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  1. Presenteeism Caused by Health Conditions and Its Economic Impacts Among Japanese Workers in the Post-COVID-19 Era

    Article • Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, January 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Takahiko Yoshimoto

  2. Multicomponent occupational lifestyle intervention to improve physical activity, musculoskeletal health, and work environment among Japanese teleworkers (TELEWORK study): protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

    Article • Journal of Occupational Health, January 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Takahiko Yoshimoto

  3. Pain Status and Its Association with Physical Activity, Psychological Stress, and Telework among Japanese Workers with Pain during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Takahiko Yoshimoto

  4. <p>Presenteeism and Associated Factors Among Nursing Personnel with Low Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study</p>

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, November 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Takahiko Yoshimoto

  5. <p>Clustering of Lifestyle Factors and Its Association with Low Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study of Over 400,000 Japanese Adults</p>

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, June 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Takahiko Yoshimoto

  6. Factors associated with disabling low back pain among nursing personnel at a medical centre in Japan: a comparative cross-sectional survey

    Article • BMJ Open, September 2019, BMJ

    Dr Takahiko Yoshimoto

  7. Sex differences in the association of metabolic syndrome with low back pain among middle-aged Japanese adults: a large-scale cross-sectional study

    Article • Biology of Sex Differences, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Takahiko Yoshimoto

  8. Survey on chronic disabling low back pain among care workers at nursing care facilities: a multicenter collaborative cross-sectional study

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, March 2019, Dove Medical Press

    Dr Takahiko Yoshimoto

  9. Association between serum lipids and low back pain among a middle-aged Japanese population: a large-scale cross-sectional study

    Article • Lipids in Health and Disease, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Takahiko Yoshimoto

  10. NADH Dehydrogenase Subunit-2 237 Leu/Met Polymorphism Influences the Association of Coffee Consumption with Serum Chloride Levels in Male Japanese Health Checkup Examinees: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Analysis

    Article • Nutrients, September 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Takahiko Yoshimoto

  11. Estimated risk for chronic pain determined using the generic STarT Back 5-item screening tool

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, February 2017, Dove Medical Press

    Dr Takahiko Yoshimoto, Dr. Sakae Tanaka