[Objectives] Hospital-affiliated fitness centers have been established to promote health. The facility used by the participants in this study consisted of an outdoor area and areas for aerobics as well as stretching and muscle strength training. The purpose of this study was to clarify the body composition and physical fitness of members of a fitness center and compare these results with those of the general population in Japan. [Methods] A total of 36 subjects were enrolled in this study. We compared the obtained data with those from the OMRON Corporation, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. [Results] Compared with the general population, the body composition results showed that the BMI levels were similar, the basal metabolic rate and body fat percentage were higher, and body muscle percentage was lower. For the physical fitness test, the results were overall lower for the under-65 age group but were overall higher for the over-65 age group [Conclusion] Participants at the fitness center had higher and lower body fat and body muscle percentage, respectively, than those of the general population. We confirmed that low body muscle percentage was correlated with low muscle strength. Therefore, programs for the promotion of health and prevention of lifestyle-related diseases should be encouraged.

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Backgrounds: People with blindness (PB) are increasing in proportion to the increase in the number of patients with diabetes in the Asian region. They frequently fall from train platforms Purpose: To make the PB use the electric-stimulation alert device(energizer) in a simulated station platform environment and elucidate the ability to avoid collision with objects during walking. Subjects and method : PB were included as subjects of the study（n=10). Design: Double-blind randomized control trial. The endpoint was experimental success for each trial condition (success rate). Intervention: The subjects were set so that the driving condition of the device was unknown. Random shock and order of standby of the device and the combination were randomized. Intervention conditions were set to provide information when circuits from the sensor of the device were connected to the energizer on dropping the impact ball. Control condition was same as the intervention condition of the subject, but the circuit was not connected from the sensor of the device to the energizer at the time of dropping the impact ball, and no information was provided. (CTR-ID: UMIN000027880) Results: Eight participants were successful in setting up the equipment and environment during the experiment. The result was an 80% success rate, which was significantly higher when comparing device performance in control conditions. Eight among 10 trials were successful in the intervention condition, and 29 out of 46 were failed in the control condition. Limitation: This experiment is small number study, but the high number of trial times (frequency) makes the less c error item pooling value. Conclusion: This experiment was able to create an environment called simulated station platform and showed a significant success rate of avoiding object collision of 80% by using the device.

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Background: The number of blind people (PB) is increasing in proportion to the increase in the number of diabetic patients in the Asian region. So far, we have investigated the effect of energizing alerts to avoid a collision. In the case of a home collapse accident, recognition of the spatial relationship at the edge of the home is important. Purpose: To clarify Using a super-directional speaker warning device in the platform environment of a simulated station, can the sound of the super-directional speaker distinguish the position of the end of the home in the noise to the visually handicapped. Intervention: Subjects were set up so that they were not subject to the test (n = 9). Design: Single-blind randomized controlled trial. The control state of the device was unknown. The control information setting circuit made the walking to the white line vertically and output the sound of the super-directional speaker in the direction parallel to the white line among the noise of the omnidirectional speaker. The control condition was a trial under the condition that the sound of this speaker interrupted the connection from the device and no information was provided. Results: During the experiment, everyone succeeded in listening to the super-directional sound in the noise. It was able to stop walking at that position, 35 out of 36 trials in the intervention condition succeeded and the control state succeeded 2 out of 36 trials. Restriction: Although this experiment is a small investigation, since the trial time (frequency) is high, the pooling value of error items decreases. Conclusion: In this experiment, we could create an environment called a simulated station platform and showed an important success rate of 97% avoidance of the object's white line deviation using this device.

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