Volume 67, Number 1,2
CONTENTS
February 2020

Reviews

Muscle atrophy in critically ill patients : a review of its cause, evaluation, and prevention 1
Nobuto Nakanishi, Takuya Takashima, Jun Oto
Right ventricular myocardial stiffness and relaxation components by kinematic model-based analysis 11
Yasunobu Hayabuchi
The role of Propionibacterium acnes in and Modic type 1 changes : A literature review 21
Subash Chandra Jha, Koichi Sairyo
The role of medical informatics in the management of medical information 27
Jun Hirose, Yoshifumi Wakata, Masato Tagi, Yu Tamakia
Fast Statistical Iterative Reconstruction for Mega-voltage Computed Tomography 30
Sho Ozaki, Akihiro Haga, Edward Chao, Calvin Maurer, Kanabu Nawa, Takeshi Ohta, Takahiro Nakamoto,
Yuki Nozawa, Taiki Magome, Masahiro Nakano, Keiichi Nakagawa
Area-Based Medicine in the Super-Ageing Society in Japan 40
Nobutaka Inoue, Toshiyuki Matsumura, Hiroto Sakai

Originals


Relationship between Older persons with cancer. Coping Attitudes and Mental Adjustment 44
Yoshie IMAI, Chiemi ONISHI, Takae BANDO
Gene-expression profile reveals the genetic and acquired phenotypes of hyperactive mutant SPORTS rat 51
Taigo Horiguchi, Yumiko Miyatake, Keiko Miyoshi, Ayako Tanimura, Hiroko Hagita, Hiroshi Sakaue,
Takafumi Noma
Distribution of the Spinal Arteries in Adult Patients with Lumbar Spondylolysis 62
Fumitake Tezuka, Toshinori Sakai, Toshihiko Nishisho, Kosuke Sugiura, Yoshihiro Ishihama, Hiroaki Manabe,
Kazuta Yamashita, Yoichiro Takata, Toru Maeda, Koichi Sairyo
Postural stability against full-field dynamic visual disturbance in archery players 67
Yoshiro Wada, Noriaki Takeda
Effect of epigenetic modulation on cancer sphere 70
Shuichi Iwahashi, Mitsuo Shimada, Yuji Morine, Satoru Imura, Tetsuya Ikemoto, Yu Saito, Shinihiro Yamada,
Tohru Utsunomiya
Predictors of life skills in people with schizophrenia 75
Takeo Tominaga, Masahito Tomotake, Tomoya Takeda, Yoshinori Ueoka, Tsunehiko Tanaka, Shin-ya Watanabe,
Naomi Kameoka, Masahito Nakataki, Shusuke Numata, Yumiko Izaki, Satsuki Sumitani, Hiroko Kubo,
Yasuhiro Kaneda, Tetsuro Ohmori
Establishment of an evaluation system for non-technical skills in surgery : Surgeon and paramedical staff assessments 83
Kozo Yoshikawa, Mitsuo Shimada, Jun Higashijima, Tomohiko Miyatani, Takuya Tokunaga, Masaaki Nishi,
Chie Takasu, Hideya Kashihara, Toshiaki Yoshimoto, Takashi Iwata
Electroneurography cannot predict when facial synkinesis develops in patients with facial palsy 87
Takahiro Azuma, Katsuhiko Nakamura, Mika Takahashi, Hitomi Miyoshi, Naoki Toda, Hidetaka Iwasaki,
Teruhiko Fuchigami, Go Sato, Yoshiaki Kitamura, Koji Abe, Noriaki Takeda
Clinical evaluation of FAPlus/FNPlus bottles compared with the combination of SA/SN and FA/FN bottles
in the BacT/Alert blood culture system
90
Takuya Hattori, Hideki Nishiyama, Shinobu Ikegami, Makoto Minoshima, Hideki Kato, Norihiro Yuasai
30-Minute Delta Cortisol Post-ACTH Stimulation Test and Proposed Cut-Off Levels for Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis 95
Worapaka Manosroi, Pichitchai Atthakomol, Supawan Buranapin, Nipawan Waisayanand, Mattabhorn Phimphilai,
Natapong Kosachunhanun
Functional analysis of human fibrocytes derived from monocytes reveals their profibrotic phenotype through paracrine effects 102
Shuichi Abe, Seidai Sato, Yoshinori Aono, Momoyo Azuma, Masami Kishi, Kazuya Koyama, Naoki Takahashi,
Kozo Kagawa, Hiroshi Kawano, Yasuhiko Nishioka
Operating-room nurses′ classifications in job satisfaction 113
Sachiko Kurimoto, Takako Minagawa, Ayako Tamura
Classification of physical activity in patients with heart failure categorized as New York Heart Association class I or II 124
Sayuri Doi, Ayako Tamura, Takako Minagawa, Akemi Osaka, Masataka Sata
Effects of FM system fitted into the normal hearing ear or cartilage conduction hearing aid fitted into the affected ear
on speech-in-noise recognition in Japanese children with unilateral congenital aural atresia
134
Yuki Sakamoto, Aki Shimada, Seiichi Nakano, Eiji Kondo, Takaaki Takeyama, Junya Fukuda, Jiro Udaka,
Hidehiko Okamoto, Noriaki Takeda
Assessment of postoperative nutritional status and physical function between open surgical aortic valve replacement and
transcatheter aortic valve implantation in elderly patients
139
Mayu Sebe, Rie Tsutsumi, Takuro Oyama, Yousuke T. Horikawa, Yuta Uemura, Nami Kakuta, Yoko Sakai,
Atsushi Morio, Hirotsugu Miyoshi, Takashi Kondo, Tomoaki Urabe, Yuko Noda, Satoshi Kamiya, Noboru Saeki,
Masashi Kuroda, Katsuya Tanaka, Yasuo M. Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Sakaue
Assessment of right ventricular function by isovolumic acceleration of pulmonary and tricuspid annulus in surgically
repaired tetralogy of Fallot
145
Akemi Ono, Yasunobu Hayabuchi, Manami Tanaka, Shoji Kagami
Relationship between age-related decreases in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and skeletal muscle mass
in Japanese women
151
Michiko Sato, Teruhiro Morishita, Takafumi Katayama, Shigeko Satomura, Hiroko Okuno, Nami Sumida, Masae Sakuma, Hidekazu Arai, Shinsuke Katoh, Koichi Sairyo, Akihiko Kawaura, Eiji Takeda
Treatment with indigo plant (Polygonum tinctorium Lour) improves serum lipid profiles in Wistar rats fed a high-fat diet 158
Hiroko Tsuji, Maki Kondo, Wataru Odani, Tasuku Takino, Risako Takeda, Tohru Sakai
Inactivation of Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli by UVA-LED irradiation system 163
Maria Ulfa, Momoyo Azuma, Masami Sato, Takaaki Shimohata, Shiho Fukushima, Junko Kido, Mariko Nakamoto,
Takashi Uebanso, Kazuaki Mawatari, Takahiro Emoto, Masatake Akutagawa, Yohsuke Kinouchi, Akira Takahashi
Serum biotin level during pregnancy is associated with fetal growth and preterm delivery 170
Yuko Ichihara, Kenichi Suga, Maika Fukui, Naoto Yonetani, Miki Shono, Ryuji Nakagawa, Shoji Kagami
Contributions of Anthropometrics and Lifestyle to Blood Pressure in Japanese University Students : Investigation
by Annual Health Screening
174
Noriko Yamamoto, Toru Maruyama, Yoshinori Masaki, Jun Nagano, Masahiro Irie, Kosuke Kajitani,
Rikako Tsuchimoto, Takeshi Sato
Past infections are associated with low levels of anti-citrullinated protein autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis 182
Kenji Tani, Minaho Kanamori, Yutaro Nagase, Yoshihiro Okura, Shingo Kawaminami, Keisuke Kawahito,
Keisuke Inaba, Kaori Inaba, Akiko Miyatake, Keisuke Kondo, Ryo Tabata, Yoshihiro Suzuki, Harutaka Yamaguchi

Case reports


p16-positive oropharyngeal cancer with rare thyroid metastasis : A case report 189
Hidenori Suzuki, Eiichi Sasaki, Daisuke Nishikawa, Daisuke Nishikawa, Yusuke Koide, Shintaro Beppu,
Hoshino Terada, Nobuhiro Hanai
Successful full-endoscopic decompression surgery under local anesthesia for L5 radiculopathy caused by L5-S foraminal
stenosis and L4-5 lateral recess stenosis : A case report
192
Daiki Nakajima, Kazuta Yamashita, Fumitake Tezuka, Kosuke Sugiura, Yoshihiro Ishihama, Hiroaki Manabe,
Yoichiro Takata, Toshinori Sakai, Toru Maeda, Koichi Sairyo
Ruptured Aneurysm Originating from a Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Communicating Artery: A Case Report and
Review of the Literature
197
Yuichi SATOH, Kazuhito MATSUZAKI, Tatsuya HABOSHI, Kenji SHIMADA, Hitoshi NIKI, Mami HANAOKA,
Koichi SATOH
A case of Cowden syndrome with a novel mutation in the PTEN gene 200
Yuriko Kawase, Yoshihiro Matsudate, Yoshiaki Kubo
Consecutive double-level lumbar spondylolysis successfully treated with the double “smiley face” rod method 202
Makoto Takeuchi, Fumitake Tezuka, Takashi Chikawa, Naohito Hibino, Yoshinori Takahashi, Yuhei Yamasaki,
Kaori Momota, Tatsuhiko Henmi, Toru Maeda, Koichi Sairyo
Early Diagnosis of the Cardiopulmonary Collapse Type of Amniotic Fluid Embolism with Obstetrical Disseminated
Intravascular Coagulation during Elective Cesarean Section : A Case Report
207
Yuki Ishikawa, Yuki Hari, Chiaki Murakami, Yasuhito Honda, Takuro Oyama, Ryosuke Kawanishi, Nami Kakuta,
Yoko Sakai, Takashi Kaji, Yasuo M. Tsutsumi, Katsuya Tanaka
Anastomotic recurrence after laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with delta-shaped anastomosis : report of a case 211
Daichi Ishikawa, Kozo Yoshikawa, Jun Higashijima, Masaaki Nishi, Hideya Kashihara, Chie Takasu,
Mitsuo Shimada
Proximal Femoral Rotational Osteotomy for Symptomatic Femoral Retroversion : A Case Report 214
Yasuaki Tamaki, Tomohiro Goto, Tomoya Takasago, Keizo Wada, Daisuke Hamada, Koichi Sairyo


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