A measure of the effectiveness of tailor-made-fall-prevention programs for older adults

• Project/Area Number: 22700685
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Kobe Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: ASAI Tsuyoshi 神戸学院大学, 総合リハビリテーション学部, 助教 (50411880)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: 健康教育 / 転倒 / 高齢者 / 生活習慣病 / 二重課題 / 歩行 / テーラーメード

Research Abstract

Fear of falling induced the decline of attentional resource available for postural control. This indicates that older adults with fear of falling may not allocate adequate attentional resource to postural control, and it may predispose them to falls.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Dual task gaitの年代別検討 ～中年期・高齢期に着目して～ (2011)
  • Author(s): 浅井剛
  • Journal Title: 神戸学院大学総合リハビリテーション研究 Volume: 6巻 Pages: 23-28
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Shogo Misu, Takehiko Doi, MinoruYamada, Hiroshi Ando. Effects of dual-tasking oncontrol of trunk movement during gait
  • Author(s): Tsuyoshi Asai
  • Journal Title: respective effect of manual- and cognitive- task.
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 地域在住高齢者における多関節痛と転倒発生 ~介在要因の探索~ (2013)
  • Author(s): 浅井剛
  • Organizer: 第48回 日本理学療法士学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋国際会議場
• [Presentation] 特定健診対象者において心血管リスクファクター数は転倒リスク指標と関連する. (2012)
  • Author(s): 松本大輔、瓜谷大輔、浅井剛、土井剛彦、三栖翔吾、堤本広大、浅野恭代、吉崎京子、西田由起子、上田依子.
  • Organizer: 第47回日本理学療法学術大会.
• [Presentation] 地域在住高齢者における多関節痛と転倒発生 (2012)
  • Author(s): 浅井剛、澤龍一、三栖翔吾、土井剛彦、山田実.
  • Organizer: 第48回日本理学療法学術大会