The purpose of this study was to evaluate the changes of pre-motion time (PMT), pre-motion silent period (PMSP), and switching silent period (SSP) before and after the training using balance-mat. Twenty healthy people aged 21-36 years old (average 26.5 years old) were subjected to a series of experiment. These were randomly divided into two groups (10 subjects each), control and balance-mat group. Activities of M. Soleus and M. Tibialis anterior were recorded by electromyogram (EMG) for the duration subjects were tried to raise their both heels as quick respond to a flashing lamp. Intervention consisted of 3minutes standing on the floor in control group, and 3 minutes standing on the balance-mat in balance-mat group. Then EMG was recorded as the same manner after the intervention in each group. There was no statistical difference of duration of PMSP and SSP between the two groups before intervention. On the other hand, those in balance-mat group were significantly shorter than those in control group after intervention. In addition, in balance-mat group, duration of PMSP and SSP after intervention were significantly shorter than that before intervention. There was no statistical difference of PMT between before and after the intervention. These results suggested balance-mat training was effective for shorten the duration of SSP and PMSP, that lead to control the posture function.

  This research was performed with the family assessment tool at critical and emergency care settings (CNS-FACE) as a standard tool at the ICU of Hospital A. It clarified changes in the awareness and practice of family support by staff in order to obtain clues to how to provide family support in the future.
  Initially, a briefing session was held to acquaint nurses with CNS-FACE. A total of 28 nurses assigned to the ICU were invited to the session. They were informed of the importance of using CNS-FACE to understand the family needs and coping. The staff members were requested to use CNS-FACE to obtain an objective assessment of patients' families selected at random by the nursing research members. Subsequently, questionnaires were distributed to investigate the changes in the nurses' awareness. Those who reported a change in relationship with the families after using CNS-FACE accounted for 100% of the nurses with one to three years' experience, 64% of the urses with four to six years' experience, and 50 % of the nurses with seven or more years' experience. An understanding of the 46 items in CNS-FACE was thought to lead to more positive intervention awareness. It was believed that this would result in a reduction in stress for nurses providing family nursing and to bring about a change in their awareness of family nursing, irrespective of their number of years of nursing experience. CNS-FACE gave the nurses with one to six years' experience with an objective understanding of needs and coping and changed their awareness of family nursing. A change of awareness was achieved by 50% of the nurses with seven or more years' experience. Over 60 % of the staff members recognized CNS-FACE to br effective for family nursing.

With household digital compact wrist blood pressure monitors, blood pressure was measured in hemiplegic patients who were receiving kinesitherapy.
During the training program routinely worked out by physical therapists, most patients had shown elevated levels of both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. There were some patients whose blood pressure went up so high as to call doctors' attention.
As changes in blood pressure are affected by various factors, we cannot say at once that doing exercise alone adds to blood pressure. Nonetheless, by using a household blood pressure monitor, it would be easy to know the extent to which blood pressure rises in accordance with the amount of exercise, so that it would be possible to make patients and their family aware of the importance of blood pressure readings. We thought it possible to obtain an index of the amount of exercise at home.