A nationwide multicenter study of the cost effectiveness of five leading drugs for pharmacological management of cervicobrachial symptoms

Authors: Wakao, Norimitsu ^{a, ∗}, Furuya, Takeo ^b, Yoshii, Toshitaka ^c, Arima, Hideyuki ^d, Yamato, Yu ^d, Nakashima, Hiroaki ^e, Imagama, Shiro ^e, Imajo, Yasuaki ^f, Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^g, Inoue, Gen ^h, Miyagi, Masayuki ^h, Kanbara, Shunsuke ⁱ, Iizuka, Yoichi ^j, Chikuda, Hirotaka ^j, Watanabe, Kei ^k, Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi ^l, Tsushima, Mikito ^m, Miyazaki, Masashi ⁿ, Yagi, Mitsuru ^o, Suzuki, Satoshi ^p, Takahata, Masahiko ^q, Hongo, Michio ^r, Koda, Masao ^s, Nagata, Keiji ^t, Mori, Kanji ^u, Suzuki, Akinobu ^v, Kaito, Takashi ^w, Murotani, Kenta ^x, Miyakoshi, Naohisa ^r, Hashizume, Hiroshi ^s, Matsuyama, Yukihiro ^d, Kawakami, Mamoru ^y, Haro, Hirotaka ^z

Source: In Journal of Orthopaedic Science January 2025 30(1):18-24

Utilization of condoliase therapy versus surgery for lumbar disc herniation and comparison of post-treatment motor improvement

Authors: Fujimoto, Kazuhiro, Suzuki, Hidenori, Nishida, Norihiro, Funaba, Masahiro, Ichihara, Yusuke, Ikeda, Hiroaki, Imajo, Yasuaki, Yamamoto, Manabu, Sakai, Takashi

Source: In Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery November 2024 246

Factors associated with improvement in tibialis anterior weakness due to lumbar degenerative disease

Authors: Imajo, Yasuaki, Nishida, Norihiro, Funaba, Masahiro, Suzuki, Hidenori, Sakai, Takashi

Source: In Journal of Orthopaedic Science May 2024 29(3):734-740

Influence of the timing of surgery for cervical spinal cord injury without bone injury in the elderly: A retrospective multicenter study

Authors: Nori, Satoshi, Watanabe, Kota, Takeda, Kazuki, Yamane, Junichi, Kono, Hitoshi, Yokogawa, Noriaki, Sasagawa, Takeshi, Ando, Kei, Nakashima, Hiroaki, Segi, Naoki, Funayama, Toru, Eto, Fumihiko, Yamaji, Akihiro, Furuya, Takeo, Yunde, Atsushi, Nakajima, Hideaki, Yamada, Tomohiro, Hasegawa, Tomohiko, Terashima, Yoshinori, Hirota, Ryosuke, Suzuki, Hidenori, Imajo, Yasuaki, Ikegami, Shota, Uehara, Masashi, Tonomura, Hitoshi, Sakata, Munehiro, Hashimoto, Ko, Onoda, Yoshito, Kawaguchi, Kenichi, Haruta, Yohei, Uei, Hiroshi, Sawada, Hirokatsu, Nakanishi, Kazuo, Misaki, Kosuke, Terai, Hidetomi, Tamai, Koji, Shirasawa, Eiki, Inoue, Gen, Kiyasu, Katsuhito, Iizuka, Yoichi, Takasawa, Eiji, Funao, Haruki, Kaito, Takashi, Yoshii, Toshitaka, Ishihara, Masayuki, Okada, Seiji, Imagama, Shiro, Kato, Satoshi

Source: In Journal of Orthopaedic Science March 2024 29(2):480-485

Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury in the Elderly With Traumatic Cervical Spine Injuries: Results of a Retrospective Multi-Center Study of 1512 Cases in Japan

Authors: Suzuki, Hidenori, Funaba, Masahiro, Imajo, Yasuaki, Yokogawa, Noriaki, Sasagawa, Takeshi, Ando, Kei, Nakashima, Hiroaki, Segi, Naoki, Funayama, Toru, Eto, Fumihiko, Watanabe, Kota, Yamane, Junichi, Furuya, Takeo, Nakajima, Hideaki, Hasegawa, Tomohiko, Terashima, Yoshinori, Ikegami, Shota, Inoue, Gen, Kaito, Takashi, Kato, Satoshi

Source: Journal of neurotrauma. 40(11/12):1164-1172

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Laminoplasty is relevant for degenerative cervical spondylolisthesis when there is little risk of postoperative excessive kyphosis during neck flexion

Authors: Funaba, Masahiro, Suzuki, Hidenori, Imajo, Yasuaki, Nishida, Norihiro, Fujimoto, Kazuhiro, Ikeda, Hiroaki, Sakai, Takashi

Source: In Journal of Clinical Neuroscience May 2023 111:26-31

Factors Affecting the Waiting Time from Injury to Surgery in Elderly Patients with a Cervical Spine Injury: A Japanese Multicenter Survey

Authors: Uehara, Masashi, Ikegami, Shota, Takizawa, Takashi, Oba, Hiroki, Yokogawa, Noriaki, Sasagawa, Takeshi, Ando, Kei, Nakashima, Hiroaki, Segi, Naoki, Funayama, Toru, Eto, Fumihiko, Yamaji, Akihiro, Watanabe, Kota, Nori, Satoshi, Takeda, Kazuki, Furuya, Takeo, Yunde, Atsushi, Nakajima, Hideaki, Yamada, Tomohiro, Hasegawa, Tomohiko, Terashima, Yoshinori, Hirota, Ryosuke, Suzuki, Hidenori, Imajo, Yasuaki, Tonomura, Hitoshi, Sakata, Munehiro, Hashimoto, Ko, Onoda, Yoshito, Kawaguchi, Kenichi, Haruta, Yohei, Suzuki, Nobuyuki, Kato, Kenji, Uei, Hiroshi, Sawada, Hirokatsu, Nakanishi, Kazuo, Misaki, Kosuke, Terai, Hidetomi, Tamai, Koji, Shirasawa, Eiki, Inoue, Gen, Kakutani, Kenichiro, Kakiuchi, Yuji, Kiyasu, Katsuhito, Tominaga, Hiroyuki, Tokumoto, Hiroto, Iizuka, Yoichi, Takasawa, Eiji, Akeda, Koji, Takegami, Norihiko, Funao, Haruki, Oshima, Yasushi, Kaito, Takashi, Sakai, Daisuke, Yoshii, Toshitaka, Otsuki, Bungo, Seki, Shoji, Miyazaki, Masashi, Ishihara, Masayuki, Okada, Seiji, Imagama, Shiro, Kato, Satoshi

Source: In World Neurosurgery October 2022 166:e815-e822

Continuous Scanning and Inching in Ultrasonographic Localisation of Ulnar Neuropathy: A Comparative Study of Sensitivity

Authors: Hashimoto, Takahiro, Imajo, Yasuaki, Funaba, Masahiro, Fujii, Kenzo, Yamagata, Hiroki, Sakai, Takashi

Source: Journal of hand surgery.Asian-Pacific volume. 27(6):1026-1034

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The reference intervals of intraoperative posterior tibial nerve somatosensory evoked potentials

Authors: Imajo, Yasuaki, Nishida, Norihiro, Funaba, Masahiro, Nagao, Yuji, Suzuki, Hidenori, Sakai, Takashi

Source: In Journal of Orthopaedic Science July 2022 27(4):774-779

Early Versus Delayed Surgery for Elderly Traumatic Cervical Spinal Injury: A Nationwide Multicenter Study in Japan.

Authors: Segi, Naoki, Nakashima, Hiroaki, Ito, Sadayuki, Yokogawa, Noriaki, Sasagawa, Takeshi, Watanabe, Kota, Nori, Satoshi, Funayama, Toru, Eto, Fumihiko, Nakajima, Hideaki, Terashima, Yoshinori, Hirota, Ryosuke, Hashimoto, Ko, Onoda, Yoshito, Furuya, Takeo, Yunde, Atsushi, Ikegami, Shota, Uehara, Masashi, Suzuki, Hidenori, Imajo, Yasuaki

Source: Global Spine Journal; Mar2025, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p1143-1154, 12p

Subject Terms: OLDER patients, CERVICAL vertebrae injuries, REHABILITATION, ELECTIVE surgery, NEUROLOGIC manifestations of general diseases, SURGERY, BRAIN injuries, DISEASE complications

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Diagnosis of Compressive Myelopathy at the Thoracolumbar Junction.

Authors: Fujimoto, Kazuhiro, Funaba, Masahiro, Suzuki, Hidenori, Nishida, Norihiro, Ikeda, Hiroaki, Ichihara, Yusuke, Imajo, Yasuaki, Sakai, Takashi

Source: Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology; Jan2025, Vol. 42 Issue 1, p51-56, 6p

Radiological factors associated with the severity of corticospinal tract dysfunctions for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: An analysis of the central motor conduction time and kinematic CT myelography

Authors: Funaba, Masahiro, Imajo, Yasuaki, Suzuki, Hidenori, Nagao, Yuji, Sakamoto, Takuya, Nishida, Norihiro, Fujimoto, Kazuhiro, Sakai, Takashi

Source: In Journal of Clinical Neuroscience December 2021 94:24-31

Impact of various MRI signal intensity changes on radiological parameters, the neurological status, and surgical outcomes in degenerative cervical myelopathy

Authors: Funaba, Masahiro, Imajo, Yasuaki, Suzuki, Hidenori, Nishida, Norihiro, Nagao, Yuji, Sakamoto, Takuya, Fujimoto, Kazuhiro, Sakai, Takashi

Source: In Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery August 2021 207

Prognosis of Cervical Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis-Related Spine Injuries in Elderly Patients: Analyses of Both Fracture and Spinal Cord Injury Without Fracture

Authors: Segi, Naoki, Nakashima, Hiroaki, Machino, Masaaki, Ito, Sadayuki, Yokogawa, Noriaki, Sasagawa, Takeshi, Funayama, Toru, Eto, Fumihiko, Yamaji, Akihiro, Watanabe, Kota, Nori, Satoshi, Takeda, Kazuki, Furuya, Takeo, Yunde, Atsushi, Nakajima, Hideaki, Yamada, Tomohiro, Hasegawa, Tomohiko, Terashima, Yoshinori, Hirota, Ryosuke, Suzuki, Hidenori, Imajo, Yasuaki, Ikegami, Shota, Uehara, Masashi, Tonomura, Hitoshi, Sakata, Munehiro, Hashimoto, Ko, Onoda, Yoshito, Kawaguchi, Kenichi, Haruta, Yohei, Suzuki, Nobuyuki, Kato, Kenji, Uei, Hiroshi, Sawada, Hirokatsu, Nakanishi, Kazuo, Misaki, Kosuke, Terai, Hidetomi, Tamai, Koji, Shirasawa, Eiki, Inoue, Gen, Kakutani, Kenichiro, Kakiuchi, Yuji, Iizuka, Yoichi, Takasawa, Eiji, Akeda, Koji, Takegami, Norihiko, Kiyasu, Katsuhito, Tominaga, Hiroyuki, Tokumoto, Hiroto, Funao, Haruki, Oshima, Yasushi, Yoshii, Toshitaka, Kaito, Takashi, Sakai, Daisuke, Ohba, Tetsuro, Seki, Shoji, Otsuki, Bungo, Ishihara, Masayuki, Miyazaki, Masashi, Okada, Seiji, Imagama, Shiro, Kato, Satoshi

Source: Global Spine Journal; March 2025, Vol. 15 Issue: 2 p321-331, 11p

The associations between radiological and neurological findings of degenerative cervical myelopathy: radiological analysis based on kinematic CT myelography and evoked potentials of the spinal cord

Authors: Funaba, Masahiro, Imajo, Yasuaki, Suzuki, Hidenori, Nishida, Norihiro, Nagao, Yuji, Sakamoto, Takuya, Fujimoto, Kazuhiro, Sakai, Takashi

Source: Journal of neurosurgery.Spine. 35(3):308-319

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The Impact of Anterior Spondylolisthesis and Kyphotic Alignment on Dynamic Changes in Spinal Cord Compression and Neurological Status in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

Authors: Sakamoto, Takuya, Funaba, Masahiro, Imajo, Yasuaki, Nagao, Yuji, Suzuki, Hidenori, Nishida, Norihiro, Fujimoto, Kazuhiro, Sakai, Takashi

Source: Spine. 46(2):72-79

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Assessment of spinal cord relative vulnerability in C4–C5 compressive cervical myelopathy using multi-modal spinal cord evoked potentials and neurological findings

Authors: Imajo, Yasuaki, Kanchiku, Tsukasa, Suzuki, Hidenori, Nishida, Norihiro, Funaba, Masahiro, Taguchi, Toshihiko, Sakai, Takashi

Source: Journal of spinal cord medicine. 44(4):541-548

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Tensile mechanical analysis of anisotropy and velocity dependence of the spinal cord white matter: a biomechanical study

Authors: Nishida, Norihiro, Sakuramoto, Itsuo, Fujii, Yoshihiro, Hutama, Rudolf, Jiang, Fei, Ohgi, Junji, Imajo, Yasuaki, Suzuki, Hidenori, Funaba, Masahiro, Chen, Xian, Sakai, Takashi

Source: Neural regeneration research. 16(12):2557-2562

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Structural and Functional Alterations of the Deltoid Muscle After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A 2-Year Longitudinal Observation Study.

Authors: Seto, Tetsuya, Yukata, Kiminori, Fujii, Kenzo, Uehara, Kazuya, Yamagata, Hiroki, Mihara, Atsushi, Iwanaga, Ryuta, Funaba, Masahiro, Imajo, Yasuaki, Fujii, Hiroshi, Doi, Kazuteru, Sakai, Takashi

Source: Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine; Oct2024, Vol. 12 Issue 10, p1-7, 7p

Subject Terms: DELTOID muscle physiology, PEARSON correlation (Statistics), ACTION potentials, T-test (Statistics), ARTHROSCOPY, SCIENTIFIC observation, STATISTICAL sampling, FUNCTIONAL assessment, FUNCTIONAL status, TREATMENT effectiveness, MAGNETIC resonance imaging, RETROSPECTIVE studies, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, SHOULDER joint, ROTATOR cuff, LONGITUDINAL method, MUSCLE strength, ROTATOR cuff injuries, MEDICAL records, ACQUISITION of data, ABDUCTION (Kinesiology), EXERCISE tests, CONFIDENCE intervals, DATA analysis software, DELTOID muscles, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, MUSCLE contraction

Geographic Terms: JAPAN

The radiological characteristics associated with the development of myelopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligaments at each responsible level based on spinal cord evoked potentials

Authors: Funaba, Masahiro ^*, Imajo, Yasuaki, Suzuki, Hidenori, Nishida, Norihiro, Nagao, Yuji, Sakamoto, Takuya, Sakai, Takashi

Source: In Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery July 2020 194