Elderly users' grasping of everyday tools
| Project/Area Number |
24700783
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
General human life sciences
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| Research Institution | Kansai University of Welfare Sciences |
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Principal Investigator |
TADA Mikari 関西福祉科学大学, 社会福祉学部, 准教授 (30425037)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Keywords | 把持 / 生活用品 / 空間認知 / 加齢 / 握りやすさ / 育児休業により中断している。 / 運動表象 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
There is a need in the field of experimental psychology to research the development of user-friendliness of tools and preparation of mobility environment for elderly people. In this study, effective grasping arrangements were tested using various arrangements of graspable objects and hand position used to perform the grasping actions. Effective grasping arrangement was affected by the visual characteristics such as shape of the object as well as the arrangement of both the object and the grasper’s body regardless of the age of the participants. In addition, even in unfamiliar grasping arrangements, participants made fewer errors while using familiar than unfamiliar tools.
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