2.The Study of Stress Relieving Action of Artificial Hot Spring Using Psychologic Sweating Measurement.
Takashi YANAGA ; Mitsuo TAKEI ; Naoki MAKINO ; Toshio FUJIWARA ; Satoshi WATANABE
The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine 1998;61(4):202-207
To clarify a mechanism of psychologic relaxation by artificial hot spring, the effect of hot spring bathing on psychologic sweating was studied in 11 healthy subjects (1 female and 10 males, age 26±5.7 years). After lying in the supine position for 5 minutes, the subjects were asked to take a bath with plain water or artificial hot spring for 5 minutes in the sitting position. The temperature of the bath was 40°C. To prepare the artificial hot spring, sodium sulfate tablet (Tsumura & Co.) was solved in 200L of plain water. For the measurement of psychologic sweating, Perspiro (Suzuken, Co. Ltd) was used. Sensor was attached to the first finger by biphasic adhesive tape. The psychologic sweating was induced by deep respiration, mental arithmetic, hand grip, blood pressure measurement and blood sampling. There were no statistical significant differences of CV value, heart rate, blood pressures, catecholamine values and serum β endorphin levels before and after the bathing. The psychologic sweating markedly decreased after the bathing (11.5±19.6 to 1.1±2.7 for plain water bathing, 14.9±21.9 to 1.6±5.1 for artificial hot spring, N. S.).
The decrease in psychologic sweating after bathing suggests the action of psychologic relaxation by bathing.
3.Accreditation of Physiology Educators by the Physiological Society of Japan
Akira Nakashima ; Noriyuki Koibuchi ; Masaru Ishimatsu ; Tetsu Okumura ; Michio Shiibashi ; Atsuko Suzuki ; Makino Watanabe
Medical Education 2014;45(6):415-420
A system for Physiology Educator Accreditation was established by the Physiological Society of Japan in 2013 and then implemented. The accreditation process starts by the applicant participating in the education program during the society’s annual meeting, after which the applicant’s teaching and research experiences are reviewed. The education program consists of model lectures to learn teaching skills and lectures to obtain up-to-date knowledge about physiology. The main purpose of the system is to provide an opportunity to obtain a wide range of knowledge and skills for physiology teaching for teachers working at medical universities and universities of life sciences and for young researchers aiming for a tenure-track academic position.
4.POSITIVE EFFECTS OF SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE TO ALTITUDE ON BLOOD LACTATE AND HEART RATE
NA DU ; KAZUO OGURI ; LIPING ZHAO ; JUNICHI KUROKAWA ; YOSHIHIRO KATO ; SACHIO NAGASAKI ; TOSHIO MATSUOKA ; IKUO WATANABE ; KAZUHIKO MAKINO
Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine 2003;52(3):231-239
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of short-term living and training at an altitude of 1, 300 to 1, 800 m on physiological responses of high school elite endurance athletes. Fifteen male and seven female senior high school elite athletes, aged from 15 to 18, from three different sports (cross-country skiing, long-distance running and endurance cycling), participated in our study. The short-term (6 days) altitude exposure did not elicit abnormal responses of body tempera-ture, body weight, blood pressure or urine samples. There were also no significant changes in blood parameters examined before and after altitude exposure. Resting heart rate (HR) increased at altitude and presented an initial peak value followed by a steady decline on the following days of altitude exposure. Blood lactate concentration and exercise peak llR examined by submaximal 20-m shuttle run test decreased after the ascent to altitude and still showed lower values at postaltitude than at prealtitude. We conclude that 6-day living and training at an altitude of 1, 300 to 1, 800 m elicits positive decrements of exercise blood lactate and exercise peak HR as well as adaptive changes of resting IlR for these high school elite endurance athletes, which are probably related to an attenuation of muscle glycogen utilization and alterations in the autonomic neural system taken at altitude.
5.Successful remission of ulcerative colitis flare-up during pregnancy with adsorptive granulomonocytapheresis plus tacrolimus.
Tomoyoshi SHIBUYA ; Keiichi HAGA ; Masato KAMEI ; Koki OKAHARA ; Shoko ITO ; Masahito TAKAHASHI ; Osamu NOMURA ; Takashi MURAKAMI ; Masae MAKINO ; Tomohiro KODANI ; Dai ISHIKAWA ; Naoto SAKAMOTO ; Taro OSADA ; Tatsuo OGIHARA ; Sumio WATANABE ; Akihito NAGAHARA
Intestinal Research 2018;16(3):484-488
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is 1 of the 2 major phenotypes of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which afflicts millions of individuals throughout the world with debilitating symptoms that impair function and quality of life. Further, IBD often affects women during childbearing age. Indeed, UC activity frequently increases during pregnancy, and the medications used to induce remission may adversely affect the health of the mother and the unborn child. We report successful induction of a remission in a UC case who experienced a flare-up in the first trimester of pregnancy. Upon relapse, she was treated with steroids and adsorptive granulomonocytapheresis (GMA) with the Adacolumn plus tacrolimus. This combination therapy induced a stable remission that was maintained during her entire pregnancy. She gave birth to a healthy child at 36 weeks of pregnancy with no maternal or fetal complications. Our experience indicates that GMA, as a non-drug therapeutic intervention with a favorable safety profile, plus tacrolimus might be a relevant treatment option for patients with active IBD during pregnancy. A future study of a large cohort of pregnant patients should strengthen our findings.
Child
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Cohort Studies
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Colitis, Ulcerative*
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Female
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Humans
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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
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Mothers
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Parturition
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Phenotype
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Pregnancy Trimester, First
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Pregnancy*
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Quality of Life
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Recurrence
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Steroids
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Tacrolimus*
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Ulcer*