A/Prof Melek Volkan Yazici

Visiting Academic - Assistant Professor

Child Health Research Centre

Researcher biography

A/Prof. Melek Volkan-Yazici is a visiting researcher at the Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre within the UQ Child Health Research Centre, joining from the Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation at Yüksek İhtisas University, Turkey.

With over 10 years of clinical experience working with children and adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities, A/Prof Volkan-Yazici is dedicated to advancing therapeutic approaches for this population. At the Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre, she is involved in research projects aimed at enhancing therapeutic outcomes for children with cerebral palsy.

Her primary research interests include pediatric neurorehabilitation, functional exercise interventions, and rehabilitation technologies.

A/Prof Melek Volkan-Yazici is supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) under the BIDEB 2219-International Postdoctoral Research Scholarship Program.

Publications

Journal Articles (13)

Journal Articles

Orhan, Kaan, Yazici, Gokhan, Onder, Merve, Evli, Cengiz, Volkan-Yazici, Melek, Kolsuz, Mehmet Eray, Bagis, Nilsun, Kafa, Nihan and Gonuldas, Fehmi (2024). Development and Validation of an Ultrasonography-Based Machine Learning Model for Predicting Outcomes of Bruxism Treatments. Diagnostics, 14 (11) 1158, 1158. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14111158

Yazici, Melek Volkan, Cobanoglu, Gamze, Yazici, Gokhan and Elbasan, Bulent (2023). Effects of progressive functional ankle exercises in spastic cerebral palsy, plantarflexors versus dorsiflexors: a randomized trial. Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences, 53 (5), 1166-1177. doi: 10.55730/1300-0144.5682

Yazici, Melek Volkan, Cobanoglu, Gamze and Yazici, Gokhan (2022). Test-retest reliability and minimal detectable change for measures of wearable gait analysis system (G-walk) in children with cerebral palsy. Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences, 52 (3) 16, 658-666. doi: 10.55730/1300-0144.5358

Volkan-Yazici, Melek, Kolsuz, Mehmet Eray, Kafa, Nihan, Yazici, Gokhan, Evli, Cengiz and Orhan, Kaan (2021). Comparison of Kinesio Taping and manual therapy in the treatment of patients with bruxism using shear-wave elastography-A randomised clinical trial. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 75 (12) e14902, 1-8. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.14902

Volkan-Yazici, Melek and Esmer, Murat (2021). Reducing Circumference and Volume in Upper Extremity Lipedema: The Role of Complex Decongestive Physiotherapy. Lymphatic Research and Biology, 20 (1), 71-75. doi: 10.1089/lrb.2020.0128

Yazici, Gokhan, Varol, Fatmagul, Volkan Yazici, Melek and Citaker, Seyit (2020). Reliability Of Make And Break Tests In Assessing Intrinsic Foot Muscle Strength Using A Handheld Dynamometer In Healthy Young Adults. Turkish Journal of Physiotherapy Rehabilitation-Turk Fizyoterapi Ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi, 31 (3), 263-269. doi: 10.21653/tjpr.736578

Volkan-Yazici, Melek, Yazici, Gokhan and Esmer, Murat (2020). The Effects of Complex Decongestive Physiotherapy Applications on Lower Extremity Circumference and Volume in Patients with Lipedema. Lymphatic Research and Biology, 19 (1), 111-114. doi: 10.1089/lrb.2020.0080

Yazici, Gokhan, Kafa, Nihan, Kolsuz, Mehmet Eray, Volkan-Yazici, Melek, Evli, Cengiz and Orhan, Kaan (2020). Evaluation of single session physical therapy methods in bruxism patients using shear wave ultrasonography. Cranio, 41 (1), 41-47. doi: 10.1080/08869634.2020.1812817

Yazici, Gokhan, Yazici, Melek Volkan, Bayraktar, Deniz, Varol, Fatmagul, Gunduz, Arzu Guclu and Bek, Nilgun (2020). Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Self-reported Foot and Ankle Score in patients with foot or ankle pain. Acta Orthopaedica Et Traumatologica Turcica, 54 (4), 408-413. doi: 10.5152/j.aott.2020.19185

Esmer, M., Schingale, F. J., Unal, D., Yazici, M. and Guzel, N. A. (2020). Physiotherapy And Rehabilitation Applications In Lipedema Management: A Literature Review. Lymphology, 53 (2), 88-95.

Maras, Gokhan, Sheidayi, Shahed, Yazici, Gokhan, Yazici, Melek Volkan, Gunaydin, Gurkan and Citaker, Seyit (2019). Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validity, and Reliability Study of the Turkish Version of the Back Pain Functional Scale. Asian Spine Journal, 13 (4), 569-576. doi: 10.31616/asj.2018.0284

Sahin, Ilknur Ezgi, Guclu-Gunduz, Arzu, Yazici, Gokhan, Ozkul, Cagla, Volkan-Yazici, Melek, Nazliel, Bijen and Tekindal, Mustafa Agah (2019). The sensitivity and specificity of the balance evaluation systems test-BESTest in determining risk of fall in stroke patients. Neurorehabilitation, 44 (1), 67-77. doi: 10.3233/NRE-182558

Volkan-Yazici, Melek, Elbasan, Bulent and Yazici, Gokhan (2018). Motor Performance and Activities of Daily Living in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Iranian Journal of Pediatrics, 28 (6) e65396, 1-7. doi: 10.5812/ijp.65396

Areas of research

Neurorehabilitation

Novel therapies

Translational research