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Akira DEGUCHI, Eri SUZUMURA, Satoru NAKAMURA, Naoto KAWAMURA, Ken'ichi ...2001 Volume 64 Issue 2 Pages 71-75
Published: 2001
Released on J-STAGE: August 06, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSSpa bathing at night has been thought to improve sleeping conditions and symptoms of dementia such as restlessness, wandering, and aggression in patients in our nursing home with special needs for the aged. The present study investigated patient activity using a lifestyle measurement device (Kenz Lifecorder) to examine the effects of night bathing on senile dementia by more objective methods. Nine patients with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type staying in health facility for the elderly were studied. These patients' symptoms of dementia were already incurable but daily living activities somewhat remained. The patients were divided into a night bathing group (n=5) and daytime bathing group (n=4) to study patient activity using a Kenz Lifecorder for 14 weeks, that is one week before the start of bathing, 12 weeks with bathing, and 1 week after bathing. The night bathing group had a higher rate of activity than the daytime bathing group. When comparing the daytime of night bathing patients with the daytime bathing individually, the former displayed increased activity in the daytime. As a group, the night bathing group was found to show a significant increase in the amount of daytime activity. However, the statistical significance was reached after Weeks 9-10, so 2-3 months were required to change lifestyle rhythms. The authors hope that night bathing or night bathing assistance will be received favorably by the long-term care and health care insurance systems.View full abstractDownload PDF (539K) -
Shunji SAKAGUCHI, Kazuhisa MIYASHITA2001 Volume 64 Issue 2 Pages 76-86
Published: 2001
Released on J-STAGE: August 06, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe purpose of this study was to examine the effects of silver spike point (SSP) therapy on peripheral circulatory function in workers exposed to hand-arm vibration by analyzing the second derivative of photoplethysmogram (SDPTG). Seventy-seven male subjects including public service workers and forestry workers volunteered for the present study. After the SSP therapy on LI4 (Hege) and LI10 (Shousanli) at 1Hz for 10 minutes, the SDPTG-index was significantly increased among the subjects whose SDPTG-index was below the 50th percentile curve of the normal aging curve. The result suggests that the SSP therapy is useful in the improvement of peripheral circulatory function in workers exposed to hand-arm vibration.View full abstractDownload PDF (1237K) -
Michikazu SEKINE, Sadanobu KAGAMIMORI, Sakae OHMURA, Takahumi HAYASHI2001 Volume 64 Issue 2 Pages 87-92
Published: 2001
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Yumi KATOH, Toshiaki YOSHIDA, Mariko AIHARA, Masakazu NITTA, Hiroyuki ...2001 Volume 64 Issue 2 Pages 93-102
Published: 2001
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSEffects of 38°C 30-minute bathing on hemostatic function and autonomic nervous function were studied in 15 48-to-72-year-old patients with cerebral infarction. Blood samples were collected three times: immediately before the bathing, at the end of 30 minutes of bathing, and 30 minutes after the bathing. Hematocrit values and fibrinogen concentrations decreased during bathing and returned to the pre-bathing levels 30 minutes after bathing. This indicates that bathing caused hemodilution due to the fluid shift. During bathing, noradrenaline decreased at a rate significantly higher than that of hemodilution while the sympathetic nervous function, which was evaluated by spectral analysis of sequential variation in arterial blood pressure, was not suppressed. The autonomic nervous system seemed to be inactive in these patients. Coagulation time (PT and APTT) and platelet factor (β-TG and PF4) showed few changes. In the fibrinolytic system, however, tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) antigen levels increased and plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) levels decreased after 30 minutes of bathing. This suggests that fibrinolytic activity was enhanced by 38°C bathing for 30 minutes. Thus, subthermal bathing with comfort may be useful in preventing cerebral infarction.View full abstractDownload PDF (1010K) -
Sadanobu KAGAMIMORI, Michikazu SEKINE, Etsuko KAJITA, Isamu MATSUBARA, ...2001 Volume 64 Issue 2 Pages 103-112
Published: 2001
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe demand-supply status of manipulative therapies for muscle-skeletal complaints in Japan were observed and analyzed using data published in 1995.
The results were as follows.
1. In Japan, the average prevalence rate was 69.6 for shoulder stiffness, 71.8 for lower back pain, and 46.1 for joint pain as of 1995 (per 1, 000 population). The prevalence rates were higher in women than in men and higher in prefectures located in the west part than in the east part of Japan. Differences in prevalence rates of the three complaints of several times were seen among the 46 prefectures.
2. On average, there were 66.6 massagers/chiropractors, 45.0 acupuncturists, 44.0 moxibustionists, and 20.2 bonesetters as of 1995 in Japan (per 100, 000 population). These numbers were higher in prefectures located in the west part than in the east part of Japan.
3. The rate of outpatients attending massagers, chiropractors, acupuncturists, moxibustionists, or bonesetters as of 1995 in Japan was 23.7per 1, 000 population. The rate of outpatients was higher in women than in men and higher in prefectures located in the west part than in the east part of Japan.
4. The rate of outpatients in each prefecture showed a significant correlation with the prevalence rates of muscle-skeletal complaints (r=0.51 for shoulder stiffness, r=0.44 for low back pain, and r=0.68 for joint pain) and with the numbers of manipulative therapists (r=0.31 for massagers/chiropractors, r=0.36 for acupuncturists, r=0.35 for moxibustionists, and r=0.57 for bonesetters).
5. Based on multiple correlation analysis showing the correlation of the rate of outpatients with the number of therapists, the prevalence rate of shoulder stiffness (partial correlation coefficient: PCC=0.61) and the number of bonesetters (PCC=0.65) showed significant correlation with the number of outpatients visiting therapists, and its multiple correlation coefficient was 0.76 (<0.001).View full abstractDownload PDF (2302K) -
Changes of the deep body thermometer and the surface skin temperature by artificial high concentration CO2 warm water bathingMasaharu MAEDA, Shuichi OBUCHI, Yoshitaka SHIBA, Urara SASAKI, Koji YO ...2001 Volume 64 Issue 2 Pages 113-117
Published: 2001
Released on J-STAGE: August 06, 2010
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