Fast score is associated with patient-reported outcomes in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.

Backgrounds: People with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) frequently report fatigue. This symptom is associated with hepatic inflammation and fibrosis. FibroScan-aspartate aminotransferase (FAST) score is a noninvasive measurement tool that can be used to assess the severity of MASLD.

Effects of Cognitive Task During Unstable Walking on the Frontal Cerebral Blood Flow in Elderly Retirement Home Residents Leading an Independent Daily Life.

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the effects of cognitive tasks during walking with perturbation on the cerebral blood flow.

Methods: The subjects were a total of 20 persons, consisting of 12 healthy adults aged 21-47 years (adult group) and 8 retirement home residents aged 67-85 years who led an independent daily life and could walk independently (elderly group). Oxyhemoglobin was measured using wireless functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).

Hybrid Training System Consisting of Synchronized Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation for Voluntary Exercise Using an Articular Motion Sensor.

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is widely used for improving muscle strength, preventing muscle atrophy, and decreasing pain. Recently, NMES has become a substitute for exercise therapy for metabolism improvement and functional capacity improvement. However, NMES has several disadvantages.

Range of Motion Measurements of the Hip Joint Are Useful in Screening for Acetabular Dysplasia in Healthy Young Japanese Women.

The purpose of this study is to clarify whether a hip range of motion (ROM) measurement is useful in screening for early hip osteoarthritis with acetabular dysplasia (AD). Subjects were 58 healthy Japanese women volunteers (21.1 ± 0.

Impact of Energy Malnutrition on Exacerbation Hospitalization in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Retrospective Observational Study.

Nutritional disorders in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are associated with cachexia, sarcopenia, and weight loss. In particular, weight loss is a prognostic factor in COPD independent of pulmonary function, and energy malnutrition is a contributing factor. Frequent exacerbation hospitalization is also a prognostic factor for COPD patients.

Knee extension deficit during gait and knee extensor weakness persisting after saucerization and repair of discoid lateral meniscus tears.

Background: Physical function and knee kinematics recovery after discoid lateral meniscus (DLM) tear surgery are essential for a better prognosis. However, these alterations remain unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate changes in physical function and knee kinematics following saucerization and DLM tear repair.

Resistance exercise in combination with aerobic exercise reduces the incidence of serious events in patients with liver cirrhosis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: Exercise, particularly resistance exercise, is beneficial for sarcopenia in patients with liver cirrhosis. However, the effects of exercise on events remain unclear. We aimed to examine the effects of exercise on serious events in patients with liver cirrhosis using a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

Impact of spinal surgery on locomotive syndrome in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis in clinical decision limit stage 3: a retrospective study.

Background: Locomotive syndrome (LS) is characterized by reduced mobility. Clinical decision limit (CDL) stage 3 in LS indicates physical frailty. Lumbar spinal canal stenosis (LSS) is one of the causes of LS, for which lumbar surgery is considered to improve the CDL stage.

Phase angle is related to physical function and quality of life in preoperative patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.

Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) can interfere with daily life and quality of life (QOL). Evaluating physical function and QOL and helping patients to improve is the focus of rehabilitation. Phase angle (PhA) assessment is widely used to measure body composition and is considered an indicator of physical function and QOL.

Effect of Cycling Exercise Resisting Electrically Stimulated Antagonist Muscle Contractions in Healthy Males.

A hybrid training system (HTS) combining antagonist muscle electrical stimulation and voluntary muscle contraction has been developed using eccentric antagonist muscle contractions with electrical stimulation as resistance to voluntary muscle contractions. We devised an exercise method using HTS combined with a cycle ergometer (HCE). The purpose of this study was to compare the muscle strength, muscle volume, aerobic functions and lactate metabolism of HCE and a volitional cycle ergometer (VCE).

A Standing Low-frequency Vibration Exercise Device for Improving Balance in Community-dwelling Older Adults: A Single-blind Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the effects of the standing low-frequency vibration exercise device (SLVED) and walking training on balance ability on an unstable surface in community-dwelling elderly people.

Methods: Thirty-eight older adults were randomly allocated to the SLVED sessions: the intervention group (n = 19), and the walking sessions: the control group (n = 19). Each group session lasted 20 min and was performed twice a week for 12 weeks.

A low-intensity 10-min resistance exercise program that ameliorated hepatic fibrosis indices and altered G-CSF/IP-10/PDGF-BB in a patient with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A case report.

We developed a low-intensity 10-min resistance exercise program for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). We report a case of NAFLD with elevated hepatic fibrosis indices, which were improved by a 60-week daily exercise program. A 71-year-old female patient with NAFLD whose hepatic fibrosis stage corresponded to F2 was referred to our hospital.

The Effect of Walking Combined with Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Liver Stiffness and Insulin Resistance in Patients with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial.

Increased liver stiffness and insulin resistance are important therapeutic targets in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). A hybrid training system (HTS) has been developed which combines application of electrical stimulation and volitional contractions. We compared the effect of walking exercise (5.

Subcutaneous Fat Thickness of the Lower Limb is Associated with Trunk Muscle Mass in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Simple Assessment for Sarcopenia Using Conventional Ultrasonography.

Objective: Trunk muscle mass can be evaluated by skeletal muscle index (SMI), which is a prognostic factor in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, this requires the use of computed tomography, and a simpler assessment for trunk muscle mass is urgently needed. We aimed to examine whether an association between SMI and lower extremity compartments including muscle and subcutaneous fat thickness of lower limbs (SFT-LL) could be identified by means of ultrasonography in patients with HCC.

Methods: We retrospectively enrolled male patients with HCC (n=30).

Balance dysfunction the most significant cause of in-hospital falls in patients taking hypnotic drugs: A retrospective study.

Purpose: Preventing falls in patients is one of the most important concerns in acute hospitals. Balance disorder and hypnotic drugs lead to falls. The Standing Test for Imbalance and Disequilibrium (SIDE) is developed for the evaluation of static standing balance ability.

Effect of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation During Walking on Pain Sensitivity in Women With Obesity With Knee Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To assess the extent to which pain sensitivity is altered in women with obesity with frequent knee symptoms who walk with either a hybrid training system (HTS) that provides antagonist muscle electrical stimulation vs sensory transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS).

Design: Randomized, double-blinded, controlled trial.

Setting: University-based fitness center.

The impact of sarcopenia on low back pain and quality of life in patients with osteoporosis.

Purpose: Osteoporosis combined with sarcopenia contributes to a high risk of falling, fracture, and even mortality. However, sarcopenia's impact on low back pain and quality of life (QOL) in patients with osteoporosis is still unknown. The purpose of this study is to investigate low back pain and QOL in osteoporosis patients with sarcopenia.

Electrically stimulated eccentric contraction during non-weight bearing knee bending exercise in the supine position increases oxygen uptake: A randomized, controlled, exploratory crossover trial.

It is well known that prolonged bed rest induces muscle weakness, muscle atrophy, cardiovascular deconditioning, bone loss, a loss of functional capacity, and the development of insulin resistance. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation is anticipated to be an interventional strategy for disuse due to bed rest. A hybrid training system (HTS), synchronized neuromuscular electrical stimulation for voluntary exercise using an articular motion sensor, may increase the exercise load though bed rest.

Grip Strength as a Predictor of the Functional Outcome of Hip-Fracture Patients.

Background: Patients with hip fracture are limited as to physical activity. It is difficult to evaluate the physical function of the legs at admission; however, it is easy to measure grip strength, which has been reported to be correlated with systemic muscular strength and physical function. The objective of this study was to investigate the utility of grip strength in predicting functional outcome after hip fracture.

Association between Activity and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Data-Mining Analysis.

Reduction in activity links to the development and progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is known to regulate an activity. We aimed to investigate the association between reduction in activity and BDNF in patients with NAFLD using data-mining analysis.

Electrically Stimulated Eccentric Contractions during Walking Increases Oxygen Uptake.

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is used to increase not only muscle strength but also whole-body metabolism. A hybrid training system (HTS) in which NMES is synchronized to voluntary exercise by an articular motion sensor may increase exercise load during aerobic walking exercise. We assessed the metabolic cost during walking exercise (5 minutes at 4 km/h and 5.