Impact of individual factors and personality trait on psychological problems of family members living with staff of a COVID-19 frontline hospital: A cross-sectional self-administered anonymous questionnaire survey.

Aim: This study aims to evaluate the association between individual factors/personality traits and depression and anxiety in family members living with staff working on the frontline of COVID-19 care.

Methods: The subjects were family members over the age of 15 years living with staff members of a COVID-19 frontline hospital. Between March 27 and April 11, 2021, 204 self-administered anonymous questionnaires were distributed, and 149 responses were received.

Psychological Distress Associated with Patient-Reported Outcomes in Preoperative Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of psychotic symptoms such as anxiety and fear in patients undergoing lumbar spinal canal stenosis.

Overview Of Literature: Recently, patients with spinal disorders have not only been evaluated objectively for their disease, but also for patient-reported outcomes (PROs) including pain, physical function, and quality of life (PROs).

Factors Associated with Neck and Shoulder Pain in Volunteers.

Introduction: The aims of the present study were 1) to examine the association between neck and shoulder pain (NSP) and lifestyle in the general population and 2) to examine if sagittal spino-pelvic malalignment is more prevalent in NSP.

Methods: A total of 107 volunteers (mean age, 64.5 years) were recruited in this study from listings of resident registrations in Kihoku region, Wakayama, Japan.

A comparative study of 2-year follow-up outcomes in lumbar spinal stenosis patients treated with physical therapy alone and those with surgical intervention after less successful physical therapy.

Background: The efficacy of physical therapy for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) has been reported only for the short term, and few reports have compared outcomes of surgical treatment with nonsurgical treatment after physical therapy. The purpose of this study was to assess 2-year outcomes of LSS patients treated with surgery or under follow-up observation after physical therapy for 6 weeks.

Methods: Patients presenting with neurogenic claudication, radiologically-confirmed central LSS affecting both legs and refractory symptoms to pharmacotherapy of more than 3 months were enrolled.

Gait abnormality due to spinal instability after lumbar facetectomy in the rat.

Purpose: Spinal instability of the lumbar spine causes various clinical symptoms. Among them, spinal instability is thought to contribute to low back pain, but the pathophysiological mechanisms are controversial. Although experimental animal models of spinal instability have been reported, it is unknown whether these models produce pain and whether spinal instability affects walking ability.

Modified Marmot operation versus spinous process transverse cutting laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis.

Study Design: Retrospective comparative cohort study.

Objective: To compare clinical outcomes for lumbar spinal stenosis (≥3 levels) treated with posterior decompression without exposing the paravertebral muscles (PVM) with outcomes from surgery with PVM exposure.

Summary Of Background Data: Exposure of the PVM can cause muscle injury and denervation, which may induce failed back syndrome.

Development of a new instrument for evaluating leg motions using acceleration sensors (II).

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of the average acceleration of elderly people during walking.

Method: The subject cohort comprised nine men and 21 women aged ≥63 years. Subjects walked a 10-m straight course (walk test) which required stepping over six obstacles (hurdle walk test).

Development of new instrument for evaluating leg motions using acceleration sensors.

The purpose of this study is to develop a new system for measuring leg motions using a portable three-dimensional accelerometer. The measuring system is composed of acceleration sensors (Micro Stone, MA3-10Ac), a data logger, a data reader, and a personal computer. The personal computer draws a graph of the acceleration of movements (i.