[Analysis of changes in location before hospital admission, discharge destination and prognostic factors for the survival in hospitals with chronic-phase inpatients].

Aim: To clarify changes in location before hospital admission and discharge destination over the 10-year period of 2010 to 2020 and to identify prognostic factors associated with the survival in hospitals with chronic-phase inpatients.

Methods: The subjects were patients newly admitted to 12 hospitals in 2010 and 2020. The age, sex, location before hospital admission, outcomes at 90 days after admission, discharge destination, and results of 6 biochemical tests at admission were evaluated.

The use of a cold pack during resistance exercises is effective for reducing intramuscular oxygenation and increasing myoelectric activity.

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of using a cold pack while doing resistance exercises for enhancing muscle strength and muscle hypertrophy through decreased intramuscular oxygenation and/or increased myoelectric activity. [Participants and Methods] Twenty-four resistance-trained males (age: 26.4 ± 8.

Is increased "stay away from bed" time associated with improved clinical rehabilitation outcomes in Japanese rehabilitation hospitals? A prospective observational study and clinical practice.

Background: A comprehensive team approach for increasing stay away from bed time (SaB-time) called CASaB was conducted at multiple rehabilitation hospitals.

Aims: The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between SaB-time and clinical rehabilitation outcomes (CROs) before introducing CASaB (observational phase), and comparing CROs before and after CASaB (CASaB phase).

Methods: This prospective observational study included patients who were admitted to nine rehabilitation hospitals, with complete data.

Relationship between tongue strength, lip strength, and nutrition-related sarcopenia in older rehabilitation inpatients: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to clarify the relationship between tongue strength, lip strength, and nutrition-related sarcopenia (NRS).

Patients And Methods: A total of 201 older inpatients aged ≥65 years (70 men, median age: 84 years, interquartile range: 79-89 years) consecutively admitted for rehabilitation were included in this cross-sectional study. The main factors evaluated were the presence of NRS diagnosed by malnutrition using the Mini-Nutrition Assessment - Short Form, sarcopenia based on the criteria of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia, tongue strength, and lip strength.

Tongue Strength is Associated with Grip Strength and Nutritional Status in Older Adult Inpatients of a Rehabilitation Hospital.

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate whether tongue strength observed in older adult inpatients of a rehabilitation hospital is associated with muscle function, nutritional status, and dysphagia. A total of 174 older adult inpatients aged 65 years and older in rehabilitation (64 men, 110 women; median age, 84 years; interquartile range, 80-89 years) who were suspected of having reduced tongue strength due to sarcopenia were included in this study. Isometric tongue strength was measured using a device fitted with a disposable oral balloon probe.

[Investigation of the effects of intervention by therapists at night on convalescent rehabilitation units].

Aim: This study sought to investigate the influence of intervention by therapists at night on the patient's ADL's, number of falls, etc. On convalescent rehabilitation units in order to examine the efficacy of the intervention.

Methods: The study subjects included patients hospitalized on 11 convalescent rehabilitation units.

[Effect of intermittent rehydration therapy as an oral and enteral rehydration solution, alone or in combination with intravenous administration on intravascular dehydration].

Aim: The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the effectiveness of intermittent fluid infusion (intermittent rehydration therapy) to dehydrated elderly patients and the efficacy of Heisei Solution Water (HSW), an oral and enteral rehydration solution developed by our group.

Methods: We enrolled 375 elderly patients with suspected dehydration from among 1,921 patients of our hospital and 13 affiliated hospitals. A total of 36 of 375 patients received intermittent rehydration therapy.