M. Soma, Shin Murata, Yoshihiro Kai, H. Nakae, Yousuke Satou, J. Murata
{"title":"Effect of trunk posture on toe grip strength","authors":"M. Soma, Shin Murata, Yoshihiro Kai, H. Nakae, Yousuke Satou, J. Murata","doi":"10.9759/hppt.11.73","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9759/hppt.11.73","url":null,"abstract":": [Purpose] This study aimed to clarify the effect of changes in trunk-leg posture on toe grip strength by comparing the toe grip strength and lower extremity muscle activity measured during upright and forward-tilted trunk postures and investigating these values in terms of reproducibility and exertion of the maximum muscle strength. [Subjects and methods] The study subjects were 18 healthy adult males. Toe grip strength was measured under two conditions: in the upright trunk posture and the anteriorly tilted trunk posture. In addition to toe grip strength, muscle activity of the rectus femoris, the long head of the biceps femoris, the anterior tibialis, and the medial head of the gastrocne-mius were also measured. [Results] The results showed internal correlation coefficients (1, 1) of r=0.921 and r=0.950 for the upright and anteriorly tilted trunk postures, respectively. Although the toe grip strength did not differ between the two measurement conditions, the percentage integrated electromyography (%IEMG) of the medial head of the gastroc-nemius was significantly higher in the upright posture than that in the anteriorly tilted posture. [Conclusion] The results of this study showed that the different trunk postures-upright and anteriorly tilted-did not affect the reproducibility or the maximum muscle force of toe grip strength but did affect the %IEMG of the medial head of the gastrocne-mius.","PeriodicalId":225008,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy","volume":"2 14","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120817684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Goda, J. Narumiya, Y. Tamura, T. Abiko, Yoshihiro Kai, Hideki Nakano, S. Murata
{"title":"Immediate effects of knee varus instability-reducing shoes on young healthy adults with and without varus deformed knee","authors":"A. Goda, J. Narumiya, Y. Tamura, T. Abiko, Yoshihiro Kai, Hideki Nakano, S. Murata","doi":"10.9759/HPPT.11.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9759/HPPT.11.13","url":null,"abstract":": The purpose of this study was to examine the immediate effect of knee varus-reducing shoes on the gait of young healthy adults in the presence or absence of knee varus deformity. The gait parameters of 37 university students were measured and com-pared under two different conditions, one while walking wearing knee varus-reducing shoes and the other while walking barefoot. Furthermore, the knee-to-knee distance was measured for all the participants, who were then divided into two groups as follows: those with a knee-to-knee distance of (cid:2) 30 mm (the knee varus group) and those with a knee-to-knee distance of < 30 mm (the non-varus group). The results showed that in comparison to walking barefoot, the stride and step lengths were significantly extended (p < 0.01) and the walking speed was significantly increased (p < 0.01) while walking wearing knee varus -reducing shoes. In addition, the effects of wearing shoes on the gait parameters were not affected by the presence or absence of knee varus. In conclusion, knee varus-reducing shoes improved the walking functions in healthy young adults, regardless of whether they had a knee varus deformity or not.","PeriodicalId":225008,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125939297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Soma, Shin Murata, H. Nakae, Hideki Nakano, Haruhisa Isida, Yuumi Maruyama, H. Nagara, Y. Nagara
{"title":"Factors associated with toe grip strength in patients with Parkinsonʼs disease","authors":"M. Soma, Shin Murata, H. Nakae, Hideki Nakano, Haruhisa Isida, Yuumi Maruyama, H. Nagara, Y. Nagara","doi":"10.9759/HPPT.11.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9759/HPPT.11.1","url":null,"abstract":": [Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigated the factors that affect toe grip strength patients with Parkinsonʼs in patients with Parkinsonʼs disease. [Subjects and Methods] The study included 19 patients with Parkinsonʼs disease, who resided at home. Their toe grip strength, toe-curl ability, and the foot-arch height were measured. Multiple regression analysis was performed with toe grip strength as the dependent vari-able and height, disease duration and toe-curl ability which was significantly Correlation coefficient to identify factors associated with toe grip strength. [Results] Multiple regression analysis showed that toe-curl ability and disease duration could predict toe grip strength in the resulting model. [Conclusion] The results of this study suggest that high toe-curl ability and short disease duration are associated with greater toe grip strength.","PeriodicalId":225008,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117261176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Goda, T. Abiko, S. Murata, A. Kubo, Shinichi Tanaka, Nozomi Mitsumaru, K. Nonaka, Hiroaki Iwase, Yoshihiro Kai, Ryo Miyachi, Mayu Ohno, Junya Miyazaki
{"title":"Relationship between locomotive syndrome development and motor imagery ability in children","authors":"A. Goda, T. Abiko, S. Murata, A. Kubo, Shinichi Tanaka, Nozomi Mitsumaru, K. Nonaka, Hiroaki Iwase, Yoshihiro Kai, Ryo Miyachi, Mayu Ohno, Junya Miyazaki","doi":"10.9759/HPPT.10.183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9759/HPPT.10.183","url":null,"abstract":": This study aimed to investigate the relationship between locomotive syndrome (LS) development and motor imagery (MI) ability in children. The study included 212 children of elementary school age. We used a motor organ dysfunction checklist for LS testing and a mental rotation (MR) task to measure MI capacity. Based on the results of the LS assessment, the subjects were placed in either the LS-positive (38 subjects) or LS-negative (174 subjects) group. The number of males was significantly more in the LS-positive group than in the LS-negative group. Additionally, the average age, height, weight, and Laurelʼs index were higher and the inverse efficiency score (IES) during the MR task was lesser in the LS-positive group than in the LS-negative group. Logistic re-gression analysis revealed that after adjusting for gender, age, and body size, the IES ob-tained during the MR task was a significant explanatory variable for LS assessment. These results indicate that MI ability is a factor affecting LS development in children.","PeriodicalId":225008,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124324326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Akihiro Kuriki, Hisayoshi Okamura, Shoichiro Taba, T. Wada, A. Tsuda
{"title":"Relationship Between Positive Affect, Psychological Competitive Ability and Psychological Stressors Among University Student-Swimmers","authors":"Akihiro Kuriki, Hisayoshi Okamura, Shoichiro Taba, T. Wada, A. Tsuda","doi":"10.9759/HPPT.10.173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9759/HPPT.10.173","url":null,"abstract":"This study sought to clarify the relationships between positive affect, psychological competitive ability and stressor awareness, and to clarify the differences due to psychological characteristics. A sample of 50 male university student-swimmers was examined using the Japanese Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), the Diagnostic Inventory of Psychological Competitive Ability for Athletes (DIPCA.3) and the Daily and Competitive Stressor Scale for University Athletes. The results revealed a significant positive correlation between SHS and DIPCA.3 scores, and a significant negative correlation between SHS and stressor scale scores. Additionally, we performed cluster analysis using standardized DIPCA.3 scores to examine psychological characteristics. Classifying participants into three clusters (CL1: good psychological condition group; CL2: low cooperation group; CL3: low willingness to compete group) revealed that CL1 participants scored highest on both the SHS and DIPCA.3, and low on the stressor scale. CL2 participants scored lowest on the SHS, second highest on the DIPCA.3 and highest on the stressor scale. CL3 participants scored second highest on the SHS, lowest on the DIPCA.3 and low on the stressor scale. These results confirmed that university student-swimmers with high positive affect had high psychological competitive ability and low stressor awareness. Furthermore, the current findings suggested that the relationship between positive affect and psychological competitive ability may be related to factors including personality inferred from psychological characteristics.","PeriodicalId":225008,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132936160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Soma, S. Murata, Yoshihiro Kai, H. Nakae, Yousuke Satou, J. Murata
{"title":"Examination of toe grip bar position for measuring toe grip strength","authors":"M. Soma, S. Murata, Yoshihiro Kai, H. Nakae, Yousuke Satou, J. Murata","doi":"10.9759/HPPT.10.199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9759/HPPT.10.199","url":null,"abstract":": [Purpose] The purpose of the present study was to investigate the position of the toe grip bar at which maximum strength could be exerted during toe grip strength and measurement reproducibility. [Subjects] Twenty-four healthy young men were se-lected. [Methods] We measured toe grip strength during the following three positional conditions of the toe grip bar: immediately above the first interphalangeal (IP) joint, front of the IP joint, and back of the IP joint. [Results] We found that toe-grip strength was sig-nificantly higher immediately above the IP joint than at the front and back of the IP joint. Moreover, the intraclass correlation coefficient was good for the three conditions. [Conclu-sion] The results suggest that immediately above the IP position is the most suitable toe grip bar position for measuring toe grip strength, as this position allows maximum strength exertion and repeated measurements.","PeriodicalId":225008,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133313727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of the Figure-of-8 Wheelchair Propulsion Ability Test: a Pilot Study","authors":"Tadahiko Kamegaya, T. Fujita, M. Soma","doi":"10.9759/HPPT.10.189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9759/HPPT.10.189","url":null,"abstract":"[Purpose] To examine the absolute reliability and relative reliability of a method for measuring and evaluating the wheelchair propulsion skills of turning, accelerating, and decelerating manual wheelchairs among healthy adults. [Method] Two occupational therapists performed the tests on 36 healthy adults (men: 15; women: 21; mean age: 21.3±0.6 years). In the figure-of-8 type of measured course, each participant propelled a wheelchair with arm propulsion and maximum effort. Examiners measured the time required for participants to propel the established course using a stopwatch. The absolute reliability of the measurement value was examined using the BlandAltman analysis, and the relative reliability was examined using the intraclass correlation coefficient (2.1). [Results] A proportional bias was found as a systematic bias of the measured value; however, no fixed bias was observed. The intraclass correlation coefficient (2.1) of the measured values was 0.999, with 95% confidence interval of 0.999-1.000. [Conclusion] The measurement and evaluation method developed in this study confirmed the error characteristics in the measured values and showed a high inter-tester reliability.","PeriodicalId":225008,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129754970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Soma, S. Murata, H. Nakae, Hideki Nakano, H. Ishida, Yuumi Maruyama, H. Nagara, Y. Nagara
{"title":"Association between toe-grip strength and gait in patient with Parkinsonʼs disease:analysis of temporal and spatial gait parameters in comfortable and fast walking","authors":"M. Soma, S. Murata, H. Nakae, Hideki Nakano, H. Ishida, Yuumi Maruyama, H. Nagara, Y. Nagara","doi":"10.9759/HPPT.10.195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9759/HPPT.10.195","url":null,"abstract":"study investigated the relationship between toe-grip strength and temporal and spatial gait parameters when walking comfortably and at a high speed, to clarify the function of toe-grip strength in gait in patient with Parkinsonʼs disease. 【 Sub-jects and Methods 】 Forty patient with Parkinsonʼs disease living at home were enrolled in this study. The measured items were toe-grip strength, along with speed (comfortable and fast), stride length, walking rate, stride interval, foot angle, stance duration, swing duration, and double-leg support duration. The association between toe-grip strength and these items were investigated using Pearsonʼs product-moment correlation coefficient. 【 Results 】 Toe-grip strength showed a significant positive correlation with stride length and speed when walking comfortably and fast, but no significant correlation with stance dura-tion, swing duration, and double-leg support duration. 【 Conclusion 】 These results suggest that individuals with greater toe-grip strength are able to walk faster by increasing their stride length while preserving temporal/cyclical parameters, without altering their gait rhythm.","PeriodicalId":225008,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy","volume":"2657 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133399899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The attenuating effect of forward bending alerting system on the frequency of poor posture in nursing care","authors":"N. Umeki, J. Murata, Michie Ohyama, E. Sakata","doi":"10.9759/HPPT.10.203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9759/HPPT.10.203","url":null,"abstract":": This study investigated the effect of an alert system that can feed back infor-mation about the forward bending angle of the trunk on an improvement of poor posture, which occurs during nursing care. Sixteen healthy subjects participated in this study. The experiment consisted of two periods (3 days each); (A) The subjects performed nursing care without using the alert system as a control experiment of the below procedure initial phase. (B) The other procedure was to performed nursing care with using the alert system. We measured the number of forward bends (41 ° or more) during nursing care and compared the differences between the two periods. The number of forward bends of 41 ° or more that occurred during nursing care was significantly reduced in the intervention pe-riod, which used the alert system, compared to the control period. These results sug-gested that the alert system about the forward bending may be effective in improving posture during nursing care.","PeriodicalId":225008,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127219352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Matsumoto, S. Murata, Kayoko Shiraiwa, A. Goda, T. Abiko, Hideki Nakano, J. Horie
{"title":"Usefulness of the strength of the muscles involved in hip abduction with flexion in community","authors":"N. Matsumoto, S. Murata, Kayoko Shiraiwa, A. Goda, T. Abiko, Hideki Nakano, J. Horie","doi":"10.9759/hppt.10.111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9759/hppt.10.111","url":null,"abstract":"To clarify the clinical usefulness of the strength of the muscles involved in hip abduction with flexion, the influences of knee pain on such strength and that of the quadriceps femoris were examined, involving 227 community-dwelling elderly females divided into 2 groups with (45) and without (182) knee pain. For both groups, the strengths of the muscles involved in hip abduction with flexion and quadriceps femoris, toe and hand grip strengths, number of sit-ups, CS-30, TUG, and 5MWT scores, and body composition (muscle mass, skeletal muscle mass, and lower limb muscle mass) were measured. The strength of the muscles involved in hip abduction with flexion was significantly correlated with all physical function parameters in both groups. The quadriceps femoris muscle strength was significantly correlated with all physical function parameters in the group without knee pain, but it was not significantly correlated with TUG or 5MWT scores in the group with it. The results suggest that the strength of the muscles involved in hip abduction with flexion is more useful than that of the quadriceps femoris to assess the dynamic standing balance and walking abilities of elderly people with knee pain.","PeriodicalId":225008,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121903899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}