Publications by authors named "Miho Yokoyama"
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- This study explored the impact of nutritional guidance centered on leucine intake versus general nutritional advice on cardiac rehabilitation patients regarding plasma leucine levels, lean body mass, and muscle strength.
- After six months, only the intervention group had significant increases in protein and leucine intake, and there was a noticeable rise in lean body mass compared to the control group.
- The results suggest that enhanced leucine concentration through targeted nutritional guidance can positively affect lean body mass and grip strength in patients, without requiring more intensive training.
Background: This study aimed to assess the usefulness of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) for older adults with heart failure (HF) who need nursing care and investigate the effect of CR on cognitive function (CF) and basic activities of daily living (BADL).
Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study. The study included older adults with HF eligible for long-term care insurance in fiscal year 2014 (FY2014) as the baseline and followed them up until March 2018.
Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in the long term is fundamental to achieve better outcomes. However, most patients may find it difficult to maintain healthy lifestyle behavior after ambulatory CR program. We aimed to investigate the feasibility on remote CR support program (Remote-CR) in older patients with cardiac disease.
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- Heart failure and frailty are closely linked, particularly in the elderly, with frailty encompassing not just physical disability but also psychiatric, cognitive, and social aspects.
- While some interventions like resistance and functional exercise show promise for improving physical frailty, effective strategies for addressing cognitive and social frailty remain underexplored.
- The article highlights the need for comprehensive approaches to manage both frailty and heart failure, given their mutual impact and the growing societal concern around these issues.
Background: Advanced glycation end-products, indicated by skin autofluorescence (SAF) levels, could be prognostic predictors of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and renal disease. However, the clinical usefulness of SAF levels in patients with heart failure (HF) who underwent cardiac rehabilitation (CR) remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the associations between SAF and MACE risk in patients with HF who underwent CR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn recent years, the importance of early physiotherapy for rapid mental and physical functional recovery is increasing with the increasing number of older patients and high-risk patients with duplicate disorders. Increasing the effectiveness of acute physiotherapy within a shorter hospital stay is a great challenge. We published the first expert consensus of early rehabilitation in Asia in 2017.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are associated with aging, diabetes mellitus (DM), and other chronic diseases. Recently, the accumulation of AGEs can be evaluated by skin autofluorescence (SAF). However, the relationship between SAF levels and exercise capacity in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The Kihon Checklist is a useful screening tool for assessing frailty in older individuals. However, the clinical significance of the Kihon Checklist in cardiac rehabilitation patients remains unclear. The present study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the Kihon Checklist and the clinical parameters in patients who participated in cardiac rehabilitation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The use of serial intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for coronary atherosclerosis has offered valuable insight into plaque regression (PR) or progression. However, the beneficial effects of PR on the long-term clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remain unclear. We aimed to evaluate the impact of coronary plaque change in patients following primary percutaneous coronary intervention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFT cells play important roles in bone destruction and osteoclastogenesis and are found in chronic destructive bone lesions. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is one of several pathological factors involved in inflammatory bone destruction. We previously described the importance of T cells in the inflammatory bone resorption that occurs after repeated LPS administration.
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