle performance with chair stand test (CST), walking performance with 10 m walking test, disease severity with Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire-Revised, pain severity with VAS, and kinesiophobia with TAMPA kinesiophobia scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean thickness values of all the muscles measured were significantly decreased in the FMS group compared with the control (p<0.05). There were positive correlations between gastrocnemius medialis/lateralis and upper arm muscle thickness with hand grip strength (p<0.01, r=0.602, r=0.663, r=0.567, respectively) and positive correlations between gastrocnemius medialis/lateralis muscle thickness with CST (p<0.05, r=0.507, r=0.512, respectively). TAMPA was significantly negatively correlated with gastrocnemius medialis/lateralis and upper arm muscle thickness.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Muscle thickness, strength, and performance decrease in FMS patients. This reduction in muscle strength, performance, and size is associated with kinesiophobia. Strengthening exercises should be included in the management of FMS patients. However, caution should be exercised when prescribing exercises that require extreme muscle performance, considering that it may cause kinesiophobia.</p>","PeriodicalId":53535,"journal":{"name":"Altorientalische Forschungen","volume":"46 1","pages":"718-725"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10846583/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79273962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“In Heaven, at Evening”","authors":"Paul Delnero, Uri Gabbay","doi":"10.1515/aofo-2023-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aofo-2023-0013","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The article presents an edition of the Old Babylonian Sumerian Eršema “In heaven, at evening” according to the tablet MS 3406, published here for the first time, and parallels. The Eršema describes Inana lamenting her losses and the capture of her spouse Dumuzi.","PeriodicalId":53535,"journal":{"name":"Altorientalische Forschungen","volume":"43 1 1","pages":"170 - 177"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139294360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rune Rattenborg, Gustav Ryberg Smidt, Carolin Johansson, Nils Melin-Kronsell, S. Nett
{"title":"The Archaeological Distribution of the Cuneiform Corpus","authors":"Rune Rattenborg, Gustav Ryberg Smidt, Carolin Johansson, Nils Melin-Kronsell, S. Nett","doi":"10.1515/aofo-2023-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aofo-2023-0014","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The present study offers a first comprehensive, quantifiable overview of the geographical extent and scale of the cuneiform corpus. Though one of the oldest and longest-lived scripts in history, the sheer size of this corpus, being among the largest discrete bodies of written source material from the pre-modern world, is seldom properly appreciated. We review and evaluate past quantitative assessments of the corpus and current levels of catalogue digitisation and integration, pointing to gaps in general catalogues and principal issues relating to the quantification and interrogation of textual sources at the corpus-level. Combining a newly developed open access spatial index of c. 600 locations from across Europe, Asia, and Africa where cuneiform texts have been found with a quantitative survey of reported finds from scholarly literature, we then proceed to discuss the formation of the cuneiform corpus as an archaeological artefact. Aided by an extremely broad diachronic and diatopic outlook on a uniquely large body of written source material, this study offers an innovative and novel perspective on written corpora as archaeological artefacts.","PeriodicalId":53535,"journal":{"name":"Altorientalische Forschungen","volume":"11 1","pages":"178 - 205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139304471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“kišib-gu10 zi-ra-ab”: Annul my Sealed Tablet!","authors":"Sergio Alivernini","doi":"10.1515/aofo-2023-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aofo-2023-0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The practice of annulling or destroying written documents is well documented during the III Dynasty of Ur (2112–2004 BC), where several documents record the expression “kišib PN zi-re-dam,” the sealed document is to be annulled/destroyed. This practice is recorded in three different types of administrative documents: loan texts, “orders” requesting the annulment of another document, and documents whose annulment takes place only after another document has arrived. The aim of this article is to study the documents that record this practice and to provide a description of the administrative procedures related to the annulment of documents during the III Dynasty of Ur.","PeriodicalId":53535,"journal":{"name":"Altorientalische Forschungen","volume":"187 1","pages":"141 - 149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139293546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Evidence for Sumerian Agricultural Land Terminology in Sargonic Umma","authors":"Hanan Abd Alhamza Alessawe","doi":"10.1515/aofo-2023-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aofo-2023-0010","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article presents an unpublished cuneiform tablet measuring 13.5 × 14.0 × 1.5 cm. that has been confiscated and now bears the accession number I.M. 204249. According to its palaeography, form, content, prosopography and the mu – iti dating formula, it originates from the Umma region and dates to the Old Akkadian period. It contains a list of different field types of varying sizes leased to a large number of people and hence lends itself to a study of agricultural land terminology.","PeriodicalId":53535,"journal":{"name":"Altorientalische Forschungen","volume":"1 1","pages":"129 - 140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139305852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Vanity Theme and Critical Wisdom in Mesopotamian Literature","authors":"Maurizio Viano","doi":"10.1515/aofo-2023-0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aofo-2023-0016","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The heading “vanity theme” has been attributed to various Sumerian and Akkadian literary compositions that would represent a form of wisdom critical of traditional values. The present article revises those compositions arguing that they do not propound a critical view of traditional wisdom but simply reflect on the finitude of human nature. Critical wisdom only surfaces in a limited number of compositions mostly attested in Middle Babylonian sources. The vanity theme is not only tied to critical views of traditional values but is a flexible literary motif that was adapted to different contexts and compositions.","PeriodicalId":53535,"journal":{"name":"Altorientalische Forschungen","volume":"6 1","pages":"237 - 256"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139295757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Taxation and Tax Farming in the Egibi Archive","authors":"Jinyan Wang","doi":"10.1515/aofo-2023-0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aofo-2023-0017","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Egibi archive contains a group of texts concerning the tax farming activities of Marduk-nāṣir-apli, son of Itti-Marduk-balāṭu, the head of the Egibi family in the third generation (521–487 BCE). This group of texts includes documents that refer to various taxes, such as ilku and qaštu, mostly in the form of receipts, as well as a dossier of a rab hanše, Bēl-erība, son of Kalbāya, descendant of Šumu-libši, who was closely involved in the collection of ilku. A detailed analysis and contextualization of these texts reveal the ilku taxation processes, and the roles of the rab hanšê Bēl-erība and the tax farmer Marduk-nāṣir-apli in these processes. These texts also add more evidence for the taxation on the military fiefs and qaštu-tax in Babylon.","PeriodicalId":53535,"journal":{"name":"Altorientalische Forschungen","volume":"245 2 1","pages":"257 - 270"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139304399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On Shifting Social and Urban Landscapes in Uruk under Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur II","authors":"M. Sandowicz, Cornelia Wunsch, Stefan Zawadzki","doi":"10.1515/aofo-2023-0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aofo-2023-0015","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper discusses a small dossier of four documents concerning a house that stood in Neo-Babylonian Uruk. These documents, among which are two previously unpublished texts, offer a rare opportunity to follow the history of one property and one neighborhood over a period of more than half a century. Apart from supplying unique long-term data on property prices in Uruk, the dossier provides insight into various social and political changes that shaped Uruk’s urban landscape in the late seventh and early sixth centuries BC. In particular, it contributes to the evidence concerning a dramatic purge of Uruk elites that took place in the middle of Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur (Nebuchadnezzar) II’s reign.","PeriodicalId":53535,"journal":{"name":"Altorientalische Forschungen","volume":"33 1","pages":"206 - 236"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139296646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some Reflections on the Use and the Meaning of the Sign lugal in Urartian Inscriptions","authors":"A. S. Bonfanti","doi":"10.1515/aofo-2023-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aofo-2023-0004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The present article is focused on an analysis of the distribution of the Sumerograms man and lugal in Urartian inscriptions: since they are found in very specific situations, with only one of the two directly referring to the Urartian king, it is likely that they should be intended not as synonyms, but rather as concealing two slightly different meanings. After a brief introduction focused on the use of the two Sumerograms in Assyrian royal titularies, especially in the ones used as models by the Urartians, the paper will focus on the use of the Sumerograms in Urartian inscriptions, concluding with an analysis of an Urartian text on clay tablet, whose translation is still debated.","PeriodicalId":53535,"journal":{"name":"Altorientalische Forschungen","volume":"50 1","pages":"21 - 32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46220230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}