Feasibility of Seated Stepping and Handshaking as a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: A Pilot Study.

Cardiopulmonary function is usually assessed by cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) using a cycle ergometer (CE-CPX) or a treadmill, which is difficult in patients with lower extremity motor dysfunction. A stepping and handshaking (SHS) exercise has been developed that can be performed safely and easily while sitting on a chair. This study compared peak oxygen uptake (peak V.

Comparative Study of Muscle Hardness during Water-Walking and Land-Walking Using Ultrasound Real-Time Tissue Elastography in Healthy Young People.

Compared with land-walking, water-walking is considered to be beneficial as a whole-body exercise because of the characteristics of water (buoyancy, viscosity, hydrostatic pressure, and water temperature). However, there are few reports on the effects of exercise in water on muscles, and there is no standard qualitative assessment method for muscle flexibility. Therefore, we used ultrasound real-time tissue elastography (RTE) to compare muscle hardness after water-walking and land-walking.

[Evaluation of supplemental and oral deglutition foods in bedridden elderly patients receiving parenteral nutrition].

Background And Aim: We examined oral dyskinesia (OD), wearing artificial tooth, food test findings and conducted a video - fluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) in bedridden elderly patients before they were received parenteral nutrition once daily. However, the validity and properties of these deglutition foods have not been evaluated. Therefore, in this study, we clarified four deglutition foods as four aspects.

Chronic expanding hematoma in the stumps of persons following transfemoral amputation: A report of two cases.

Background: Two persons presented with severe stump pain following transfemoral amputation.

Case Description And Methods: A 21-year-old female and a 31-year-old male with transfemoral amputation were ambulatory with prostheses and suffered from severe stump pain caused by the presence of masses around the tip of the bone stump. From the clinical courses, imaging studies, and the intraoperative findings, the masses were diagnosed as a relatively rare condition known as chronic expanding hematoma.

Relation between 24-h heart rate variability and blood pressure fluctuation during exercise in stroke patients.

Background: In some stroke patients blood pressure (BP) fluctuates extensively during medical rehabilitation, so the present study investigated the influence of autonomic nervous dysfunction on the change in BP during exercise.

Methods And Results: The subjects consisted of 55 stroke inpatients (males, 29; mean age, 58.8 years old; ischemic/hemorrhagic etiology, 30/25) who were admitted to the Stroke Center within 2 weeks of their first stroke.