Effect of Antithrombin Leakage From Hemodialysis Therapy on Antithrombin Hemodynamics.

Introduction Hemodialysis (HD) therapy is a crucial treatment for patients with renal failure but can impact the hemodynamics of antithrombin (AT), a protein essential for regulating hemostasis and preventing thrombosis. Reduced AT activity can lead to thrombus formation at unusual sites and increase the risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism. The loss of AT during HD or hemodiafiltration (HDF) through leakage or adsorption onto dialysis membranes has not been fully investigated, and its effects on AT hemodynamics remain unclear.

Acute effects of whole-body vibration on ankle motion smoothness in individuals with chronic ankle instability.

Background: High ankle motion smoothness involves small acceleration or deceleration, which is related to ankle stability. Interventions for ankle motion smoothness are important to reduce the progression of chronic ankle instability (CAI) symptoms and prevent recurrent ankle sprains. Training using whole-body vibration (WBV) may easily and effectively improve ankle motion smoothness; however, its effects have not yet been investigated.

Examining Movement Patterns, Skeletal Muscle Mass, and Hip Mobility in Office Workers With or Without Lower Back Pain: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between Functional Movement Screen (FMS), skeletal muscle mass, and hip mobility in office workers with or without chronic lower back pain (LBP), as well as to determine whether the above items differed between office workers with or without chronic LBP.

Methods: This study utilized an analytic cross-sectional design. The participants were 35 office workers (14 in the LBP group and 21 in the non-lower back pain group, or NLBP) who were willing to cooperate with the request for cooperation in this study.

Effects of 6 weeks of whole-body vibration training on ankle motor control: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Interventions on ankle motor control are important to prevent recurrent ankle sprains. Training using whole-body vibration may easily and effectively improve ankle motor control, but the effects have not been investigated. Therefore, this study aimed to clarify the effects of 6 weeks of training with whole-body vibration on ankle motor control in a dynamic movement task among healthy participants.

Relationship between ankle-joint angle during dynamic balance task and ankle-joint proprioception in chronic ankle-instability individuals.

Background: Chronic ankle instability (CAI) is a major condition in athletes. It is known that both ankle joint proprioception and joint motion control are important for the improvement of CAI, but the relationship between the two has not been clarified. The purpose of this study was to compare ankle-joint angle in dynamic balance tasks and ankle-joint proprioception in healthy and CAI individuals and to verify the relationship between ankle-joint angle in dynamic balance tasks and ankle-joint proprioception in individuals with CAI.

Reliability of lower leg muscle thickness measurement along the long axis of the muscle using ultrasound imaging, in a sitting position.

[Purpose] To verify the reliability and validity of lower leg muscle thickness (MT) assessment along the muscle's long axis using ultrasound imaging (USI) in a sitting position. [Participants and Methods] Twenty healthy adult female participants (aged, 20.3 ± 0.