Kaneya, Satomi Hashidate, Hiroyuki
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Journal of physical therapy science
[Purpose] To investigate reliability and discriminant validity of a single question about total lying time for assessing physical inactivity in community-dwelling older people. [Participants and Methods] The participants were 54 healthy older individuals (mean age, 72.5 years), who were asked to recall retrospectively their mean total lying and sle...
Kitagawa, Kodai Nagasaki, Takayuki Nakano, Sota Hida, Mitsumasa Okamatsu, Shogo Wada, Chikamune
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Journal of physical therapy science
[Purpose] In caregivers, low load posture is necessary to prevent lower back pain during patient handling activities such as sit-to-stand support. This study focused on the foot-position of caregivers as an adjustable and useful parameter. A wide stance decreases the stress on the lumbar vertebra. However, this foot-position increases loading of th...
Nakano, Sota Okada, Hirotaka Higo, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Kouichi Kitagawa, Kodai Wada, Chikamune
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Journal of physical therapy science
[Purpose] To further the understanding of dysfunctions to which a simulated experience method could be applied, we clarified whether a simulated experience method can promote caregivers to utilize the abilities of care recipients with pseudo-hemiplegia or pseudo-limited range of motion (ROM) in multiple joints. [Participants and Methods] We studied...
Yoshizawa, Takashi Kitamura, Masahiro Okamoto, Nobuhiro
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Journal of physical therapy science
[Purpose] The purpose of this study is to consider the correlation between ankle plantar flexor strength and leg extensor torque in order to investigate whether the leg extension torque can be expected to increase as the triceps surae muscle strength is increased. [Participants and Methods] Healthy adults of 30 males and 22 females were recruited. ...
Kimura, Takashi
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Journal of physical therapy science
[Purpose] To investigate the interaction between locomotion and improvements in performing self-care. [Participants and Methods] We retrospectively analyzed 930 patients with stroke who were registered in the Japanese Rehabilitation Database. We performed a correlation analysis to evaluate the relationships among all the collected data. Then, hiera...
Phanpheng, Yanyong Hiruntrakul, Ashira
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Journal of physical therapy science
[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of flexi bar training model and moderate running exercise on health-related physical fitness in overweight adults. [Participants and Methods] Forty participants were randomly assigned to an experimental (20 participant performing flexi bar training model (FBT)) and control (20 participan...
Nagano, Katsuhito Hata, Mika Nagano, Yumi
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Journal of physical therapy science
[Purpose] External focus (EF) instructions demonstrate a learning effect on motor performance enhancement. However, the effective EF distance during standing long jump performance of non-athletes has not been clarified. This study aimed to determine the effects of EF at different distances on jumping performance. [Participants and Methods] A total ...
Shingai, Masumi Niijima, Ren Kobayashi, Yuto Murayama, Akihiko Miyadera, Ryosuke Mukai, Shinji
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Journal of physical therapy science
[Purpose] This study evaluated subjective posture recognition by physiotherapists with expertise in posture, examined the quantification of posture using a three-dimensional (3D) motion capture, and described posture-based characteristics. [Participants and Methods] We photographed good, normal, and bad postures in 12 participants using an infrared...
Takami, Akiyoshi Cavan, Shuit Makino, Misato
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Journal of physical therapy science
. [Purpose] Arm swing is seldom considered while designing clinical rehabilitation protocols for hemiplegic patients with upper or lower extremity disabilities, likely due to the unclear role that arm swinging plays in the ability to walk. We, therefore, aimed to investigate the effect of arm swinging on walking abilities. [Participants and Methods...
Fousekis, Konstantinos Varda, Chariκleia Mandalidis, Dimitris Mylonas, Konstantinos Angelopoulos, Pavlos Koumoundourou, Dimitra Tsepis, Elias
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Journal of physical therapy science
[Purpose] This study aimed to examine the thermal skin responses (thermal buildup and retention rate) to instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) procedures applied on hamstrings at different angles. [Participants and Methods] Thirty university students (age: 20 ± 4 years, weight: 70.61 ± 9.11 kg, height: 168.5 ± 7.5 cm) received three ...
