Since 1980, the world has been threatened by different waves of emerging disease epidemics.
In the twenty-first century, these diseases have become an increasing global concern …

… Tomita, Yoshihito PhD a,b ; Arima, Kazuhiko MD, PhD a,* ; Tsujimoto, Ritsu MD, PhD c ;
Kawashiri, Shin-ya MD, PhD d ; Nishimura, Takayuki PhD a ; Mizukami, Satoshi PhD a,b ; …

Background The present study sought to clarify the relationship between empathy trait and
attention responses to happy, angry, surprised, afraid, and sad facial expressions. As indices …

Humans have spread out all over the world adapting to many different cold environments.
Recent worldwide genome analyses and animal experiments have reported dozens of genes …

Aim Determining gait speed as a measure of physical performance is recommended in
diagnosing sarcopenia. Gait speed measurements require a certain amount of space (eg a 6‐m …

Association of Physical Performance and Pain With Fear of Fa... : Medicine Association of
Physical Performance and Pain With Fear of Falling Among Community—Dwelling Japanese …

Aim The purposes of the present study were to investigate risk factors for incident disability
in activities of daily living (ADL) among middle‐aged and older women, and to determine …

Although various acceptable and easy-to-use devices have been used for saliva collection,
cotton swabs are among the most common ones. Previous studies reported that cotton …

Background Numerous reported studies have shown that vertebral compression fractures
are associated with impaired function or disability; however, few examined their association …

Background Lumbar spondylosis is more prevalent among the middle-aged and elderly, but
few population-based studies have been conducted, especially in Japan. The purpose of …