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Natsumi Tanaka
Researcher at Nagasaki University
Publications - 8
Citations - 97
Natsumi Tanaka is an academic researcher from Nagasaki University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Internal medicine & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 6 publications receiving 58 citations.
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Prevalence of fear of falling and associated factors among Japanese community-dwelling older adults.
Yoshihito Tomita,Kazuhiko Arima,Ritsu Tsujimoto,Shin-ya Kawashiri,Takayuki Nishimura,Satoshi Mizukami,Takuhiro Okabe,Natsumi Tanaka,Yuzo Honda,Kazumi Izutsu,Naoko Yamamoto,Izumi Ohmachi,Mitsuo Kanagae,Yasuyo Abe,Kiyoshi Aoyagi +14 more
TL;DR: Advanced age, falls in previous year, and pain were associated with fear of falling in men and women and a longer 5 times chair stand time was also associated withFear of falling among older adult women.
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Age‐specific risk factors for incident disability in activities of daily living among middle‐aged and elderly community‐dwelling Japanese women during an 8–9‐year follow up: The Hizen‐Oshima study
Takuhiro Okabe,Yasuyo Abe,Yoshihito Tomita,Satoshi Mizukami,Mitsuo Kanagae,Kazuhiko Arima,Takayuki Nishimura,Ritsu Tsujimoto,Natsumi Tanaka,Hisashi Goto,Itsuko Horiguchi,Kiyoshi Aoyagi +11 more
TL;DR: Investigation of risk factors for incident disability in activities of daily living among middle‐aged and older women to determine whether there are differences in risk factors according to age groups.
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Prevalence of lumbar spondylosis and its association with low back pain among community-dwelling Japanese women
Ritsu Tsujimoto,Yasuyo Abe,Kazuhiko Arima,Takayuki Nishimura,Masato Tomita,Akihiko Yonekura,Takashi Miyamoto,Shohei Matsubayashi,Natsumi Tanaka,Kiyoshi Aoyagi,Makoto Osaki +10 more
TL;DR: Severe lumbar spondylosis at the middle or lower level may contribute to low back pain, independent of age, BMI and stiffness index.
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Vitamin K deficiency, evaluated with higher serum ucOC, was correlated with poor bone status in women
Natsumi Tanaka,Kazuhiko Arima,Takayuki Nishimura,Yoshihito Tomita,Satoshi Mizukami,Takuhiro Okabe,Yasuyo Abe,Shin-ya Kawashiri,Michiko Uchiyama,Yuzo Honda,Ritsu Tsujimoto,Mitsuo Kanagae,Makoto Osaki,Kiyoshi Aoyagi +13 more
TL;DR: Vitamin K deficiency, evaluated with higher serum ucOC, was correlated with poor bone status in women and was negatively significantly correlated with all QUS parameters in women.
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Association between self-reported walking speed and calcaneal stiffness index in postmenopausal Japanese women
Yoshihito Tomita,Yoshihito Tomita,Kazuhiko Arima,Satoshi Mizukami,Ritsu Tsujimoto,Shin-ya Kawashiri,Takayuki Nishimura,Takayuki Nishimura,Takuhiro Okabe,Natsumi Tanaka,Yuzo Honda,Kazumi Nakahara,Naoko Yamamoto,Izumi Ohmachi,Hisashi Goto,Maiko Hasegawa,Youko Sou,Itsuko Horiguchi,Mitsuo Kanagae,Yasuyo Abe,Fumiaki Nonaka,Mami Tamai,Hirotomo Yamanashi,Yasuhiro Nagata,Atsushi Kawakami,Takahiro Maeda,Kiyoshi Aoyagi +26 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that questionnaires of walking speed may be useful for predicting bone mass and that a fast self-reported walking may benefit bone health in postmenopausal women.