Atsushi Okawa
Tokyo Medical and Dental University
393 Papers
861 Citations
Atsushi Okawa is an academic researcher from Tokyo Medical and Dental University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Myelopathy. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 328 publications. Previous affiliations of Atsushi Okawa include Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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Papers
High-Dimensional Analysis of Finger Motion and Screening of Cervical Myelopathy With a Noncontact Sensor: Diagnostic Case-Control Study
Takafumi Koyama,Ryota Matsui,Akiko Yamamoto,Eriku Yamada,Mio Norose,Takuya Ibara,Hidetoshi Kaburagi,Akimoto Nimura,Yuta Sugiura,Hideo,Saito,Atsushi Okawa,Koji Fujita +12 more
TL;DR: This study analyzes finger movements in the 10-second hand grip and release test using the Leap Motion, a noncontact sensor, and a system was developed that can diagnose CM with high sensitivity and specificity using machine learning.
Axonal Regeneration Across an Artificial Scaffold Combined with Cell Transplantation Applied to the Transected Spinal Cord
Mitsuhiro Enomoto,Madoka Ukegawa,Kazuyuki Fukushima,Kush Bhatt,Yoshiaki Wakabayashi,Atsushi Okawa +5 more
- 01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: An overview of the results of studies in which a honeycomb collagen scaffold or a macroporous scaffold made of d,l-polylactic acid combined with Schwann cells was transplanted into the spinal cord, as reported by Hurtado et al., is provided.
Multiple Infarctions Due to Vertebral Arterial Occlusion Associated withAtlantoaxial Subluxation in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A CaseReport
TL;DR: A case in which C1/C2 fixation is effective for preventing neck pain, deterioration of neurological findings and the recurrence of cerebellum infarctions due to positional VA occlusion is described.
Association between Severity of Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis and Ossification of Other Spinal Ligaments in Patients with Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
Soraya Nishimura,Takashi Hirai,Narihito Nagoshi,Toshitaka Yoshii,Jun Hashimoto,Kanji Mori,Satoshi Maki,Keiichi Katsumi,Kazuhiro Takeuchi,Shuta Ushio,Takeo Furuya,Kei Watanabe,Norihiro Nishida,Takashi Kaito,Satoshi Kato,Katsuya Nagashima,Masao Koda,Hiroaki Nakashima,Shiro Imagama,Kazuma Murata,Yuji Matsuoka,Kanichiro Wada,Atsushi Kimura,Tetsuro Ohba,Hiroyuki Katoh,Masahiko Watanabe,Yukihiro Matsuyama,Hiroshi Ozawa,Hirotaka Haro,Katsushi Takeshita,Yu Matsukura,Hiroyuki Inose,Masashi Yamazaki,Kota Watanabe,Morio Matsumoto,Masaya Nakamura,Atsushi Okawa,Yoshiharu Kawaguchi +37 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found significant associations of DISH grade with the indices for cervical OPLL (r = 0.45, p < 0.0001), thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF; r = 0 41, p = 0.50, p ≥ 0.
Predictors of residual low back pain after acute osteoporotic compression fracture.
Hiroyuki Inose,Tsuyoshi Kato,Shoichi Ichimura,Hiroaki Nakamura,Masatoshi Hoshino,Daisuke Togawa,Toru Hirano,Yasuaki Tokuhashi,Tetsuro Ohba,Hirotaka Haro,Takashi Tsuji,Kimiaki Sato,Yutaka Sasao,Masahiko Takahata,Koji Otani,Suketaka Momoshima,Masato Yuasa,Takashi Hirai,Toshitaka Yoshii,Atsushi Okawa +19 more
TL;DR: Severe low back pain, MRI T2 fluid-intensity image pattern, and severe vertebral body collapse in the acute phase were significant risk factors for residual low backPain 48 weeks after OVFs.