Original Articles

• Characteristics of lower limb skeletal muscles of community-dwelling, elderly women and their relationships with gait function and daily physical activity: a fundamental study for early detection of sarcopenia using quantitative and qualitative evaluations of lower limb skeletal muscles by ultrasonography
  Keiko Seki, Yoshiko Doi, Yoshie Sugimoto, Hiromi Aibara
  J Rural Med. 2025 Oct; 20(4): 255–265
• Perspectives on the continuing community lives of individuals with mental disabilities in regional Japan: from the viewpoint of personal recovery
  Taichi Narita, Mayumi Ishida, Madoka Sakurai, RAMSDL Jayathilake, Tomohiro Shimizu, Keiko Kobayashi
  J Rural Med. 2025 Oct; 20(4): 266–275
• Outcomes of patients with unstable circulation transported by a physician-staffed helicopter using the keyword method in Japan
  Youichi Yanagawa, Hiroki Nagasawa, Chihiro Maekawa, Noriko Tanaka, Soichiro Ota, Hiromichi Ohsaka, Kazuhiko Omori
  J Rural Med. 2025 Oct; 20(4): 276–281
• Current status of medical collaboration for persons with mental disabilities who use type-B continuous employment-support facilities
  Koichi Yoshimura
  J Rural Med. 2025 Oct; 20(4): 282–293
• Medical students’ perceptions of professional mission in an AI-driven healthcare future: a text mining analysis of reflective essays in Japan
  Nobuyasu Komasawa, Masanao Yokohira
  J Rural Med. 2025 Oct; 20(4): 294–301

Field Report

• Bone marrow donors: experience among adolescents and young adults
  Kotomi Sato, Masahiro Haraguchi
  J Rural Med. 2025 Oct; 20(4): 302–310

Case Reports

• Slow-growing venous malformation in a 92-year-old man, mimicking axillary lymphadenopathy
  Hideo Tsuzuki, Hiroe Oishi, Atsushi Morishita, Chizuko Uemura, Mitsuko Iguchi, Tsutomu Shinohara
  J Rural Med. 2025 Oct; 20(4): 311–313
• Investigating the impact of remote visits on patients in hospitals with restricted visiting conditions
  Yuko Sugimoto, Mitsuru Chiba, Hideaki Andoh
  J Rural Med. 2025 Oct; 20(4): 314–319
• A case of small intestinal perforation within inguinal hernia after low-energy indirect trauma
  Yuki Ohnishi, Jun Ebiko, Yasuhiro Suyama, Hiroyuki Otsuka
  J Rural Med. 2025 Oct; 20(4): 320–322
• Anaphylaxis due to cashew nut allergy associated with acute pancreatitis without abdominal pain: a case report
  Shin Toki, Ryo Sugitate, Mariko Shimizu, Atsushi Matsui
  J Rural Med. 2025 Oct; 20(4): 323–326