Miyakawa, Takehiro, Yamaoka, Kazutaka, Homan, Jeroen, Saito, Koji, Dotani, Tadayasu, Yoshida, Atsumasa, ...
We have analyzed 200 Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer observations of the black hole candidate GX 339--4, all from the bright hard state periods between 1996 and 2005. Purpose of our study is to...
Dynamics of rheumatoid joint (2007)
Kodama, Toshio, Narasaki, Kazuyoshi, Ogino, Yasuo, Takatori, Masaaki, Oka, Yoshiki, Hiramatsu, Hidehiko, ...
In the present communication the recent works done by the Rheumatism Research Group of Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Okayama University, are described. The principal findings may briefly be...
The synovial membranes from 16 rheumatoid patients treated with intramuscular injections of gold sodium thiomalate were observed by light and electron microscopy with special reference to the...
Finite element analysis of pathogenesis of osteoarthritis in the first carpometacarpal joint. (2007)
Shi, Qilin, Hashizume, Hiroyuki, Inoue, Hajime, Miyake, Toshiyuki, Nagayama, Noriyuki
Stress distribution in the first carpometacarpal joint was analyzed in 49 cadaveric hands using the finite element method to clarify the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis in the joint. The results of...
Akagi, Takeshi, Hashizume, Hiroyuki, Inoue, Hajime, Ogura, Takashi, Nagayama, Noriyuki
Stress is a proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint model was analyzed by the two-dimensional and three-dimensional finite element methods (FEM) to study the onset mechanisms of the middle phalangeal...
Collagen Framework of the Volar Plate of Human Proximal Interphalangeal Joint (2007)
Watanabe, Hiroyoshi, Hashizume, Hiroyuki, Inoue, Hajime, Ogura, Takashi
The functional roles of the three-dimensional fibrillar ultrastructure of the proximal interphalangeal joint volar plates of human fingers were studied by light microscopy and scanning electron...
Clinicopathological Analysis of de Quervain's Disease (2007)
Takahashi, Yuhiko, Hashizume, Hiroyuki, Inoue, Hajime, Ogura, Takashi
Excised extensor retinacula of the first compartment and tenosynovium from 35 patients (6 men and 29 women) with de Quervain's disease were examined by light and electron microscopy to investigate...
Yokoyama, Yoshiki, Inoue, Hajime, Ohta, Yusuke, Hayashi, Takashi, Koura, Hiroshi
This study was conducted to retrospectively analyzed the outcome of 192 total knee arthroplasties in 132 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (118 women, 14 men). The Okayama Mark II prosthesis, which...
Localization of the glycosaminoglycans in the synovial tissues from osteoarthritic knees. (2007)
Nishida, Keiichiro, Inoue, Hajime, Toda, Kazukiyo, Murakami, Takuro
Localization of the glycosaminoglycans (GAG) was examined in the synovial membranes of patients with osteoarthritis under light microscopy using a fine cationic colloidal iron staining method...
Rotationplasty for patients with osteosarcoma around the knee joint. (2007)
Kawai, Akira, Hamada, Masanori, Sugihara, Shinsuke, Hashizume, Hiroyuki, Nagashima, Hiroaki, Inoue, Hajime
The results of rotationplasty for patients with osteosarcoma around the knee joint are presented. After an average observation period of 13.3 months, there has been no local recurrence or metastasis....
Carpal tunnel syndrome induced by two types of calcium deposition (2007)
Ikawa, Harutomo, Hashizume, Hiroyuki, Inoue, Hajime
Two rare cases of carpal tunnel syndrome caused by calcification in the carpal tunnel are reported. One case involved a tumorous calcification consisting of basic calcium phosphate, and the other...
Lumbar spinal changes over 20 years after posterior fusion for idiopathic scoliosis (2007)
Senda, Masuo, Harada, Yoshiaki, Nakahara, Shinnosuke, Inoue, Hajime
Lumbar X-ray findings and clinical manifestations were investigated in 10 patients who underwent posterior fusion with or without Harrington instrumentation for idiopathic scoliosis between 1965 and...
Osteoporosis due to testicular atrophy in male leprosy patients (2007)
Ishikawa, Satoshi, Tanaka, Hiroyuki, Mizushima, Mutsue, Hashizume, Hiroyuki, Ishida, Yutaka, Inoue, Hajime
A study was conducted to examine the relationship of testicular atrophy to bone metabolism in male leprosy patients. The study consisted of 31 leprosy patients (mean age: 62.0 years) and 31 healthy...
Shigeyama, Yukio, Inoue, Hajime, Hashizume, Hiroyuki, Nagashima, Hiroaki, Senda, Masuo
Accurate assessment of elbow function is important to determine the total ability of the arm. The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between isometric muscle strength of the elbows...
Expression of osteonectin in articular cartilage of osteoarthritic knees (2007)
Nanba, Yoshifumi, Nishida, Keiichiro, Yoshikawa, Takeshi, Sato, Toru, Inoue, Hajime, Kuboki, Yoshinori
The expression of osteonectin (ON) in osteoarthritic articular cartilage was investigated by enzyme immunohistochemistry and colloidal gold immunoelectron microscopy. A total of 96 specimens from 9...
Nakagawa, Yuko, Watanabe, Sekiko, Akiyama, Kosuke, Sarker, Altaf H, Tsutsui, Ken, Inoue, Hajime, ...
We purified a 44-kDa nuclear protein from salt-extract of permeable mouse ascites sarcoma cells in an effort to isolate factors involved in the repair of acid-depurinated DNA. It was copurified with...
Percutaneous release for trigger finger in idiopathic and hemodialysis patients (2007)
Nagoshi, Mitsuru, Hashizume, Hiroyuki, Nishida, Keiichiro, Takagoshi, Hidekazu, Pu, Jean, Inoue, Hajime
Sixty-seven trigger fingers of 58 idiopathic and hemodialysis patients were treated by percutaneous A1-pulley release technique. Severity of triggering was classified into five grades for treatment...
Effects of simulated microgravity on human osteoblast-like cells in culture (2007)
Kunisada, Toshiyuki, Kawai, Akira, Inoue, Hajime, Namba, Masayoshi
Physiological strain plays an important role in maintaining the normal function and metabolism of bone cells. It is well known that the mineral content of astronauts' bones decreases during...
Endoscopic carpal tunnel pressure measurement: a reliable technique for complete release (2007)
Hashizume, Hiroyuki, Nanba, Yoshifumi, Shigeyama, Yukio, Hirooka, Takahiko, Yokoi, Tadashi, Inoue, Hajime
Carpal tunnel syndrome is diagnosed by clinical symptoms, Tinel's sign, Phalen's test and electromyography. Carpal tunnel pressure measurement can also aid in the precise identification of excessive...
Preoperative multidisciplinary treatment with hyperthermia for soft tissue sarcoma (2007)
Makihata, Eiichi, Kuroda, Masahiro, Kawai, Akira, Ozaki, Toshifumi, Sugihara, Shinsuke, Inoue, Hajime, ...
We report the results of phase I/II studies of preoperative multidisciplinary treatment of 14 patients with soft tissue sarcoma using hyperthermia from November 1990 to April 1995. The preoperative...
A clinical analysis of malignant schwannoma (2007)
Kunisada, Toshiyuki, Kawai, Akira, Ozaki, Toshifumi, Sugihara, Shinsuke, Taguchi, Kohji, Inoue, Hajime
In this study, we reviewed the clinical features of 11 patients with malignant schwannoma who were treated in our institute. Five patients had coexistent von Recklinghausen's disease and one of them...
Kinugasa, Kiyoto, Hashizume, Hiroyuki, Nishida, Keiichiro, Shigeyama, Yukio, Inoue, Hajime
The results of the histological examinations of specimens of the tenosynovium of the flexor tendon, the epineurium and the transverse carpal ligament from two groups of Japanese patients with carpal...
Ikegami, Koichi, Nakatsuka, Yoichi, Akazawa, Hirofumi, Mitani, Shigeru, Inoue, Hajime
We studied deformity of the proximal end of the femur following open reduction using the wide exposure method for developmental dislocation of the hip. We reviewed radiographs of 22 children with...
Capillary Architecture in the Skeletal Muscles in the Rat Hind Limb (2007)
Takahara, Yasuhiro, Senda, Masuo, Hashizume, Hiroyuki, Yagata, Yukihisa, Inoue, Hajime
We observed differences in the capillary architecture of the skeletal muscles that have different fiber metabolism. The soleus, the vastus intermedius and the tibialis anterior muscles of adult...
Tamada, Toshinori, Inoue, Hajime, Mori, Akitane
In the pathophysiology of lumbosacral radiculopathy, inflammation of the nerve root is of critical importance. Additionally, free radicals have been shown to be associated with some inflammatory...
Clinicopathology of Chondrosarcoma (2007)
Uchida, Yoichiro, Kawai, Akira, Taguchi, Kohji, Yokoi, Tadashi, Pu, Jian, Inoue, Hajime
We conducted a clinicopathological analysis of chondrosarcomas in 17 patients treated in our institute. The 5- and 10-year overall survival rates of the patients were 72.3% and 61.9%, respectively....
Muscle Fiber Changes of the Vastus Medialis in Rheumatoid Patients (2007)
Touno, Midori, Senda, Masuo, Nakago, Kie, Yokoyama, Yoshiki, Inoue, Hajime
To study the pathology of muscle atrophy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we examined the vastus medialis in rheumatoid patients histologically. The relationship of the findings to their ambulatory...
Femoral neck fracture following avascular necrosis of the femoral head. (2007)
Usui, Masaaki, Inoue, Hajime, Yukihiro, Shigehumi, Abe, Nobuhiro
Four cases of femoral neck fracture following avascular necrosis of the femoral head were studied histologically. All four patients were women who had received steroid therapy, three of them for...
Surgical Treatment for Metastatic Tumors of the Spine (2007)
Kawai, Akira, Harada, Yoshiaki, Senda, Masuo, Sugihara, Shinsuke, Inoue, Hajime
We report herein the results of anterior or posterior neural decompression with spinal stabilization in 16 patients with spinal metastases. Intractable back pain was relieved in 14 patients (87.5%)...
Spinal schwannomas: a review of 42 cases. (2007)
Asahara, Hiroshi, Kawai, Akira, Harada, Yoshiaki, Senda, Masuo, Inoue, Hajime
In this study, 42 cases of spinal schwannomas are reviewed. We analyzed the therapeutic results of patients with spinal schwannomas in order to investigate the factors which affect the clinical...
Second malignant neoplasms after treatment for osteosarcoma: a report of three cases. (2007)
Ozaki, Toshifumi, Sugihara, Shinsuke, Inoue, Hajime
We report second malignant neoplasms which developed between 7 and 19 years after treatment in 3 pediatric patients with osteosarcoma. Two patients had been treated with only surgery, and another...
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Japan. (2007)
Epiphyseal growth cartilage of the femoral head obtained from Wistar rats was investigated after fixation by a rapid-freezing and freeze-substitution. Liquid helium was used in order to achieve a...
Ozaki, Toshifumi, Inoue, Hajime, Taguchi, Kohji, Sugihara, Shinsuke
We compared gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA) enhanced T1-weighted images (T1-Gd) with the histopathological findings in 13 patients with bone or soft tissue sarcomas. Signal...
Clinical study of malignant tumors originating in the pelvic region. (2007)
Ozaki, Toshifumi, Inoue, Hajime, Sugihara, Shinsuke
We evaluated the surgical problems encountered during treatment of 14 patients with malignant tumors originating in the pelvic region at our department. The tumor involved the iliac bone in 6...
Radiological long-term follow-up of grafted xenogeneic bone in patients with bone tumors. (2007)
Ozaki, Toshifumi, Inoue, Hajime, Sugihara, Shinsuke, Sumii, Hiroshi
Radiological findings on the fate of grafted Kiel bone implants for the treatment of bone tumors were evaluated in 25 lesions. The mean follow-up period was 14.8 years, ranging from 5 to 21.8 years....
Unique features of monoclonal IgG2b in the cleavage reaction with pepsin. (2007)
Sumii, Hiroshi, Tsutsui, Ken, Hatsushika, Masao, Inoue, Hajime, Tanabe, Gozo, Oda, Takuzo
Preparations of IgG2b purified from several mouse hybridoma clones were highly susceptible, compared to other subclasses, to peptic digestion under conditions usually used to prepare F (ab')2...
Pannus tissue at the cartilage-synovium junction in rheumatoid arthritis. (2007)
Takasugi, Shigeki, Inoue, Hajime
The cartilage-synovium junction of knees afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis was observed light microscopically using formalin-fixed, decalcified and immunohistochemically stained tissues....
Hayashi, Takashi, Inoue, Hajime
Tissue reactions at the cement-bone and artificial implant-bone interface were examined light and electron microscopically in thirty-six patients who underwent revisory operation of hip or knee...
Influence of exercise on muscle fibers in rats with steroid myopathy. (2007)
Nakago, Kie, Senda, Masuo, Touno, Midori, Takahara, Yasuhiro, Inoue, Hajime
The influence of mild exercise on skeletal muscle fibers was investigated histochemically to assess the effects of exercise on steroid myopathy and its efficacy for preventing this disease. Twenty...
Senda, Masuo, Harada, Yoshiaki, Takeuchi, Kazuhiro, Nakahara, Sinnosuke, Inoue, Hajime
Conservative treatment is ineffective for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) in the thoracic spine, and surgical treatment is indicated for most cases, while such cases are...
Takeuchi, Kazuhiro, Inoue, Hajime, Yokoyama, Yoshiki, Senda, Masuo, Ota, Yusuke, Abe, Nobuhiro, ...
We studied the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of 120 knees in 86 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and of 14 unaffected knees in 12 control cases. We also developed a scoring system as a...
Ozaki, Toshifumi, Nakatsuka, Yoichi, Kawai, Akira, Akazawa, Hirofumi, Kunisada, Toshiyuki, Inoue, Hajime
There are few reports on skeletal reconstruction using the bone transport technique to repair bone defects caused by resections of tumors associated with osteosarcoma. We attempted to reconstruct a...
Mast cells in osteoarthritic and rheumatoid arthritic synovial tissues of the human knee. (2007)
Pu, Jian, Nishida, Keiichiro, Inoue, Hajime, Asahara, Hiroshi, Ohtsuka, Aiji, Murakami, Takuro
Mast cells in osteoarthritic and rheumatoid arthritic synovial tissues of the human knee.
Fibrous Structure and Connection Surrounding the Metacarpophalangeal Joint (2007)
Takagoshi, Hidekazu, Hashizume, Hiroyuki, Nishida, Keiichiro, Masaoka, Shunji, Asahara, Hiroshi, Inoue, Hajime
The fibrous components of the metacarpophalangeal (MP) joint including the palmar plate, the collateral ligament and the dorsal plate were studied with particular attention paid to the fibrous...
Ozaki, Toshifumi, Nakatsuka, Yoichi, Kawai, Akira, Akazawa, Hirofumi, Kunisada, Toshiyuki, Inoue, Hajime
There are few reports on skeletal reconstruction using the bone transport technique to repair bone defects caused by resections of tumors associated with osteosarcoma. We attempted to reconstruct a...
Miyakawa, Takehiro G., Yamaoka, Kazutaka, Yoshida, Atsumasa, Saito, Koji, Dotani, Tadayasu, Inoue, Hajime
We have analyzed the 171 RXTE data sets of the black hole candidate GX 339-4 in the low/hard state during its 1996--2005 outburst. All the broadband spectra were successfully modeled by a simple...
Revealing the high energy emission from the obscured Seyfert galaxy MCG−5–23–16 with Suzaku (2007)
Reeves, James N., Awaki, Hisamitsu, Dewangan, Gulab C., Fabian, Andy C., Fukazawa, Yasushi, Gallo, Luigi, ...
The X-ray observatory Suzaku (2007)
Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, Bautz, Mark, Inoue, Hajime, Kelley, Richard L., Koyama, Katsuji, Kunieda, Hideyo, ...
Revealing the High Energy Emission from the Obscured Seyfert Galaxy MCG -5-23-16 with Suzaku (2006)
Reeves, James N., Awaki, Hisamitsu, Dewangan, Gulab C., Fabian, Andy C., Fukazawa, Yasushi, Gallo, Luigi, ...
We report on a 100 ks Suzaku observation of the bright, nearby (z=0.008486) Seyfert 1.9 galaxy MCG -5-23-16. The broad-band (0.4-100 keV) X-ray spectrum allows us to determine the nature of the high...
Hamanami, Kazunori, Tokuhiro, Akihiro, Inoue, Hajime
Pressure distribution patterns of the seating interface on the multi-cell air cushion (ROHO High Profile) of 36 adults with spinal cord injury (SCI) (Neurological level Th3 -L1) were measured at...
Teramoto, Hidefumi, Kawai, Akira, Sugihara, Shinsuke, Yoshida, Aki, Inoue, Hajime
Apatite-wollastonite containing glass ceramic is considered to be difficult to resorb, but we experienced the disappearance of the porous type of Apatite-wollastonite glass ceramic particles . In...
Relationship between postural balance and knee and toe muscle power in young women. (2006)
Katayama, Yoshimi, Senda, Masuo, Hamada, Masanori, Kataoka, Masaki, Shintani, Mai, Inoue, Hajime
Muscle power in the lower extremities and body sway were measured in 57 healthy young women volunteers in their 20's. Body sway was measured with a stabilimeter for 30 sec during two-leg standing,...
Talonavicular joint abnormalities and walking ability of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (2006)
Miyamoto, Noriyoshi, Senda, Masuo, Hamada, Masanori, Katayama, Yoshimi, Kinosita, Atsushi, Uchida, Kensuke, ...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is often associated with deformities of the feet, and foot pain often arises in the talonavicular joint of patients with RA. The object of this study was to assess the...
A radiographic study of hip-joint alignment after prosthetic hip arthoplasty. (2006)
Mizuta, Isagi, Fujiwara, Hiroo, Inoue, Hajime
Postoperative hip alignment was studied on radiographs in cases of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and of Bipolar Head Prosthesis(BHP), both with MX-1. Postoperative anteroposterior-view radiographs of...
Effect of change in body mass index on morbidity in non-obese university graduates. (2006)
Tobe, Kazuo, Ogura, Toshio, Tsukamoto, Chiaki, Inoue, Hajime, Arata, Jiro, Matsuura, Kazuharu
To establish the actual serial changes in body weight in Japanese people and to elucidate the influence of changes in BMI on morbidity, we conducted a historical cohort study of university graduates...
Hara, Shinosuke, Akazawa, Hirofumi, Mitani, Shigeru, Oda, Ko, Inoue, Hajime
Two-directional arthrographic findings made during conservative treatment of developmental dislocation of the hip were compared with the femoral-head configurations and radiological results obtained...
Matsuo, Masatsugu, Nishida, Keiichiro, Yoshida, Aki, Murakami, Takuro, Inoue, Hajime
To clarify the involvement of the caspase family in the pathway of NO-induced chondrocyte apoptosis, osteoarthritis (OA) cartilage obtained from 8 patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty were used...
Patient survival after total knee arthroplasty. (2006)
Ohzawa, Seiya, Takahara, Yasuhiro, Furumatsu, Takayuki, Inoue, Hajime
The authors analyzed the 5-year and 9-year survival in 134 of 165 patients who underwent total knee arthroplasties from 1989 to 1996 in our department. Patients were followed until December 31, 1998,...
Comparative studies of MRI and operative findings in rotator cuff tear. (2006)
Yamakawa, Seigo, Hashizume, Hiroyuki, Ichikawa, Norikazu, Itadera, Eichi, Inoue, Hajime
A prospective study was performed to determine the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compared with operative findings in the evaluation of patients associated with rotator cuff tears....
Concentration of nitric oxide (NO) in spinal fluid of chronic spinal disease. (2006)
Yumite, Yasuamasa, Takeuchi, Kazuhiro, Harada, Yoshiaki, Ogawa, Norio, Inoue, Hajime
We studied total nitric oxide (nitrite + nitrate) (NO) levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of chronic spinal diseases in nonsmokers (133 patients: 76 men and 57 women; mean age, 63 years; range,...
Measurement of fatigue in knee flexor and extensor muscles. (2006)
Kawabata, Yasuto, Senda, Masuo, Oka, Takahiro, Yagata, Yukihisa, Takahara, Yasuhiro, Nagashima, Hiroaki, ...
In order to examine fatigue of the knee flexor and extensor muscles and to investigate the characteristics of muscular fatigue in different sports, a Cybex machine was used to measure muscle fatigue...
Shibahara, Motomi, Nishida, Keiichiro, Asahara, Hiroshi, Yoshikawa, Takeshi, Mitani, Shigeru, Kondo, Yoichi, ...
We investigated the presence of osteocyte apoptosis in the necrotic trabeculae of the femoral head of spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) using the in situ nick end labeling (TUNEL) method and...
Yaqoob, Tahir, Murphy, Kendrah D., Griffiths, Richard E., Haba, Yoshito, Inoue, Hajime, Itoh, Takeshi, ...
We present detailed time-averaged X-ray spectroscopy in the 0.5--10 keV band of the Seyfert~1.9 galaxy NGC 2992 with the Suzaku X-ray Imaging Spectrometers (XIS). We model the complex continuum in...
Senda, Masuo, Takahara, Yasuhiro, Yagata, Yukihisa, Yamamoto, Kazushi, Nagashima, Hiroaki, Tukiyama, Hisashi, ...
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the strength of the foot muscles that control the toes and disorders such as shin splint. In order to this, we designed and built a...