2.An Update of Sports Medicine in Persons with Disabilities—Surviving Skeleton Muscles are Endocrine Organs—
Fumihiro TAJIMA ; Kazunari FURUSAWA ; Taro NAKAMURA ; Hidenobu OKUMA ; Yuichi UMEZU ; Makoto IDE ; Takashi MIZUSHIMA ; Mari UETA ; Takeshi NAKAMURA ; Takamitsu KAWAZU ; Hideki ARAKAWA ; Tomoyuki ITO ; Midori YAMANAKA ; Ken KOUDA ; Masaki GOTO ; Yusuke SASAKI ; Nami KANNO ; Takashi KAWASAKI ; Yasunori UMEMOTO ; Tomoya SHIMOMATSU ; Motohiko BANNO ; Hiroyasu UENISHI ; Hiroyuki OKAWA ; Ko ASAYAMA
The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2010;47(5):304-309
3.Questionnaire Survey on Regenerative Medicine for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
Tatsuya YOSHIKAWA ; Kazunari FURUSAWA ; Atsushi IKEDA ; Miwa HAYATA ; Yasutoshi IWAI ; Fumihiro TAJIMA
The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2023;():22034-
Objectives:This study investigated the perceptions of regenerative medicine among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).Methods:Between October 2019 and February 2020, we interviewed individuals with SCI who had a history of inpatient or outpatient visits to our hospital using a structured questionnaire on regenerative medicine.Results:Ninety-nine participants completed the questionnaires. The mean age was 52.8±14.8 years, with 9.1% of them being females. The majority of cases included cervical SCI (54.5%), AIS A lesion (63.6%), and traumatic causes (90.9%), and 93.9% of the individuals had some interest in regenerative medicine for SCI, which is well known to individuals with SCI in the following order:induced pluripotent stem cells (n=89), bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (n=25), and autologous olfactory mucosal transplantation (n=16). Individuals with SCI chose motor function (65.7%), bladder and bowel function (24.3%), and sensory function (9.0%)when asked to choose only one symptom that required improvement. Individuals with cervical SCI had more interest in regenerative medicine than those with SCI (46.3% vs. 26.7%). In contrast, the majority of respondents with SCI were concerned about the effectiveness (n=59) and cost (n=53) of the treatment. Most participants obtained information about regenerative medicine on television (n=73), followed by the Internet and/or social networking services (n=54).Conclusion:Approximately half of individuals with SCI hope that regenerative medicine will restore their ability to walk.