Chronic pain in older adults with disabilities is associated with cognitive impairment-a prospective cohort study.

Background: Chronic pain may be an important factor influencing cognitive impairment; however, there is limited research on that link in older adults with disabilities. We aimed to determine the association between chronic pain and cognitive impairment in older adults with disabilities.

Methods: This 24-month prospective cohort study involved 143 Japanese older adults (≥65 years of age) with long-term care insurance.

Correlation between psychological stress and depressive symptoms among Japanese university students: a cross-sectional analysis.

[Purpose] Higher education students face significant environmental changes, placing them at heightened risk of developing depressive symptoms that have been exacerbated by the coronavirus infectious disease pandemic. This study examined the association between psychological stress and depressive symptoms among Japanese university students. [Participants and Methods] We conducted an online and face-to-face questionnaire survey with 145 Japanese university students studying rehabilitation sciences.

Post-discharge sedentary behavior and light-intensity physical activity-associated stroke recurrence in patients with minor ischemic stroke: A preliminary retrospective observational study.

Background And Purpose: Evidence regarding whether reducing sedentary behavior and increasing physical activity levels to prevent stroke recurrence is insufficient. Therefore, this study preliminarily investigated whether post-discharge sedentary behavior and physical activity levels in patients with minor ischemic stroke were associated with stroke recurrence.

Methods: This retrospective observational study included 73 patients (aged 72.

Chronic pain in older adults with disabilities is associated with fall-related injuries: a prospective cohort study.

Purpose: Previous studies have shown an association between chronic pain and the occurrence of falls in community-dwelling older adults; however, the association between chronic pain and fall-related injuries in older adults with disabilities is unclear. This study aimed to determine the association between chronic pain and fall-related injuries in older adults with disabilities.

Methods: This 24-month prospective cohort study included older adults aged 65 years or older using Japanese long-term care insurance services.

Effect of Pre-Hospitalization Fall History on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior After the Implementation of a Behavioral Change Approach in Patients with Minor Ischemic Stroke: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: We aimed to determine whether a history of falls before admission affected physical activity levels and sedentary behavior negatively after implementing a behavior modification approach in patients with minor ischemic stroke.

Methods: This study constituted a secondary analysis of an intervention trial. In the intervention study, patients with minor ischemic stroke were randomly assigned to two groups: intervention and control groups.

Effects on sedentary behaviour of an approach to reduce sedentary behaviour in patients with minor ischaemic stroke: A randomised controlled trial.

Objectives: To determine the effects on sedentary behaviour of an approach that promotes reduction in sedentary behaviour in patients with minor ischaemic stroke after intervention and at follow-up.

Design: A randomised controlled trial.

Setting: During hospitalisation and after hospital discharge.

Effect of chronic pain on the occurrence of falls in older adults with disabilities: a prospective cohort study.

Background: The relationship between chronic pain and the occurrence of falls in healthy older adults has been clarified in previous studies, but its relationship in older adults with disabilities has not.

Objective: This study aimed to determine whether chronic pain is related to the occurrence of falls in older adults with disabilities.

Methods: The participants were 101 older adults above 65 years old who used long-term care insurance services in Japan.

Association between physical activity levels and depressive symptoms in patients with minor ischemic stroke.

Objective: Post-stroke depression is associated with stroke recurrence and it is necessary to identify its influencing factors. The study aims to determine whether physical activity during hospitalization, as measured by accelerometer, was associated with depression after discharge in patients with minor ischemic stroke.

Materials And Methods: This prospective observational study assessed 76 patients with minor ischemic stroke (aged 71.

Sarcopenia Affects Functional Independence Measure motor Scores in Elderly Patients with Stroke.

Objectives: There is no unified view of the relationship between sarcopenia and the activities of daily living (ADL) in stroke patients. This study aimed to determine whether sarcopenia affects the ADL in elderly patients with stroke.

Materials And Methods: This case-control study included 472 stroke patients aged ≥ 65 years who were admitted to the convalescent rehabilitation ward.

Chronic Lumbar Pain and Insomnia in College-Aged Students.

Insomnia in college students has a significant impact on academic performance and mental health (e.g., depression).

Chronic pain in the frail elderly mediates sleep disorders and influences falls.

Aim: Previous studies have highlighted the causation between chronic pain and falls in the elderly, but the mediator variables between chronic pain and falls in the frail elderly have not been identified. The purpose of this study was to identify the mediator variable of chronic pain and falls.

Methods: This study is a prospective cohort study.

Sleep efficiency affecting the occurrence of falls among the frail older adults.

The purpose of this study is to clarify whether reduced sleep efficiency affects the occurrence of falls among the frail older adults. This was a prospective cohort study. The subjects were frail older adult individuals living within a community, attending an older adult care center.

Approaches to Promote Reduction in Sedentary Behavior in Patients With Minor Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether an approach that promotes reduction in sedentary behavior (SB) during hospitalization and after hospital discharge reduces SB in patients with minor ischemic stroke (MIS) compared with an approach that promotes an increase in physical activity levels.

Design: Randomized controlled trial design.

Setting: During hospitalization and after hospital discharge.

Depression Is Associated with Chronic Pain in Disabled Older Adults.

Background: The association between depression and chronic pain has been clearly demonstrated in healthy older adults, but not in older adults with disabilities. This study thus aimed to clarify the association between depression and chronic pain in older adults with disabilities.

Methods: In total, 92 older adults aged 65 years or older subscribed to Japanese long-term care insurance services were included in this study.

Nonleisure-Time Physical Activity Guidance Following Minor Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

The purpose of this single-masked randomized clinical trial was to examine whether nonleisure-time physical activity guidance (NLTPAG) improves physical activity levels in patients after minor ischemic stroke. Patients who had been hospitalized for minor ischemic stroke in an acute care hospital (National Health Institute Stroke Scale ≤ 5) were randomized to either an NLTPAG group (n = 17) or a leisure-time physical activity guidance group (n = 16). NLTPAG focused on reducing sedentary behavior and increasing the frequency of walking for shopping and household activities to improve physical activity levels in daily life.

Effective Combined Assessments of Weight Bearing Ratio and Four Square Step Test in Predicting Falls in Discharged Stroke Patients.

Background: We aimed to determine whether combined assessments of single movement tasks could predict falls in community dwelling people with stroke and it was more precision than the berg balance Scale consists of 14 movements.

Methods: This prospective cohort study performed at five rehabilitation hospitals in Japan. Participants comprised 78 patients with ambulatory stroke.

Toe functions have little effect on dynamic balance ability in elderly people.

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the toe function of elderly people and the association with the dynamic balance ability for the developing effective fall-prevention measures. [Subjects and Methods] Seventy-eight participants in a community health service were included in this cross-sectional study. The Timed Up and Go Test and Four Square Step Test were used to test dynamic balance ability.

Anti-allergic effects of His-Ala-Gln tripeptide in vitro and in vivo.

We examined the inhibitory effects of HAQ (His-Ala-Gln) peptide on type-1 allergy in vitro and in vivo. HAQ peptide inhibited β-hexosaminidase release and intracellular Ca levels of rat basophilic leukemia RBL-2H3 cells. Oral administration of a HAQ peptide-added diet (1 mg/mouse/administration) to C3H/HeJ mice for 14 days led to significant suppression of allergic symptoms, but did not reduce allergen-specific IgE or IgG.

One-Leg Standing Time of the Affected Side Moderately Predicts for Postdischarge Falls in Community Stroke Patients.

Background: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the predictive accuracy of one-leg standing time at hospital discharge on falls in stroke patients.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study. Participants included stroke patients (n = 65) who could walk when discharged from inpatient rehabilitation ward.

Different cutoff values for 10-m walking speed simply classification of walking independence in stroke patients with or without cognitive impairment.

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to determine the threshold for classifying walking independence in stroke patients with and without cognitive disorders. [Subjects] The subjects were 130 patients with initial stroke hemiplegia. [Methods] The following factors were analyzed for associations with walking independence: Brunnstrom stage, one-leg standing time on the paralytic side, one-leg standing time on the non-paralytic side, and 10-m walking speed.

[Current state of measures to deal with natural disasters at public universities].

Objectives: The responsibility of a university after a large-scale, natural disaster is to secure the safety of students' and local residents' lives. The present study investigated the current state of measures at public universities to deal with natural disasters in coordination with the local community.

Methods: A survey was administered at 77 public universities in Japan from March 25 to May 10, 2011.

[An analysis of fall accidents in ambulance service records of fire department in Japan: investigation of time and location].

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine fall accidents in Japan by analyzing records of ambulance responses.

Method: The survey period was one year, from January to December, 2007. During this period, a total of 31,002 ambulance responses to fall accidents were recorded by 37 fire departments throughoutiapan.