This study gave an outline of Sensory Reeducation in the hand with peripheral nerve injury of upper extremities.
Special quality of Sensory mechanoreceptors such as Meissner corpuscle, Pacinian corpuscle and Merkel cell neurite complex, could be applied to concrete evaluation and treatment.
Five-step method, defining contents in program with a concrete measure, is regarded as concrete measure and promised some advantages.
Motor and sensory approach was more effective prognosis for the hand than only functional approaches.

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The effect of two methods of facilitation approach for SLR (a triangle block and FES) was studied by means of rectus femoris EMG-RT.
Healthy subjects, and patients who had been hard to learn how to do SLR after hip or femoral operations were examined.
It was found that both methods shortened rectus femoris EMG-RT and facilitated this muscle. The results indicated that these methods to facilitate SLR were effective measures as reeducation of rectus femoris.
In practice, it is best approach to make use of a couple of these two methods under suspension therapy in consideration of post-operated pain and swelling.

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We enforced the investigation of physical therapy and PT approach of cosmetic pads for post radical Mastectomy's patient.
1) Physical therapy was conducted for the movement obstacles in the shoulder girdle and the upper limb's edema at some total and university hospital.
2) Even though they feel the need of cosmetic approach for post radical mastectomy's patient, few hospital gave this treatment.
3) We report the means of cosmetic approach in Kitazato University hospital, and the condition that the post radical mastectomy's patients were in need of cosmetic approach.

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How the disabled elderly use their time is of critical importance in terms of delaying their confinement to a bedridden state.
The aim of this study was to examine the influence of physical activity and the amout of time devoted to such activity between the elderly disabled subjects in a nursing home and those at home.
The study consists of two groups : 10 disabled subjects at a nursing home (Group I), and 7 disabled subjects living at home (Group II). All subjects were female. The study groups were restricted to a wheelchair or to crawling on buttock or knees. We carried out a time study on all subjects during a 24-hour period, during which all subjects wore a Heart Rate Memory Mac (Vine Co.)
Group I spent an enormous amount of time on sleeping and resting, accounting for 80% of the day, resting four times longer than Group II. With the difference in use of time, we found a difference in the 24-hour heart rate trend and type of activities that raised the heart rate. Group II showed a clear difference in wave between sleeping and awaking on the trend graph. Group I showed an increased heart rate during low physical activity, such as eating, changing bed position or changing diapers. Group II showed on increase while moving on buttock or knees, dressing with sitting, and using a toilet with standing.
We conclude that the activity pattern of Group II is better in maintaining physical activity than that of Group I.

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The results of cardiovascular responses of five calisthenics in inpatient cardiac rehabilitation program are reported. Thirty-one patients with acute myocardial infarction (27 males, 4 females, mean age ; 52.5 years old) who were referred to our program from July 1983 to September 1985 were enrolled in this study.
The calisthenics used in our program were trunk rotation (I), trunk lateral bending (II), shoulder flexion and horizontal abduction (III), knee lift (IV), and one step foreward and backward (V) (→see figure 1 on this article). These calisthenics were determined in consideration of those four points ; low intensity (<2-3 Mets), inclusion of total articular movements, easiness, and nearly equal cardivascular stress among each. Two speeds were determined for each calisthenics in order to start from low intensity (slow speed) to higher intensity (fast speed) in a same exercise pattern. In trunk lateral bending, as increasement of speed did not increase its intensity in previous study, trunk flexion and rotation was substituted as fast speed (II'). And slow speed of calisthenics IV, two―count rest was taken between each knee lift in order to make its intensity equal to the other calisthenics. In clinical, each five calisthenics were carried out for two minutes and one to two minutes rests were taken among each.
The mean days on which calisthenics had done were 26.5 day after the onset in slow speed calisthenics and 32.1 day in fast speed. As a results, average values of heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and double product (×10^-2) of each calisthenics showed roughly 80 bpm, 100 mmHg, and 80 in slow speed and 85 bpm, 105 mmHg, and 90 in fast speed, respectively. Ischemic changes of EKGs were not seen, while significant arrythmias were observed in four cases in each speed.
In conclusion, five calisthenics listed here (figure 1) have roughly equal cardivascular stress and are safe as used in cardiac inpatient exercise program.

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“All fours” is very important in an infants normal physical development, because it shows that infants hands have developed to grasp and support and perceive and his feet have developed to support.
We hope to make use of the Electro myography (E. M. G) in clinical situations in order to appreciate the degree of an infants development of physical movement, we make use of photos and illustrations besides the E. M. G.
The object of our study was 15 normal infants from 8 months to 2 years, we divided the infants into three groups according to the level of their development, we studied each group by comparison.
Judging from the E. M. G of a normal infants all fours, we discovered that central muscles group work simultaneously in cooperation with antagonist, and the E. M. G wave becomes smaller in amplitude, and this fact shows that the ability central muscles group and antagonist have come to work efficiently, as the ability to stand erects with support and the ability to walk independently develops.
Through the study of the E. M. G mentioned above, we can conclude that an infants trunk, from the scapula to the pelvis, must be stable and supportable when his hands and feet have developed efficiently to carry out their function.

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The objects of this study were to investigate the correlations between lingual strength, active lingual movement and speech clearness in patients with paretic dysarthria. We designed a device to measure lingual strength with the use of a pressure sensor. The lingual strength was measured in five directions. The active lingual movement was examined and graded in three classes, while, the speech clearness was examined and graded in five classes. The subjects for this study were seventeen patients with paretic dysarthria due to cerebrovascular accident. They were 50 to 70 years old with an average age of 61.4 years. We also measured the lingual strength, and examined the active lingual movement and speech clearness of eleven healthy college students for comparative reference.
The results of this study were as follows: 1) Correlation was not seen between the lingual strength in directions of left and right and speech clearness in any class including healthy subjects. Correlation in the upper, lower, and anterior directions was seen between patients with paretic dysarthria and healthy subjects. Correlation was not seen among patients with paretic dysarthria. 2) Correlation was not seen between active lingual movement and speech clearness in patients with paretic dysarthria. However, active lingual movement in the upper direction seemed to be more difficult than in any other direction. 3) A common trend of lingual strength in each direction was revealed both in patients with paretic dysarthria and healthy subjects. The maximum lingual strength was seen in the lower direction.

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