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International Journal of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Volume 7 (2021), Article ID 7:IJPTR-171, 5 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2021/171
Original Article
Comparison of Two Thigh Circumference Measurements with Changes in Posture in Hospitalized Older Adults

Masatoshi Kageyama1,2*, Daisuke Takagi3, Kenta Yamamoto4, Norihiro Kawaguchi4 and Hiroshi Matsumoto5

1Long-Term Care Health Facilities Sunrise Ohama: 528 Nishijima, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka-city, Shizuoka, Japan
2Graduate School, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Cooperative Major in Medical Photonics, Shizuoka, Japan
3Department of Shizuoka Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Tokoha University, Shizuoka 420-0911, Japan
4Department of Rehabilitation, Toyoda Eisei Hospital, Shizuoka 438-0838, Japan
5Department of Orthopedic surgery, Toyoda Eisei Hospital, Shizuoka 438-0838, Japan
Masatoshi Kageyama, Long-Term Care Health Facilities Sunrise Ohama: 528 Nishijima, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka-city, Shizuoka 422-8045, Japan, Tel: +81 542-82-2839, Fax: +81 542-81-8245; E-mail: E19001@hama-med.ac.jp
12 March 2021; 12 April 2021; 14 April 2021
Kageyama M, Takagi D, Yamamoto K, Kawaguchi N, Matsumoto H, et al. (2021) Comparison of Two Thigh Circumference Measurements with Changes in Posture in Hospitalized Older Adults. Int J Phys Ther Rehab 7: 171. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2021/171
© 2021 Kageyama et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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