Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: A possible connection between psychosomatic symptoms and daily rhythmicity in growth hormone secretion in healthy Japanese students. | Journal of Circadian Rhythms BioMed Central Research A possible connection between psychosomatic symptoms and daily rhythmicity in growth hormone secretion in healthy Japanese students Mitsuo Nagane 1 Kazunori Yoshimura2 Shu-Ichi Watanabe3 and Masahiko Nomura4 Open Access Address Department of Educational Physiology Chiba University Chiba 263-8522 Japan 2Department of Rehabilitation Nihon Institute of Medical Science Japan 3Department of Physiology Saitama Medical University Japan and international Education and Training Center Saitama Medical University Japan Email Mitsuo Nagane - nagane@ Kazunori Yoshimura - yoshimura@ Shu-Ichi Watanabe - siwa@ Masahiko Nomura - mnom@ Corresponding author Published 5 August 2009 Received 3 February 2009 Journal of Circadian Rhythms 2009 7 10 doi 1740-3391-7-10 Accepted 5 August 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 10 2009 Nagane et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Students suffering from psychosomatic symptoms including drowsiness and feelings of melancholy often have basic lifestyle problems. The aim of this study was to investigate whether psychosomatic complaints may be related to circadian dysfunction. Methods We examined 15 healthy students 4 men and II women between 21 and 22 years old. To assess the presence of psychosomatic symptoms among the subjects we developed a selfassessment psychosomatic complaints questionnaire consisting of five items pertaining to physical symptoms and five items concerning mental symptoms. The subjects rated their psychosomatic symptoms twice a day 08 00 and 20 00 h . We also assessed growth hormone .
