2.1. Study design
This study was designed as a randomized, comparative, and mono-center study. The study was conducted in the Orthopedic Rehabilitation Unit of the Health Sciences Faculty of Eastern Mediterranean University between March 2019 and August 2021. The study was approved by the Health Ethics Committee (ETK00-2019-0177) and registered into the Clinical Trials (NCT04211701). This study was conducted in accordance with the rules of the Declaration of Helsinki.All assessments and treatments were conducted by the same physiotherapist (GE) to standardize the study. The physiotherapist had 7 years of experience with the subject.