Publications by authors named "Seima Okita"
Background: The purpose of this study is to examine the association between physical activity and contracture in older patients confined to bed in long-term care (LTC) facilities.
Methods: Patients wore ActiGraph GT3X+ for 8 hours on their wrists, and vector magnitude (VM) counts were obtained as the amount of activity. The passive range of motion (ROM) of joints was measured.
[Purpose] This study evaluated the effect of low-level laser therapy on inflammatory signs in an arthritis rat model as a foundation for elucidating the mechanism of the anti-inflammatory effect. [Materials and Methods] Eigteen Wistar rats were divided into three groups: group I (arthritis without low-level laser therapy), group II (arthritis with low-level laser therapy), and the control group (sham arthritis control). Arthritis was induced in the right knee by injecting a mixture of kaolin and carrageenan.
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- - This study aimed to evaluate how effective exercise and educational programs are in improving physical activity and reducing pain for patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis through a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- - Researchers reviewed 20 randomized controlled trials involving 2,350 patients and found that combining exercise with educational interventions provided very low evidence of improving activity levels and low evidence of reducing pain.
- - Despite some positive effects observed, the overall evidence was downgraded due to high risks of bias in study methods, particularly concerning allocation concealment, highlighting the need for careful interpretation of the results.
Purpose: Immobilization of skeletal muscles causes muscle atrophy, muscle contracture, and muscle pain, the mechanisms of which are related to macrophage accumulation. However, muscle contractile exercise through a belt electrode device may mitigate macrophage accumulation. We hypothesized that such exercise would be effective in preventing myofiber atrophy, muscle contracture, and muscular pain.
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