OBJECTIVE: The sit-up test is used to assess orthostatic hypotension in stroke survivors who cannot stand independently without using a tilt table. However, no study has identified the optimal cut-points for orthostatic hypotension using the test....
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 54 jrm00336-jrm00336 2022年9月 [査読有り]
Objective: To examine whether alternating training with both the non-paretic and paretic sides (alternating bilateral training), expecting trial-to-trial inter-limb transfer of training effects from the nonparetic to the paretic side, improves upp...
Journal of cardiovascular development and disease 9(10) 2022年9月 [査読有り]
It remains unclear whether the acute-phase ambulation program (AAP) improves the prognosis of heart failure (HF) patients. We examined the association between the initiation of AAP and the prognosis of patients with worsening HF. We enrolled 560 c...
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association 31(10) 106740-106740 2022年8月 [査読有り]
OBJECTIVE: Bed-wheelchair transfer comprises multiple subtasks; hence, it is important to know the difficulty of each subtask to identify and prioritize subtasks that must be practiced. This study aimed to investigate the difficulty of the subtask...
Journal of biomechanics 142 111262-111262 2022年8月 [査読有り]
Hip fractures caused by falls are important health problems for the elderly. Many studies used finite element (FE) models of the femur and its surroundings to evaluate the hip fracture risk during the impact phase in a fall. In this study, the who...