MATSUSHITA ISAO

■FacultyDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
■PositionProfessor

Researcher Profile & Settings

Research

    Overview of research:
    I investigate the destruction pattern of the large joint in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and extract factors which are important to joint destruction progress.

Degree

  • Doctor of Medicine

Research Activities

Published Papers

  • Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Practice Guidelines for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Isao Matsushita, The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 57:1005-1010, Nov. 2020
  • Dose Abatacept Increase postoperative Adverse Events in Rheumatoid Arthriitis Compared with Compared with Conventional Synthetic Disease-modifying Drugs?, (Ito H), Tsuji S, Nakayama M, Mochida Y, Nishida K, Ishikawa H, Kojima T, Maysumoto T, Kubota A, Mochizuki T, Sakuraba K, Matsushita I, Nakajima A, Hara R, Haraguchi A, Matsubara T, Kanbe K, Nakagawa N, Hamaguchi M, Momohara S, The Journal of Rheumatology, 47:502-509, Apr. 2020
  • Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Over the Frontal Polar Area on Motor and Executive Functions in Parkinson's Disease; A Pilot Study, (Ishikuro K), Dougu N, Nukui T, Yamamoto M, Nakatsuji Y, Kuroda S, Matsushita I, Nishimaru H, Araujo MFP, Nishijo H., Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 10:231, Jul. 2018
  • Lumbar spine surgery in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA): what affects the outcomes?, (Seki S), Hirano N, Matsushita I, Kawaguchi Y, Nakano M, Yasuda T, Motomura H, Suzuki K, Yahara Y, Watanabe K, Makino H, Kimura T., The Spine Journal, 18:99-106, Jan. 2018
  • Integrating patients' perceptions into clinical practice guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis in Japan, (Kojima M), Nakayama T, Otani T, Hasegawa M, Kawahito Y, Kaneko Y, Kishimoto M, Hirata S, Seto Y, Endo H, Ito H, Kojima T, Nishida K, Matsushita I, Tsutani K, Igarashi A, Kamatani N, Miyasaka N, Yamanaka H, Modern Rheumatology, 27:924-929, Nov. 2017
  • Radiographic changes and factors associated with subsequent progression of damage in weight-bearing joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis under TNF-blocking therapies-three-year observational study, Matsushita I, Motomura H, Seki E, Kimura T, Modern Rheumatology, 27:570-575, Jul. 2017
  • The process of collecting and evaluating evidences for the development of Guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis, Japan College of Rheumatology 2014: Utilization of GRADE approach, (Kojima M), Nakayama T, Kawahito Y, Kaneko Y, Kishimoto M, Hirata S, Seto Y, Endo H, Ito H, Kojima T, Nishida K, Matsushita I, Tsutani K, Igarashi A, Kamatani N, Hasegawa M, Miyasaka N, Yamanaka H, Modern Rheumatology, 26:175-179, Feb. 2016
  • Consensus-based identification of factors related to false-positives in ultrasound scanning of synovitis and tenosynovitis, (Ikeda K), Narita A, Ogasawara M, Ohno S, Kawahito Y, Kawakami A, Ito H, Matsushita I, Suzuki T, Misaki K, Ogura T, Kamishima T, Seto Y, Nakahara R, Kaneko A, Nakamura T, Henmi M, Fukae J, Nishida K, Sumida T, Koike T, Modern Rheumatology, 26:9-14, Jan. 2016
  • Inhibitory effect of tacrolimus on progression of joint damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, (Motomura H), Matsushita I, Seki E, Mine H, Kimura T, International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 17:749-754, Sep. 2014
  • Long-term clinical and radiographic results of cementless total hip arthroplasty for patients with rheumatoid arthritis: minimal 10-year follow-up, Matsushita I, Morita Y, Ito Y, Motomura H, Kimura T, Modern Rheumatology, 24:281-284, Mar. 2014
  • Extracapsular wide resection of a femoral neck osteosarcoma and its reconstruction using a pasteurized autograft-prosthesis composite: A case report, (Yasuda T), Hori T, Suzuki K, Hachinoda J, Matsushita I, Ito Y, Kanamori M, Kimura T, Oncology Letters, 6:1147-1151, Oct. 2013
  • Anatomic mapping of short external rotators shows the limit of their preservation during total hip arthroplasty, (Ito Y), Matsushita I, Watanabe H, Kimura T, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 470:1690-1695, Jun. 2012
  • The potential of transcranial direct-current stimulation as a therapeutic option for the control of cortical tremor in Benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy, Takahashi C , Asahi T, Takumi I, Matsushita I, 18:1056-1058, May 2025
  • A Case of Bilateral Auricular Dystonia With Both Sensory Trick and Reverse Sensory Trick Successfully Treated With Botulinum Toxin Therapy., Takahashi C, Asahi T, Matsushita I, Cureus, 17:40099087, Feb. 2025
  • Janus kinase inhibitor upadacitinib in elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis with hip osteoarthritis: A case report, Yusuke Sanji, Isao Matsushita, Eiji Takahashi, Makoto Fukui, Hironori Kitajima, Ayumi Kaneuji, The American Journal of Case Reports, 27:e950915, Mar. 2026
  • Does perioperative discontinuation of anti-rheumatic drugs increase postoperative complications in orthopedic surgery for rheumatoid arthritis?, (Ito H), Ishikawa H, Tsuji S, Nakayama M, Nishida K, Mochizuki T, Ebina K, Kojima T, Matsumoto T, Kubota A, Nakajima A, Kaneko A, Matsushita I, Hara R, Sakuraba K, Akasaki Y, Matsubara T, Mochida Y, Kanbe K, Nakagawa N, Murata K, Momohara S, 27:219, Nov. 2025