Kaoru Okada
Meiji University
20 Papers
61 Citations
Kaoru Okada is an academic researcher from Meiji University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Moxibustion & Acupuncture. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 20 publications. Previous affiliations of Kaoru Okada include Meiji University of Integrative Medicine.
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Papers
Influence of surface anesthesia on the pressure pain threshold measured with different-sized probes
TL;DR: Results suggest that larger pressure probes can give a better estimation of muscular pain threshold, suggesting that mechanical pain thresholds measured with 1.6 and 15 mm probes reflect the pain threshold of deep tissues, possibly muscle.
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A proposed experimental model of myofascial trigger points in human muscle after slow eccentric exercise
TL;DR: Eccentric exercise may yield a useful model for the investigation of the myofascial trigger points and/or acupuncture points and the sensitised nociceptors at the fascia of the palpable band might be a possible candidate for the localised tender region.
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Analgesic Action of Acupuncture and Moxibustion: A Review of Unique Approaches in Japan
Kaoru Okada,Kenji Kawakita +1 more
TL;DR: The physiological basis of analgesic effects induced by acupuncture and moxibustion, including the actions of endogenous opioid and diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNICs) are reviewed, and the afferent fibers participating in acupuncture and yin-yang stimuli are discussed.
Deformation and pressure propagation in deep tissue during mechanical painful pressure stimulation
Sara Finocchietti,Ken Takahashi,Ken Takahashi,Kaoru Okada,Yasuharu Watanabe,Thomas Graven-Nielsen,Kazue Mizumura +6 more
TL;DR: Three-dimensional finite-element computer-models were developed to simulate the tissue stress and strain distribution during pressure stimulation on the tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius muscles to show different pressure propagation profiles in soft and hard muscle at the same pressure pain sensation level.
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Effects of electrical stimulation of thalamic nucleus submedius and periaqueductal gray on the visceral nociceptive responses of spinal dorsal horn neurons in the rat.
TL;DR: The results suggest that the majority of Sm neurons may suppress VSR activity at a supraspinal reflex center rather than via a descending inhibition of spinal visceral nociceptive transmission, as is the case for the PAG.
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