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Minoru Yamada
Researcher at University of Tsukuba
Publications - 202
Citations - 8084
Minoru Yamada is an academic researcher from University of Tsukuba. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Sarcopenia. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 179 publications receiving 5020 citations. Previous affiliations of Minoru Yamada include American Physical Therapy Association & Kyoto University.
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Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia: 2019 Consensus Update on Sarcopenia Diagnosis and Treatment
Liang Kung Chen,Jean Woo,Prasert Assantachai,Tung Wai Auyeung,Ming Yueh Chou,Katsuya Iijima,Hak Chul Jang,Lin Kang,Miji Kim,Sunyoung Kim,Taro Kojima,Masafumi Kuzuya,Jenny S.W. Lee,Sang Yoon Lee,Wei Ju Lee,Yunhwan Lee,Chih Kuang Liang,Jae Young Lim,Wee Shiong Lim,Li Ning Peng,Ken Sugimoto,Tomoki Tanaka,Chang Won Won,Minoru Yamada,Teimei Zhang,Masahiro Akishita,Hidenori Arai +26 more
TL;DR: The Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2019 introduces "possible sarcopenia," defined by either low muscle strength or low physical performance only, specifically for use in primary health care or community-based health promotion, to enable earlier lifestyle interventions.
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Prevalence of Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Japanese Older Adults
Minoru Yamada,Shu Nishiguchi,Naoto Fukutani,Takanori Tanigawa,Taiki Yukutake,Hiroki Kayama,Tomoki Aoyama,Hidenori Arai +7 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that sarcopenia is highly prevalent in community-dwelling Japanese older adults and is related to falls and fear of falling.
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Interventions for Treating Sarcopenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies.
Yoshihiro Yoshimura,Hidetaka Wakabayashi,Minoru Yamada,Hunkyung Kim,Atsushi Harada,Hidenori Arai +5 more
TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis showed some positive effects of exercise and nutritional interventions for treating sarcopenia in older people, although the quality of the evidence was low.
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Effect of the COVID-19 Epidemic on Physical Activity in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey
Minoru Yamada,Yosuke Kimura,Daisuke Ishiyama,Yuhei Otobe,Mizue Suzuki,Shingo Koyama,T. Kikuchi,H. Kusumi,Hidenori Arai +8 more
TL;DR: Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the total PA time in April 2020 significantly decreased compared to that in January 2020 in older adults, which may lead to a higher incidence of disability in the near future in older people.
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Reliability and validity of gait analysis by android-based smartphone.
Shu Nishiguchi,Minoru Yamada,Koutatsu Nagai,Shuhei Mori,Yuu Kajiwara,Takuya Sonoda,Kazuya Yoshimura,Hiroyuki Yoshitomi,Hiromu Ito,Kazuya Okamoto,Tatsuaki Ito,Shinyo Muto,Tatsuya Ishihara,Tomoki Aoyama +13 more
TL;DR: This study indicates that the smartphone with gait analysis application used in this study has the capacity to quantify gait parameters with a degree of accuracy that is comparable to that of the tri-axial accelerometer.