| Project/Area Number |
24500873
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied health science
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| Research Institution | Niigata University of Health and Welfare |
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Principal Investigator |
SATO Toshiro 新潟医療福祉大学, 健康科学部, 准教授 (80567222)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
DEMURA Shinichi 金沢大学, 人間科学系, 教授 (20155485)
YAMAJI Shunsuke 福井大学, 医学部, 准教授 (40311021)
YAMADA Takayoshi 福井大学, 教育地域科学部, 講師 (60413770)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
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| Keywords | 加齢・老化 / 転倒予防 / 老化 / 動的バランス能力 / 姿勢 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study aimed to develop a fall-risk screening test using posture and the center of foot pressure (COP) in a static standing position for older individuals with a high fall risk. First, the study revealed that older individuals with knee pain were limited in movements such as walking, hopping over a ditch, climbing up and down stairs, and getting up off the floor. Second, we developed a device to synchronously evaluate COP and posture (hump back) in a static standing position. In addition, we also developed a coordination test program, in which the participant tracked a moving target using their COP displayed on the feedback monitor. The limits of stability in older individuals with a hump back was significantly smaller than in those with a normal posture. In the coordination test, older individuals who had fallen recently were significantly more likely to make an error in the lateral direction compared with those who had not.
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