Relationships between the Nutrition Status and Oral Measurements for Sarcopenia in Older Japanese Adults.

Introduction: The purpose of the present study was to clarify the relationships between the risk of malnutrition as a preliminary stage of malnutrition and overall and oral measurements for sarcopenia in older Japanese adults.

Methods: Forty-five participants (79.7 ± 6.

Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on cerebral glucose metabolism.

Objective: To investigate the mechanisms underlying the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on post-stroke hemiplegia, we assessed alterations in cerebral glucose metabolism.

Methods: Five post-stroke hemiplegic patients (three targeted for upper limb impairment and two targeted for lower limb impairment) aged 62.6 ± 6.