Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of cognitive processing therapy in Japanese patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is one of the most widely tested evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, most studies on CPT have been conducted in Western cultural settings. This open-label, single-arm trial investigated the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of CPT for treating Japanese patients with PTSD.

Absolute reliability of tongue pressure measurement in young healthy adults and elderly patients with certification of needing long-term care or support.

Aim: We aimed to determine systematic bias and the range of random error in tongue pressure measurements among young healthy adults and elderly patients with certification of requiring long-term care or support, considering sex, and to establish a measurement method.

Methods: Subjects were 226 adults (88 young healthy adults and 138 elderly patients with certification of requiring long-term care or support). Tongue pressure was measured thrice.

Changes in the department of physical therapy students' awareness after an international student exchange program.

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to determine the change in students' awareness of one's possibility in terms of being able to make oneself understood in English after an international student exchange program. [Participants and Methods] A total of 15 students (4 males, 11 females), with a mean age of 19.2 ± 0.

Correlation between skeletal muscle mass index and parameters of respiratory function and muscle strength in young healthy adults according to gender.

[Purpose] The purpose was to determine the correlation between the skeletal muscle mass index and parameters of respiratory function and muscle strength in young healthy adults as predictors of sarcopenia in association with aging and respiratory diseases. [Participants and Methods] Participants were 41 males and 37 females with a mean age of 19.5 ± 1.

Gross motor skill development of kindergarten children in Japan.

[Purpose] The purposes of this study were to assess and explore the gender-based differences in gross motor skill development of 5-year-old Japanese children. [Subjects and Methods] This cross-sectional study recruited 60 healthy 5-year-old (third-year kindergarten, i.e.

The best body spot to detect the vital capacity from the respiratory movement data obtained by the wearable strain sensor.

[Purpose] The purpose of this study is to find the best body spots on the chest and abdomen wall to obtain the correlated indicators to the vital capacity. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty healthy male staff of the center served as the participants were advised to conduct a breathing movement using spirometer and a wearable strain sensor (WSS) respectively, which was the measured at four spots on chest and abdomen wall from maximal end of inspiration to maximal end of expiration. The Pearson's correlation analysis was conducted to find the correlation of the data obtained respectively by the WSS and spirometer.

Reliability and validity of measuring respiration movement using a wearable strain sensor in healthy subjects.

[Purpose] The purpose of this research was to verify the reliability and validity of measuring respiration movement using a wearable strain sensor (WSS) which has been developed newly for clinical objective assessment. [Subjects and Methods] The 21 healthy male students were advised to conduct a breathing movement using measuring tape (MT) and WSS respectively, which was the measured at four locations on chest and abdomen wall. The different degree of chest expansion from maximal end of expiration to maximal end of inspiration was confirmed at each location.