| Project/Area Number |
16H07456
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Tokyo International University (2017)
National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (2016) |
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Principal Investigator |
Masugi Yohei 東京国際大学, 人間社会学部, 講師 (60778942)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
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| Keywords | 脊髄刺激 / 脊髄反射 / ヒト / リハビリテーション / 脊髄損傷 / ニューロリハビリテーション / 経皮的脊髄刺激 / 歩行 / 脊髄 / 非侵襲的脊髄刺激法 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Development of an effective rehabilitation method based on scientific evidence is an important subject while the clinical application of regenerative medicine to the spinal cord injured person has become realistic. A recent study showed that epidural spinal cord stimulation restored lower limb motor function of a person with complete spinal cord injury. However, this method requires the implant of epidural electrodes in their body, and is not used much in rehabilitation.
In this study, a transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation method, which is a noninvasive method of stimulating the spinal cord, was established. Furthermore, it was revealed that spinal cord circuits which was activated by this method are strongly affected by somatosensory input.
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