The impact of community engagement on belief conflicts arising during interdisciplinary collaboration among daycare rehabilitation professionals.

[Purpose] This study aimed to elucidate the relationship between the quality of community coordination and belief conflicts that arise during interprofessional collaborations among rehabilitation professionals working in the long-term care insurance sector. [Participants and Methods] The participants were physical, occupational, and speech-language-hearing therapists from Gifu Prefecture, Japan. We examined the impact of medical care quality and welfare coordination on belief conflicts among daycare rehabilitation specialists.

Performance of ChatGPT 4.0 on Japan's National Physical Therapist Examination: A Comprehensive Analysis of Text and Visual Question Handling.

Introduction: ChatGPT 4.0, a large-scale language model (LLM) developed by OpenAI, has demonstrated the capability to pass Japan's national medical examination and other medical assessments. However, the impact of imaging-based questions and different question types on its performance has not been thoroughly examined.

Predictors of Delayed Recovery in Japanese Patients With Whiplash-Associated Disorders: The Role of Initial Catastrophizing and Disability Levels.

Background Whiplash-associated disorders are sequelae of traffic accidents that frequently result in sustained pain and disability due to a broader spectrum of symptoms than typical neck pain. Several studies have used the length of time from injury to the completion of insurance claims as a measure of recovery time for patients with whiplash-associated disorders. However, studies on the initial factors in patients whose treatment exceeds 90 days are lacking.

Risk factors for falls in terms of attention during gait in community-dwelling older adults.

Aim: We examined factors related to conditions of life function and falls, including eye movements and gait variability, in community-dwelling older adults in Japan.

Methods: Participants were 82 older adults (21 men, 61 women, mean age 76.1 years).