Comparison of the inward leakage rate between N95 filtering facepiece respirators and modified surgical masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

K Onishi, M Nojima - Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: Owing to shortage of surgical and N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs)
during the COVID-2019 pandemic, various masks were developed to prevent infection. This …

Quality of Life (QOL) Of Masters' Athletes: Toward Sports Participation in Social Activities

Y Takenaka, S Konoike - Journal of Aging Science and …, 2023 - tokushima-u.repo.nii.ac.jp
Psychosocial conditions of Masters' athletes were clarified who participated in sports
competitions. Subjects are 97 male participants (63.9±11.5 years old) for International Gold …

Association between the decrease in medical visit frequency and chronic disease worsening in the early stages of COVID-19-A longitudinal study

T Takakubo, Y Odagiri, M Machida, T Takamiya… - Internal …, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Objective This longitudinal study aimed to clarify the changes in the medical treatment
behavior of Japanese patients with chronic diseases during the early phase of the …