The feasibility of using the go/no-go task as a dementia screening test assessed with a cross-sectional design.

The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and Frontal Assessment Battery are screening tests for dementia. The go/no-go task offers an alternative approach for evaluating dementia patients. However, its role in screening for dementia remains unclear.

A polymetric approach for measuring brain activity and behavior: Considerations for gait, gaze and fNIRS measurements in a 10-m walking of elderly and young adults.

Background: The actual changes in biological and physiological parameters during walking are little understood in multiple aspects.

Objective: The objective of this paper was to examine and link the disparate measures of motor, vision, and brain activity for elderly and young adults.

Method: The participants were 15 elderly adults and 10 young adults.

Implementation of a health education program in Asia, comparing Thailand, Indonesia, and Japan.

Background: The global community is faced with aging societies, which will result in increased health care costs. we have been introducing our International Organization for Standardization (ISO)-certified health education system in Thailand and Indonesia.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to collect data on the effects of this ISO-certified health education system, to extend the healthy life expectancy and to study the feasibility of implementing this program and in new social contexts.

Effects of triple-treatment trunk stretching on physical fitness and curvature of the spine.

Background: Research on the effectiveness of treatment for low back disorders has been made, however yet no established method has been found. Therefore, we devised a triple-treatment trunk stretching program comprising the following three trunk stretching exercises: stretching using an unstable flex chair; stretching using a stretching bench; and stretching using a stretch pad. Our three-treatment trunk stretching program is based on the principles of static muscular stabilization of the spine and uses well-known physiological strength-training principles.

Comparative survey of go/no-go results to identify the inhibitory control ability change of Japanese children.

This research, conducted in 1998 and 2008, uses go/no-go data to investigate the fundamentals of cognitive functioning in the inhibitory control ability of Japanese children. 844 subjects from kindergarten to junior high school participated in go/no-go task experiments. Performance of go/no-go tasks, which are frequently used to investigate response inhibition, measures a variety of cognitive components besides response inhibition.

Folate intake associated with lung function, breathlessness and the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

A case-control study was conducted in central Japan to investigate the relationship between dietary intake of folate and lung function, breathlessness and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A total of 278 referred patients (244 men and 34 women) aged 50-75 years with COPD diagnosed within the past four years and 340 community-based controls (272 men and 68 women) were assessed for dyspnoea and undertook spirometric measurements of lung function. A structured questionnaire was administered face-to-face to obtain information on demographics, lifestyle and habitual food consumption.