Review

• Possible relationship between rural surgical rotations during a residency period and an increased number of general surgeons in rural areas: a systematic review
  Jun Watanabe, Kazuhiko Kotani
  J Rural Med. 2023 Jan; 18(1): 1–7

Original Articles

• Reduced upper and lower limb muscle strengths without reduced skeletal muscle in elderly patients with heart failure
  Takuya Umehara, Akinori Kaneguchi, Takahiro Yamasaki, Nobuhisa Katayama, Wataru Kawakami, Daisuke Kuwahara, Nobuhiro Kito
  J Rural Med. 2023 Jan; 18(1): 8–14
• Clinico-epidemiological profile of women with high-risk pregnancy utilizing antenatal services in a rural primary health center in India
  Mogan KA, U Venkatesh, Richa Kapoor
  J Rural Med. 2023 Jan; 18(1): 15–20
• Association between board-certified physiatrist involvement and functional outcomes in sarcopenic dysphagia patients: a retrospective cohort study of the Japanese Sarcopenic Dysphagia Database
  Takako Nagai, Hidetaka Wakabayashi, Shinta Nishioka, Ryo Momosaki/div>

  J Rural Med. 2023 Jan; 18(1): 21–27
• Factors associated with failure to undergo health check-ups in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
  Mayumi Ohnishi, Rieko Nakao, Ryoko Kawasaki, Junichi Tanaka, Satoko Kosaka, Masahiro Umezaki
  J Rural Med. 2023 Jan; 18(1): 28–35
• An analysis of patients with a chief complaint of difficulty moving
  Kenichi Muramatsu, Hiroki Nagasawa, Ikuto Takeuchi, Kei Jitsuiki, Hiromichi Ohsaka, Kouhei Ishikawa, Youichi Yanagawa
  J Rural Med. 2023 Jan; 18(1): 36–41
• Study of the clinicopathological features of soluble PD-L1 in lung cancer patients
  Takanobu Sasaki, Ryo Nonomura, Toshiharu Tabata, Naruo Yoshimura, Shuko Hata, Hiroki Shimada, Yasuhiro Nakamura
  J Rural Med. 2023 Jan; 18(1): 42–49