Development of a social activities scale for community-dwelling older people requiring support.

Aim: This study aims to develop the Social Activities Scale for Community-Dwelling Older People Requiring Support (SASOS).

Design: This study is a cross-sectional investigation.

Methods: The participants were healthy older people (HOP;  = 140) and those requiring support (OPRS;  = 250).

Acute vascular effects of carbonated warm water lower leg immersion in healthy young adults.

Endothelial dysfunction is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality and morbidity; however, this dysfunction may be ameliorated by several therapies. For example, it has been reported that heat-induced increases in blood flow and shear stress enhance endothelium-mediated vasodilator function. Under these backgrounds, we expect that carbon dioxide (CO)-rich water-induced increase in skin blood flow improves endothelium-mediated vasodilation with less heat stress.

The relationship between trans-femoral prosthesis alignment and the center trajectory of plantar pressure in the frontal plane.

[Purpose] It is difficult to identify by visual observation whether alignment abnormalities in trans-femoral prostheses in the frontal plane are attributable to the adduction angle or the abnormal alignment of the positions of the medial and lateral sides of the socket in relation to the foot. Therefore, we focused on the trajectory of the center of plantar pressure during walking, and we proposed a method for differentiating these two alignment abnormalities. [Subjects and Methods] We recruited 4 trans-femoral unilateral amputees.

A preliminary study of clinical assessment of left unilateral spatial neglect using a head mounted display system (HMD) in rehabilitation engineering technology.

Purpose: Unilateral spatial neglect (USN) is a common syndrome in which a patient fails to report or respond to stimulation from the side of space opposite a brain lesion, where these symptoms are not due to primary sensory or motor deficits. The purpose of this study was to analyze an evaluation process system of USN in various visual fields using HMD in order to understand more accurately any faults of USN operating in the object-centred co-ordinates.

Method: Eight stroke patients participated in this study and they had Left USN in clinical test, and right hemisphere damage was checked by CT scan.