JPTS Award
2017 JPTS Award
Excellent Paper Award 2017
J. Phys. Ther. Sci. 29: 1-7, 2017
Diego De Sousa Dantas, PT, PhD1), Sanderson José Costa De Assis, PT2), Marina Pegoraro Baroni, PT3), Johnnatas Mikael Lopes, PT4), Enio Walker Azevedo Cacho, PT, PhD1), Roberta De Oliveira Cacho, PT, PhD1), Silvana Alves Pereira, PT, PhD1)
1)Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairi, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte: Trairi Street, s/n, zip code: 59.200-000, Santa Cruz, RN, Brazil
2) Department of Public Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil
3) Department of Physical Therapy, State University of Centro-Oeste (Unicentro), Brazil
4) Department of Public Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
There are a recent study reporting the prevalence of idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents is about 22%. This study is a randomized controlled clinical trial that tries to clarify the effect of Klapp method on idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents. Intervention was consisted of 50 min of Klapp method 20 times. There are no significant differences between two groups after intervention but both group showed the increase of muscle strength. Even though there are some limitations, but this study may consider promising on therapeutic exercises for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents in near future.
Excellent Paper Award 2017
Proprioceptive change impairs balance control in older patients with low back pain
J. Phys. Ther. Sci. 29: 1788–1792, 2017
Tadashi Ito, PT, PhD1–3), Yoshihito Sakai, MD, PhD2), Kazunori Yamazaki, PhD4), Kazuma Igarashi, BSc5), Noritaka Sato, PhD5), Kiyoko Yokoyama, PhD3), Yoshifumi Morita, PhD5)
1) Three-dimensional Motion Analysis Room, Aichi Prefecture Mikawa Aoitori Medical and Rehabilitation Center for Developmental Disabilities: 9-3 Koyaba, Kouryuji-cho, Okazaki-shi, Aichi 444-0002, Japan
2) National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan
3) Nagoya City University School of Design & Architecture, Japan
4) Faculty of Clinical Engineering, School of Health Sciences, Fujita Health University, Japan
5) Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
In this study, 47 subjects with low back pain and 47 control subjects were recruited to clarify the influence of vibration stimulation on posture control. Different two type of vibration gave to gastrocnemius muscle and multifidus muscle and the cross-sectional area of these muscles were properly evaluated using MRI. However, it is necessary to reconsideration about fixation of the vibration equipment and selection of equipment to evaluate the postural control. In this way, it is a very interesting study from the viewpoint of novelty and development.
Excellent Paper Award 2017
J. Phys. Ther. Sci. 29: 1737-1741, 2017
Takumi Abe, MS1, 2), Yuki Soma, PhD3), Naruki Kitano, PhD4), Takashi Jindo, PhD4), Ayane Sato, MS1), Kenji Tsunoda, PhD5), Taishi Tsuji, PhD6), Tomohiro Okura, PhD7)
1) Doctoral Program in Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba: 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577 Japan
2) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan
3) Department of Social Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
4) Physical Fitness Research Institute, Meiji Yasuda Life Foundation of Health and Welfare, Japan
5) Faculty of Social Welfare, Yamaguchi Prefectural University, Japan
6) Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Japan
7) Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
This longitudinal study, in a large sample of community-dwelling elderly Japanese, examined the relationship between physical and cognitive changes. It was remarkable that this study demonstrated particular changes in habitual walking speed and hand dexterity were significantly associated with decline in cognitive function. Very few studies have shown changes in physical function and cognitive function in such detail. We believe that this paper contributes knowledge that will inform future preventive physical therapy. Hence, we recommend this study as an excellent article.
Excellent Paper Award 2017
J. Phys. Ther. Sci. 29: 2201-2205, 2017
Ibrahim M. Zoheiry, PhD1), Haidy N. Ashem, PhD2), Hamada Ahmed Hamada Ahmed, PhD3), Rami Abbas, PhD4)
1) Department of Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, October 6 University, Egypt
2) Department of Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt
3) Department of Biomechanics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University: 7 Ahmed Elziat Street, Bean Elsariat, El Dokki, Giza, Egypt
4) Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
This study revealed that an aquatic-based exercise improved physical performance compared to a land-based exercise for severely burned patients in well-designed randomized controlled trial. Although this study was single blinding design, quality of the study was high as a RCT assessed by PEDro scale. Also, power analysis was performed to assure appropriate sample size. In addition, because details of exercise programs were described, readers can directly apply those exercises in clinical settings. Thus, clinical relevance is high. However, discussing specific effects on severely burned patients makes the paper better since discussion mainly described general effects of an aquatic-based exercise. Overall, this paper was high quality RCT and results were clinically relevant.
2016 JPTS Award
Excellent Paper Award 2016
Deep abdominal muscle thickness measured under sitting conditions during different stability tasks
J. Phys. Ther. Sci. 28: 900– 905, 2016
Hideyuki Nagai, PT, MS1), Kiyokazu Akasaka, PT, PhD2, 3), Takahiro Otsudo, PT, PhD2, 3), Yutaka Sawada, PT, MS2), Yu Okubo, PT, PhD2, 3)
1) Saitama Medical Welfare College, Japan
2) School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health and Medical Care, Saitama Medical University: 981 Kawakado, Moroyama, Iruma, Saitama 350-0496, Japan
3) Master and Doctoral Program of Medical Sciences in Physical Therapy, Saitama Medical University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Excellent Paper Award 2016
Impact of pregnancy on back pain and body posture in women
J. Phys. Ther. Sci. 28: 1199– 1207, 2016
Schröder G1), Kundt G2), Otte M1), Wendig D1), Schober HC1).
1) Division of Internal Medicine I, Department of Internal Medicine, Klinikum Südstadt Rostock: Südring 81, 18059 Rostock, Germany
2) Institute of Biostatistics and Informatics in Medicine and Aging Research, University of Rostock, Germany
Excellent Paper Award 2016
Effect of exercise therapy on cytokine secretion in the saliva of bedridden patients
J. Phys. Ther. Sci. 28: 2871– 2876, 2016
Hidemasa Iki1), Shunji Sawa1), Toshio Teranishi1), Masao Tomita1), Kazuhiro Nishii1), Kouji Yamada1)
1) Graduate School of Health Sciences, Fujita Health University: 1-98 Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
Excellent Paper Award 2016
J. Phys. Ther. Sci. 28: 3183– 3188, 2016
Kohei Maruya1,2), Yasuyoshi Asakawa3), Hideaki Ishibashi4), Hiroaki Fujita1), Tomoyuki Arai1), Haruyasu Yamaguchi2)
1) Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health and Medical Care, Saitama Medical University: 981 Kawakado, Irumagun, Saitama 350-0496, Japan
2) Graduate School of Health Sciences, Gunma University, Japan
3) Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
4) Orthopedic Surgery, Ina Hospital, Japan
Excellent Paper Award 2016
J. Phys. Ther. Sci. 28: 2991– 2998, 2016
Ayş e Aydemir Ekim1) , Esra Erkol İ nal2), Dilek Serin Kaya1), Ş ebnem Yı lmazer1) ,Selen Kuzgun1), Gamze Mumcu1), Alper Yurdasiper3), Ahmet Musmul4)
1) Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Zübeyde Hanı m Campus, Eskiş ehir State Hospital: Eskiş ehir, Turkey
2) Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey
3) Department of Radiology, Eskiş ehir State Hospital, Turkey
4) Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Turkey
2015 JPTS Award
Excellent Paper Award 2015
Journal of Physical Therapy Science Vol.27 (2015), No. 6, p1855-1859
Tomohiro Matsuo, PT1), Taichi Sakaguchi, MD, PhD2), Atsuhisa Ishida, MD, PhD2), Satoshi Yuguchi, PT, PhD1), Kazuya Saito, PT, MSc1), Masaharu Nakajima, PT1), Takuya Ujikawa, PT1), Tomoyuki Morisawa, PT, MSc3), Genta Chikazawa, MD, PhD2), Tetsuya Takahashi, PT, PhD4)
1) Department of Rehabilitation, The Sakakibara Heart Institute of Okayama: 2-5-1 Nakaicho, Kitaku, Okayamashi, Okayama 700-0804, Japan
This study points out the necessity of improving walking ability in addition to increasing physical activity level for in-hospital activity after lower extremity bypass surgery for peripheral artery disease. For the lack of investigation about the association between perioperative physical activity level and long-term prognosis, this study compared the incidence of change in walking ability and cardiovascular events within 2 years in active and inactive subject groups. The results showed that the activity group had significantly higher METs, more steps, and higher walking impairment questionnaire scores than the non-activity group at discharge and significantly lower incidence of cardiovascular events within 2 years (16.7% vs. 71.4%) than the non-activity group. The results suggest that higher in-hospital physical activity level was associated with better long-term prognosis and improvement in walking ability. Despite its small sample size of 13 cases, this study shows that walking ability and physical activity are appropriate indexes for cardiovascular disease. It strengthens the reliability of the analysis to measure data frequently over time before and after operation. In addition, it suggests that data obtained by classifying physical activity according to postoperative change and 2-year long-term prognosis are useful.
Excellent Paper Award 2015
Journal of Physical Therapy Science Vol.27 (2015), No. 7, p2133-2137
Özlem Çınar Özdemır, PT, PhD1), Yesim Bakar, PT, PhD1), Nuriye Özengın, PT, PhD1), Bülent Duran, MD2) 1) School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Abant Izzet Baysal University: 14280 Bolu, Turkey
This study is excellent and unique in that it verified the relationships among obstetric history, pelvic floor muscles, and quality of life (QOL). In Japan, women who give birth to more than two children are few, contributing to the decrease in the number of newborns in the country. Therefore, this study is important for people in developing countries. In addition, while conducting the experiment, the reliability of the measurement method was also considered; thus, the reliability of the results is likely to be high. The results show that the decreased muscular strength of the pelvic floor muscles with the increase in the number of births leads to problems such as incontinence. For the future, we would like to expect to clarify the most effective exercise for pelvic floor muscles and QOL by performing an intervention study.
Excellent Paper Award 2015
Journal of Physical Therapy Science Vol.27 (2015), No. 9, p2797-2801
Tuğba Kuru Çolak, PT, PhD1), Adnan Apti, PT, MSc2), E.Elçin Dereli, PT, PhD3), Arzu Razak Özdinçler, PT, PhD2), İlker Çolak, MD4)
Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Marmara University: Istanbul, Turkey
Early detection of adolescent diopathic scoliosis (AIS) is important. This study helped to promote early detection of AIS by using a simple and easy assessment method with the Adams Forward Bendings Test and a scoliometer. Furthermore, an article with the following points deserves an award of excellence: a total of 2,207 children were screened; screening for scoliosis in the study was performed by a team that included 3 physiotherapists experienced in scoliosis and 8 final-year physiotherapy students, examiners who had medical knowledge were in charge of the examination, and posture types were classified based in screening test results. Finally, this study revealed that the authors extracted 11 scoliosis cases from 2,207 children, with careful staging, including several screening tests and examinations conducted at the hospital. For all these reasons, we consider this original article as excellent.
Excellent Paper Award 2015
Journal of Physical Therapy Science Vol.27 (2015), No. 11, p3481-3485
Japanese elderly persons walk faster than non-Asian elderly persons: a meta-regression analysis
Masataka Ando, RPT1), Naoto Kamide, RPT, PhD2, 3)
1) Department of Rehabilitation, Ushioda General Hospital, Japan
This study was reported by performing a meta-analysis of the difference in walking speed between community-dwelling Japanese and non-Asian elderly individuals. The authors investigated and analyzed 2753 systematic reviews that were extensively referenced. Interesting results were obtained about the difference in walking speed between the Japanese and non-Asian individuals. The overseas article cited as study background was instructive, and the important results were reported. In addition, new important information about walking speed of community-dwelling elderly people was presented. Hence, we recommend this study as an excellent article.
2014 JPTS Award
Best Paper Award 2014
Investigation and Macroscopic Anatomical Study of Referred Pain in Patients with Hip Disease
Junya Sakamoto, PhD, PT, Yosuke Morimoto, PT, Shun Ishii, PT, Jiro Nakano, PhD, PT, Yoshitaka Manabe, PhD, MD, Minoru Okita, PhD, PT, Toshiyuki Tsurumoto, PhD, MD
Journal of Physical Therapy Science 26(2): 203-208, 2014
Excelent Paper Award 2014
Sun Haeng Lee, Byeong-Yeon Moon, Hyun Gug Cho
Journal of Physical Therapy Science 26(2): 223-227, 2014
Excellent Paper Award 2014
Aya Hirao, Shin Murata, Jun Murata, Atsuko Kubo, Mizuki Hachiya, Toyoko Asami
Journal of Physical Therapy Science 26(8): 1279–1282, 2014
Excellent Paper Award 2014
A Three-dimensional Gait Analysis of People with Flat Arched Feet on an Ascending Slope
Myoung-Kwon Kim, PT, PhD, Yun-Seop Lee, PT, PhD
Journal of Physical Therapy Science 26(9): 1437–1440, 2014
Excellent Paper Award 2014
A Systematic Review of the Assessment Tools Used to Measure Metamemory in Patients with Brain Injury
Sumin Cha, Yeongae Yang
Journal of Physical Therapy Science 26(10): 1649–1655, 2014
2013 JPTS Award
Sangyong Lee et al: Dept of Physical Therapy, Youngdong University
25(1): 125-128, 2013
Nao Yoshida et al: Department of Locomotive Rehabilitation Science, Unit of Rehabilitation Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University
25(2): 201-206, 2013
Yukio Yanagisawa et al: Department of Rehabilitation, Health Insurance Naruto Hospital
25(6): 667-669, 2013
The Effects of Hamstring Stretching on Leg Rotation during Knee Extension
Atsushi Kimura: Department of Rehabilitation, Medical Education and Research Center, Meiji University of Integrative Medicine
25(6): 697-703, 2013
Kazunori Akizuki et al: Department of Rehabilitation, Misato Central General Hospital
25(7): 827-831, 2013
Keiichi Ueda: Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
25(9):1 201-1207, 2013
Masaaki Kaneko et al: Department of Sports Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University
25(10): 1213-1217, 2013
Débora Pedroza Guedes da Silva et al: Rehabilitation Sciences Master’s Program, Augusto Motta University Center
25(11): 1497-1501, 2013
Hirokazu Haruna et al: Division of Applied Electronics, Graduate School of Hokkaido Institute of Technology
25(11): 1437-1443, 2013
2012 JPTS Award
Masaya Anan: Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hiroshima Unversity
24(3): 231-236, 2012
Punpissa Sangpring: Faculty of Physical Therapy, Mahidol University
24(4): 359-364, 2012
Factors Associated with the Oswestry Disability Index Score One Month after Lumbar Discectomy
Kazuhiro Ishida: Department of Rehabilitation, Eniwa Hospital
24(5): 415-421
Fernándes Rego Francisco Javier: Early Intervention Centre “Fina Navarro López” of Lorca City Council & Department of Physiotherapy, University of Murcia
24(9): 933-940
2011 JPTS Award
Differential Responses of Myogenic C2C12 Cells to Hypoxia between Growth and Muscle-Induction Phases: Growth, Differentiation and Motility
Kaori Sato: Course of Health Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine
23(1): 161-169
Medical Accident Prevention Education in Physical Therapy Schools in Japan
Hideki Koeda: Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kobe International University
23(2): 289-301
The Relationship Between Pulmonary Function and Physical Function and Mobility in Community-Dwelling Elderly Women Aged 75 Years or Older
Tsutomu Abe: Department of Frontier Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Health Science, Uekusagakuen University & Itabashi Rehabilitation Home-visiting Nursing Station
23(3): 443-449
The Effect of Microcurrent Electrical Stimulation on the Foot Blood Circulation and Pain of Diabetic Neuropathy
Rae Joon Park: Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Science, Daegu University
23(3): 515-518
Effects of a Fear of Falling on Patients Undergoing Surgery for a Fracture of the Proximal Femur and Factors Leading to the Elimination of that Fear
Masaya Koeda: Department of Rehabilitation, Kobe Ekisaikai Hospital
23(6): 829-835
Factors that Impact Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Rumi Kaneda: Courses of Health Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences & Department of Rehabilitation, Kirigaoka Tsuda Hospital
23(6): 927-931
2010 JPTS Award
Best Paper Award
Akiyoshi Takami: Department of Strokology and Rehabilitation, Research Institute for Brain and Blood Vessels-Akita
22(2): 177-187
Excellent Paper Award
Haruki Kogo: Department of Physical Therapy, Kurume Rehabilitation Institute
22(2): 173-176
The Influence of Positioning on Spontaneous Movements of Preterm Infants
Hisako Nakano: Dept. of Physical Therapy, School of Sciences, Kyorin University
22(3): 337-344
Relationship between Age-Associated Changes of Gait and Falls and Life-Space in Elderly People
Hiroyuki Shimada: Section for Health Promotion, Department of Health and Medical Care, Center for Development of Advanced Medicine for Dementia, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
22(4): 419-424