Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Acibadem Altunizade Hospital, İstanbul Dr. Nilgün Çavdar
✓ Medically verified profileDr. Nilgün Çavdar
Dr. Nilgün Çavdar is a physical medicine & rehabilitation specialist at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye, with 34 years of experience. Listed areas of expertise include spine health, sports and knee injuries, myalgia, myopathy and parkinson’s rehabilitation. She consults in Turkish and English, and online consultation is available for international patients before travelling.
Accepting international patientsAbout Dr. Nilgün Çavdar
Dr. Nilgün Çavdar is a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation with 34 years of experience. She treats fibromyalgia, piriformis syndrome, frozen shoulder syndrome and loss of cervical lordosis. Lipedema treatment, pain treatment, Parkinson’s rehabilitation and treatment of lymphedema are also among the areas of expertise listed on this profile.
She completed physical medicine and rehabilitation training at Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine in 1996. She then worked as a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist at Private Swiss Hospital from 1999 to 2004 and at Darüşşafaka Maltepe Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Hospital from 2004 to 2006, before joining Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2006. She sees patients at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye. She belongs to two professional bodies, the Turkish Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Association and Darüşşafaka Cemiyeti.
Her published work is dated between 1988 and 2003. It includes studies of muscle function and isokinetic training in women with osteoarthritis of the knee, papers on traumatic spinal cord injury covering pain, epidemiology and long-term status, and work on conservative treatment of low back pain,
What Dr. Çavdar treats and performs
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Areas of practiceSpine healthTreatment of lymphedemaPhysical therapy and rehabilitation - pain treatmentNeuromuscular diseasesParkinson’s rehabilitation
Conditions treated
- Sports and knee injuries
- Myalgia
- Myopathy
- Piriformis syndrome
- Loss of cervical lordosis
- Frozen shoulder syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Muscle and nerve disorders
Procedures performed
Education, career and memberships
Education & training
Education
- 1996Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- 1992Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine
Career
Professional Experience
- 2006Acıbadem Healthcare Services
- 2004–2006Darüşşafaka Maltepe Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Hospital / Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist
- 1999–2004Private Swiss Hospital / Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist
- 1996–1999Uludağ University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation / Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist
Memberships
Professional Memberships
- Turkish Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Association
- Darüşşafaka Cemiyeti
Selected publications
Selected Publications
- Muscle mass, isokinetic torgue and functional capacity in womwn with osteoarthritis of the knee. Gür H, Çakın (Çavdar) N. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2003 Oct; 84:1534-41
- Concentric versus combined concentric-eccentric isokinetic training: effects on functional capacity and symptoms in patients with osteoarthrosis of the knee. Gür H, Çakın (Çavdar) N, Akova B, Okay E, Küçükoğlu S. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2002 Mar; 83(3):308-16.
- Long-term physical and social status in patients with spinal cord injury. İrdesel J, Kahraman Z, Çakın (Çavdar) N, Sivrioğlu K. Türkiye Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1999;2(4):51-55.
- Conservative approach in the treatment of acute, recurrent and chronic low back pain. Çakın (Çavdar) N, Küçükoğlu S. Galenos 1998 Nov; 2(24):25-30.
- Pain in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury İrdesel J, Kahraman Z, Özcan O, Çakın (Çavdar) N, Küçükoğlu S. Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1998;1(1):33-40
- Epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury. 1988-1996. İrdesel J, Özcan O, Turan B, Kahraman Z, Çakın N, Küçükoğlu S. Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1998;1(4):10-20
- The effect of methotrexate in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Çakın (Çavdar) N, Turan B, Sivrioğlu K, İrdesel J, Küçükoğlu S. Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1998;1(4):55-58.
- Intrathecal baclofen in the treatment of spinal spasticity: Three-year follow-up results of two cases. Turan B, Sivrioğlu K, Çakın (Çavdar) N, Küçükoğlu S. Journal of Rheumatology & Medical Rehabilitation 1998;9(4):269-273.
