Papers on Web of Science from the Field of Rehabilitation in Japan / The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

<p>On Web of Science, the number of papers published in 2010-2015 in 136 journals and Eigenfactor top 10 journals categorized as “Rehabilitation” was counted for each country. From Japan, there were 1,658 (2.71％) of 61,210 papers published in 136 journals and 303 (2.41％) of 12,584 papers published in Eigenfactor top 10 journals. The number of papers in journals categorized as “Clinical Neurology,” “Orthopedics,” “Otorhinolaryngology,” “Urology and Nephrology,” and “Gastroenterology and Hepatology” was counted and compared with the number of papers published under the category “Rehabilitation.” We found that the percentage of papers from Japan that were published under the category “Rehabilitation” was significantly smaller than that of any other categories, in both the 136 journals and Eigenfactor top 10 journals. The reason and countermeasures were discussed from the viewpoint of Japanese papers from the entire field of medical science and the field of rehabilitation.</p>

<b>Endolymphatic Hydrops as a Clinical Condition in Traditional Oriental Medicine —Is an Endolymphatic Hydrops Condition the Same as </b><i><b>Suidoku</b></i><b>? Analysis of Endolymphatic Hydrops by Traditional C / 日本東洋医学雑誌

<p>Endolymphatic hydrops, regarded as a marker of Ménière's disease, can now be diagnosed using MRI. Since endolymphatic hydrops is considered a condition of fluid disturbance known as <i>suidoku </i>in Kampo medicine, Kampo preparations with a water flow smoothing ability are often used to treat endolymphatic hydrops. However, the hypothesis that endolymphatic hydrops is <i>suidoku </i>indication has not been fully tested. We used traditional Chinese medicine to diagnose patterns in 11 patients who had been diagnosed with endolymphatic hydrops using MRI. Additionally, we researched the literature regarding the condition of fluid disturbance and resulting vertigo. Of the 11 patients, seven showed disorder of fluid, eight showed kidney (traditional medicine, TM) disorder, and five showed liver (TM) disorder. According to the literature, the vertigo condition caused by fluid disturbance was described in the chapters “tanyinkesoubing and shuiqibing” in the “Jinguiyaolue”. Since no auditory symptom is mentioned in these chapters on vertigo, vertigo caused by fluid disturbance might differ from typical Ménière's disease with auditory symptoms. It is suggested that the patients with endolymphatic hydrops do not necessarily indicate <i>suidoku </i>and we should consider the states of kidney (TM) and liver (TM) disorders.</p>