The Changes in the F FDG Metabolism in the Muscles by the Use of Cuboid Support Insoles.

Healthy men aged 55,39, 23.45 years were administered 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) after fasting for over 5 h; then, a 30-min self-paced walking (6-min walk and 2-min rest + 6-min walk and 2-min rest + 6-min walk and 2-min rest + 6-min walk) session was performed. While walking, the same athletic shoes were used, same with walking supports, flat insoles, and cuboid support insoles (BMZ Inc.

Introduction of Induction Heating is too late for older residents with difficulty in handling fire.

Unlabelled: Handling errors with household flammables, for example pan burning, may result in serious accidents, which may be caused by decreased attention or executive function.

Objective: The manuals by several cities simply suggest the use of induction heating (IH) cookers. However, it requires complicated operation of buttons.

Decreased Time on the Nondominant One-Leg Standing Test Associated with Repeated Falls in Older Residents with Healthy Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia: The Wakuya Project.

Introduction: The aim of this study is to clarify the association between repeated falls and the dominant/nondominant side in the open-eyed one-leg standing (OLS) test among people who are healthy or have mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia in a community setting. We recruited 180 participants from 39 areas in the town of Wakuya.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study.

Word Processing Is Faster than Picture Processing in Alzheimer's Disease.

Objective: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by a slow progressive impairment of episodic memory. Many studies have shown that AD exhibits deterioration of semantic memory during the course of disease progression. We previously reported that AD patients exhibited severe access disorders in the semantic memory system, using the Momentary Presentation Task (20 or 300 ms).

Necker cube copying may not be appropriate as an examination of dementia: reanalysis from the Tajiri Project.

Background: The Necker cube is usually used for evaluating the visuoconstructional ability of patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. However, the Necker cube is often considered a drawing with a visual illusionary perspective. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether Necker cube copying could detect participants with MCI due to dementia.

Disturbed social recognition and impaired risk judgement in older residents with mild cognitive impairment after the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011: the Tome Project.

Aim: After the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, we investigated the safety of residents in the affected communities. Most of the people requiring help were elderly and had previously been assessed as Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) 0.5 (i.