Physical activity intensity and health status perception of breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy.

Purpose: The aim was to evaluate the physical activity intensity (PAI) of patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy and investigate the relationship between health status perception and PAI in Japan.

Methods: Consenting participants of this prospective, descriptive, repeated measures design were 28 women aged 20-64 with stage I-IIIA initial breast cancer whose regimen included anthracycline. Participants wore a triaxial accelerometer and their PAI was measured for a 14-day period at the beginning of chemotherapy.

The long-term effects after hematopoietic stem cell transplant on leg muscle strength, physical inactivity and fatigue.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of leg muscle strength and fatigue on step-count as a measure of physical activity for people staying at home after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

Method: Nineteen persons receiving HSCT were assessed from hospitalization until about 2 months after discharge. Mean daily step-count was taken as a measure of physical activity.

Impact of walking ability and physical condition on fatigue and anxiety in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients immediately before hospital discharge.

Purpose: This study analyzed the influence of walking ability and physical condition on fatigue and anxiety at hospital discharge in patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

Method: A total of 25 subjects were assessed after receiving HSCT until discharge. The Japanese Cancer Fatigue Scale and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were used to assess fatigue and anxiety.

Sphingomonas oligophenolica sp. nov., a halo- and organo-sensitive oligotrophic bacterium from paddy soil that degrades phenolic acids at low concentrations.

The taxonomic position of a halo- and organo-sensitive, oligotrophic soil bacterium, strain S213(T), was investigated. Cells were Gram-negative, non-motile, strictly aerobic, yellow-pigmented rods of short to medium length on diluted nutrient broth. When 0.

Tegumentary papillae of Echinostoma caproni cercariae (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae).

Argentophilic staining and scanning electron microscopy were used to study the tegumentary papillae of Echinostoma caproni cercariae. The most abundant tegumentary papillae were uniciliate, but multiciliate papillae were also found, mainly on the ventral aspect of the oral collar. The distribution pattern of the papillae on the body and tail was in general similar to that seen in the cercariae of other 37-collar-spined Echinostoma species.