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Osamu NITTA, Takako TSUTSUIArticle type: Article
1995 Volume 22 Issue 5 Pages 189-195
Published: September 30, 1995
Released on J-STAGE: September 25, 2018
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSIn this study, we consolidated the information on the use of techno-aids in households composed of elderly couples or others living with elderly relatives, and analyzed the factors involved in implementing the plan to furnish these facilities at home.
Specifically, we took up the case of mats and handrails for the bath, and with the quantification method of the second type, analyzed the relation between the option to introduce these devices and conditions such as physical condition of the elderly (mobility, mental, and other personal conditions), living situation (economic conditions, degree of burden on care providers), and state of the home.
As a result, it was revealed that several factors, centering on the degree of impairment and the state of maintenance of the living environment, were related to the implementation of these devices, indicating that in order to properly introduce techno-aids, it is necessary to grasp these factors from various aspects. The accuracy rate obtained from the quantification method of the second type was 64.1% for the bath mat and 67.1.916' for the bath handrail.View full abstractDownload PDF (831K) -
―Biochemical Studies on Collagen from Rat Achilles Tendon―Satoshi SUGAMA, Katsuhiko TACHINO, Nobuhide HAIDAArticle type: Article
1995 Volume 22 Issue 5 Pages 196-201
Published: September 30, 1995
Released on J-STAGE: September 25, 2018
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe purpose of this study was to investigate the change in solubility of immobilized Achilles tendon. Left hind limb of five rats were immobilized one week and other five rats were immobilized three weeks. Hydroxyproline was determined for the estimation of the collagen content in neutral salt soluble, acid soluble and insoluble collagen. In addition, insoluble collagen was digested with pepsin to determine solubility of insoluble collagen.
Collagen content to represent as a percent of tendon weight did not change significantly during three weeks immobilization. The percentage of the salt soluble collagen to the total collagen was decreased significantly in one week and three weeks immobilization. The percentage of the acid soluble and insoluble collagen to the total collagen did not change significantly during three weeks immobilization. In the insoluble collagen, a rate of solubility with pepsin did not change significantly during three weeks immobilization.
These results suggest that
1) Collagen concentration in Achilles tendon did not change during three weeks immobilization.
2) Solubility of Achilles tendon collagen, which is affected by intra- and intermolecular cross-links, does not remarkably change during three weeks immobilization.View full abstractDownload PDF (806K) -
Nobuko WADA, Satomi TADA, Ikuko KAWANO, Mikiya SHIMADA, Megumi SUZUKI, ...Article type: Article
1995 Volume 22 Issue 5 Pages 202-207
Published: September 30, 1995
Released on J-STAGE: September 25, 2018
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSIn order to study respiratory and circulatory responses of the patients with respiratory disease, 12 healthy adults aged between 20 and 22 years performed the gradual motor load test under the condition that their thorax movement was artificially restricted to VC 70% and VC 55%. The results were as follows;
1) The exercise duration was significantly shortened as the restriction to thorax was increased.
2) Oxygen-uptake-rate was significantly reduced in the group of VC 5596 both at rest and during exercise.
3) The maximal oxygen-uptake and production of carbon dioxide were reduced significantly by the thorax restriction.
4) As the ratio of tidal volume to forced vital capacity became the specific value, they reached the limitation of exercise.View full abstractDownload PDF (556K) -
Makoto SASAKI, Tetsuo MIYAGAWA, Hiroaki OSADAArticle type: Article
1995 Volume 22 Issue 5 Pages 208-215
Published: September 30, 1995
Released on J-STAGE: September 25, 2018
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe effects of the chest physiotherapy carried out by physical therapists were evaluated in terms of the incidence of postoperative respiratory complications, their severity and duration, in the patients undergoing lung surgeries. In addition, the incidence factor of postoperative pulmonary complications and the contribution of the physiotherapy given by physical therapists were analyzed with multi-variate analysis.
Three hundred sixteen patients undergoing pulmonary surgery in St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital were included in the study. One hundred seventy patients before introducing the chest physiotherapy system intervened by physical therapists were matched age, diagnosis and surgery method with 146 patients after introducing this system. There was no difference in the incidence of postoperative complications, their severity and duration between two groups. By the multi-variate analysis, it was suggested that the incidence of postoperative respiratory complications depend on the degree and/or nature of operative intervention rather than on preoperative general condition, nutrititive condition, respiratory function, physical function or arterial blood gas data.
These results indicate that the contribution of this chest physiotherapy system was not significant. From manpower's standpoint of view, further refinement of this system seems mandatory.View full abstractDownload PDF (739K)
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Eiki TSUSHIMA, Atsushi ODA, Izumi KONDOHArticle type: Article
1995 Volume 22 Issue 5 Pages 216-218
Published: September 30, 1995
Released on J-STAGE: September 25, 2018
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe purpose of this study was to stimulate relative muscle weakness through graded weight loading to the normal subjects and to determine whether altering the heaviness of the weight would affect the hip abductor muscle activity during walking. Altering the heaviness of weight (0, 10, and 20% of total body weight of each subject), 10 normal male subjects fixed the weights at their waist level and walked to record the hip abductor, electromyographic data during walking was integrated and standardized by integrated electromyographic data during maximal voluntary contraction. Each speculated muscle force was compared and analyzed statistically by the repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). The result showed that the activities of hip abductor did not change significantly through altering the weight, suggesting the possibility that limping might not be caused by the muscle weakness of hip abductor.View full abstractDownload PDF (589K) -
Shigekazu YOSHIMURA, Masayuki SEKINE, Masaya IGARASHI, Yasufumi HAYASH ...Article type: Article
1995 Volume 22 Issue 5 Pages 219-221
Published: September 30, 1995
Released on J-STAGE: September 25, 2018
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe purpose of this study is to reveal the influence of aging and body weight on the bone density of calcaneus. We measured the bone mineral density of calcaneus using ultrasound bone densitometry.
Subjects were pairs of normal men and women matched on age and body weight.
We found that the bone mineral density of calcaneus decreased according to age for both men and women. The influence of weight was found in men but not in women.
The present results indicated that bone mineral density of calcaneus of men was influenced not only by aging but also by body weight. However, we thought that bone mineral density of calcaneus of women was possibly influenced by menopause rather than body weight and aging.View full abstractDownload PDF (338K)
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