[Purpose] Locomotive syndrome (LS) is a condition by which older people may require care service because of problems with locomotive organs. This study examined whether the loco-check, a 7-item questionnaire, is useful for quantitatively assessing the severity of LS. [Subjects and Methods] Seventy-one community dwelling Japanese females aged 64-96 years (81.7 ± 8.0 years) participated in this s...

OBJECTIVE Previous studies have reported an association between weight loss and cognitive impairment. Changes in anthropometric measurements, such as arm and thigh circumferences, are associated with body mass changes and physical activity. Our aim was to investigate the association of upper arm and thigh circumferences with dementia and depression in the community-dwelling elderly population. ...

BACKGROUND The higher risk of type 2 diabetes in persons with a high waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) or waist-to-thigh ratio (WTR) has mostly been attributed to increased visceral fat accumulation. However, smaller hip or thigh circumference may also explain the predictive value of the WHR or WTR for type 2 diabetes. OBJECTIVE This study considered prospectively the association of hip and thigh circ...

A 49-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with a swelling over the left proximal thigh. The swelling has existed for 2 years. Her left hip joint has not moved freely for 15 days before her hospitalization without obvious precipitating factors. She has received thrice weekly maintenance hemodialysis for chronic renal failure for 12 years. She denied the history of familial TC, infection, ...

Loss of muscle mass in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) increases the risk of mortality more than ten-fold compared to those with mild disease. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been used as a valid, reliable and non-invasive tool to investigate the changes in muscle mass in people with COPD. Using MR images to perform 3D shape analysis of thigh muscles, we extended and ap...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between anthropometric variables and total race time including split times in 184 recreational male Ironman triathletes. METHODS Body mass, body height, body mass index, lengths and circumferences of imbs, thicknesses of skin-folds, sum of skin-fold thicknesses, and percent body fat were related to total race time including split t...

DOI: 10.4103/0019‐5154.198054 A 65‐year‐old apparently healthy male presented with an asymptomatic growth over the right thigh, present for the past 1 year. Initially, the lesion was a pea‐sized growth which gradually increased in its dimension and morphology to attain the the present size. (2.5 cm × 3 cm). Cutaneous examination showed a solitary moist firm slightly tender nodule over the later...

The objective of this study was to describe the morphological profile ofprofessional dancers compared with university physical education students. Thirty-five subjects were evaluated as follows: 13 professional ballet dancers of the Bolshoi Theater Company, six males and seven females, and 22 university physical education students, 11 males and 11 females. Body mass, height, skinfold (triceps, ...

CASE REPORT A 47-year-old Caucasian man presented to the dermatology department for evaluation of a mass on his left foot. Six years prior, the patient had dropped a sledgehammer on his left great toe causing significant toenail damage, nail loss, and enlarging ulceration despite meticulous wound care. Ten months before presentation, the patient noted rapid growth of the left great toe mass tha...