Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Outline
"In April 1997, the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine was established and was the first department of its kind in a Hokuriku area university hospital. Simultaneously, the Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, which focuses on motor function pathology, was established at the university. Professor Masao Yamaguchi was appointed as the Director of the Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine and the Director of the Rehabilitation Center. He was succeeded by Professor Kenji Kagechika in April 2009, Professor Takao Nakagawa in April 2019, and Professor Isao Matsushita in January 2020.
In clinical practice, we prescribe rehabilitation programs for more than 2000 new patients per year and actively provide botulinum therapy for spasticity, prosthetic therapy for various diseases, and total care for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. We are also responsible for in-hospital and community rehabilitation.
Furthermore, we conduct clinical research on swallowing function recovery, functional improvement of rheumatoid arthritis, evaluation of joints and muscles using ultrasonography, development of new prosthetic devices, and evaluation of and rehabilitation effects on higher brain dysfunction. We interact with other facilities and conduct research with Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo International University, and Fukui Medical University. We have a partnership with ZWEIGEN KANAZAWA, a J-League soccer team, perform physical measurements of top athletes every year, and conduct clinical research on top athletes.
In addition, the office of the Japan Disaster Rehabilitation Assistance Team (JRAT) Ishikawa is located in our Rehabilitation Center, and Professor Matsushita, the chairman of JRAT Ishikawa, is working on the development of JRAT Ishikawa in cooperation with related parties in many facilities."
e-mail: 尘补迟蝉耻-颈【＠】办补苍补锄补飞补-尘别诲.补肠.箩辫
Faculty
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Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Research Achievements
- sao Matsushita. Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Practice Guidelines for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Jpn J Rehabil 2020; 57: 1005-1010.
- Matsushita I, Motomura H, Seki E, Kimura T. Radiographic changes and factors associated with subsequent progression of damage in weight-bearing joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis under TNF-blocking therapies-three-year observational study. Mod Rheumatol, 27:570-575, 2017.
- Kojima M, Nakayama T, Otani T, Hasegawa M, Kawahito Y, Kaneko Y, Kishimoto M, Hirata S, Seto Y, Endo H, Ito H, Kojima T, Nishida K, Matsushita I, Tsutani K, Igarashi A, Kamatani N, Miyasaka N, Yamanaka H. Integrating patients' perceptions into clinical practice guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis in Japan. Mod Rheumatol, 27:924-929, 2017.