Banno, Tomohiro Hasegawa, Tomohiko Yamato, Yu Yoshida, Go Yasuda, Tatsuya Arima, Hideyuki Oe, Shin Ushirozako, Hiroki Yamada, Tomohiro Ide, Koichiro
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Condoliase is a novel, potent chemonucleolytic drug available for clinical use for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) in Japan. The aim of this study was to assess the clinical outcome of condoliase therapy in patients with LDH, as well as factors affecting the clinical outcome. We enrolled patients with LDH who were receiving condoliase injection. The f...
Arbex, Maria Carolyna Fonseca Batista Okazaki, Jane Erika Frazão Tavares, Daniela Regina Brandão Figueiredo Bersani, Ana Laura Santos, Fania Cristina
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In 2007, the Japanese Orthopedic Association established the term "Locomotive Syndrome" (LS) for the concept of locomotor organ dysfunction with potential loss of independence. The purpose of this study was to identify characteristics of LS and establish a diagnostic cut-off for the Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale (GLFS 25-p) for the Brazilian ...
Kim, Jung-Taek Kim, Hyun Young Kim, Chul-Ho Park, Jae In Aditya, Kekatpure Kim, Ho Yeon Yoon, Pil Whan
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Makino, Takahiro Takenaka, Shota Sakai, Yusuke Yoshikawa, Hideki Kaito, Takashi
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Postoperative recovery of activities of daily living after surgery in elderly patients often takes a longer time because of their frailty. However, it is unclear how long it takes for patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD) to recover their abilities to live their daily lives in their home after corrective fusion surgery. This study aimed to inv...
Hirai, Shima Kato, So Nakajima, Koji Doi, Toru Matsubayashi, Yoshitaka Taniguchi, Yuki Inanami, Hirohiko Hayashi, Naoto Tanaka, Sakae Oshima, Yasushi
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To determine the underlying anatomical characteristics in patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy (CSR) by comparing those of surgically treated CSR patients with those of healthy subjects. Computed tomography (CT) scans of the cervical spine in 42 patients who underwent decompression surgery for CSR were investigated. As a control group, ...
Okuzu, Yaichiro Goto, Koji Shimizu, Yu Kawai, Toshiyuki Kuroda, Yutaka Matsuda, Shuichi
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The etiology of sacroiliac joint (SIJ) degeneration has not been fully elucidated, and there has been almost no report on the relevance between SIJ degeneration and hip osteoarthritis secondary to developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH). We investigated factors associated with SIJ degeneration, specifically its laterality in patients with end-stag...
Itoh, Naohiro Tsuji, Toshinaga Ishida, Mitsuhiro Ochiai, Toshimitsu Konno, Shinichi Uchio, Yuji
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Central sensitization, including dysfunction of descending inhibitory pain pathways, may contribute to multisite pain in patients with chronic musculoskeletal conditions. Duloxetine is a centrally acting analgesic that effectively reduces pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Here we assessed the efficacy of duloxetine (60 mg/day) in Japanese ...
Saito, Takeshi Mori, Yu Irei, Osamu Baba, Kazuyoshi Nakajo, Satoru Itoi, Eiji
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Exercises and vitamin D interventions have shown to improve muscle function and balance, and prevent falls in postmenopausal healthy women and in patients with osteoporosis. However, the effects of eldecalcitol on these factors remain undetermined. The present open-label, randomized, controlled study aimed to investigate the effects of eldecalcitol...
Imagama, Shiro Murakami, Hideki Kaito, Takashi Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamashita, Toshihiko Kawakami, Mamoru Takahashi, Kazuhisa Yoshida, Munehito Ohtori, Seiji Taguchi, Toshihiko
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Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a major cause of chronic pain with nociceptive, neuropathic or both pain components, and a leading cause of disability. The objectives of this study were to determine the impact of background factors including previous use of drugs on outcomes of pharmacological therapy for CLBP in a nationwide multicenter prospectiv...
Mizutani, Yasushi Okuda, Akinori Maegawa, Naoki Tada, Yusuke Takano, Keisuke Asai, Hideki Watanabe, Tomoo Kawai, Yasuyuki Shigematsu, Hideki Urisono, Yasuyuki
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