Food intake is carried out with the entire upper body.

• Project/Area Number: 22791874
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Prosthetic dentistry
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: KAI Asako 新潟大学, 医歯学総合病院, 医員 (50515723)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 顎口腔機能学 / 食物とりこみ / 体幹 / 下顎運動 / 筋活動

Research Abstract

I made the system to be able to record the trunk movement , lower jaw and head movement, and the EMG of the head and neck at the same time. When the subject took disk-shaped apple into the mouth, we measured the EMG and movement above. Food intake was an important keyword of this study. But it was difficult to be read the movement of the trunk, because marker of motion capture would be hidden by the hand. Was measured with three subjects, but it was not obtained results can be used for analysis.