Adaptive locomotion through narrow space in older adults

• Project/Area Number: 25560327
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan University
• Principal Investigator: HIGUCHI Takahiro 首都大学東京, 人間健康科学研究科, 准教授 (30433171)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
• Keywords: 歩行 / 高齢者 / 障害物回避 / 適応 / 視覚運動制御

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the adaptability of older adults to altered bodily states and to modify their locomotor patterns in response to the relationship between body and environment. For this purpose, older adults (aged > 65 years old) were asked to walk through an aperture of various widths while holding a long bar without touching the frame of the aperture. The results showed that healthy older participants without symptoms of dementia were generally comparable with young adults in terms of safe passage. However, when they were asked to walk through an aperture with minimum body rotations, older participants showed greater frequency of collision with the frame of the aperture. This tendency was more evident for older participants with lower mobility.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Tool-body assimilation in the brain. (2015)
  • Author(s): Miyazaki M. Higuchi T.
  • Journal Title: ournal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine Volume: in press
  • NAID: 130005130591
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] The relationship between spatial cognition and walking trajectory for passing through a doorway: evident in individuals with dominant right eye? (2015)
  • Author(s): Kitayama, Fujikake, Kokubu, Higuchi.
  • Journal Title: Exp Brain Res Volume: 233 Issue: 3 Pages: 797-807
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00221-014-4155-y
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 移動行動の知覚運動制御：その予期性 (2015)
  • Author(s): 樋口貴広
  • Journal Title: 日本生理人類学会誌 Volume: 19 Pages: 155-158
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Can perception of aperture passability be improved immediately after practice in actual passage?: dissociation between walking and wheelchair use. (2014)
  • Author(s): Yasuda M, Wagman JB, Higuchi T.
  • Journal Title: Exp Brain Res Volume: 232 Issue: 3 Pages: 753-764
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3785-9
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Relationship between mental rotation of body parts and postural stability during quiet stance. (2014)
  • Author(s): Kawasaki T, Yasuda K, Fukuhara K, Higuchi T.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 39-46
  • DOI: 10.1515/jirspa-2014-0001
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Influential factors affecting age-related self-overestimation of step-over ability: Focusing on frequency of going outdoors and executive function. (2014)
  • Author(s): Sakurai R, Fujiwara Y, Sakuma N, Suzuki H, Ishihara M, Higuchi T, Imanaka K
  • Journal Title: Arch Gerontol Geriatr. Volume: 59 Issue: 3 Pages: 577-83
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2014.07.017
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Improvements in perception of maximum reaching height (2014)
  • Author(s): Wagman JB, Higuchi T, Taheny CA.
  • Journal Title: Am J Psychol Volume: 127 Issue: 3 Pages: 269-279
  • DOI: 10.5406/amerjpsyc.127.3.0269
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Improvements in perception of maximum reaching height (2014)
  • Author(s): Wagman JB, Higuchi T, Taheny CA.
  • Journal Title: Am J Psychol Volume: 印刷中
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Visuomotor control of human adaptive locomotion: Understanding the anticipatory nature. (2013)
  • Author(s): Higuchi T.
  • Journal Title: Frontiers in Psychology. Volume: 4
  • DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00277
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Understanding the prospective nature of adaptive locomotion and its application in rehabilitation. (2013)
  • Author(s): Higuchi T, Yamada M,
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Volume: 1
• [Journal Article] Adverse effects of central tendency, lateral difference, and reciprocal inter-limb weight adjustment on performance accuracy during lateral body weight shifting. (2013)
  • Author(s): Watanabe M. Higuchi T, Ishihara M., Tani H., Imanaka K.
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation Volume: 20 Pages: 378-386
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Imitation behavior is sensitive to visual perspective of the model: An fMRI study. (2013)
  • Author(s): Watanabe R., Higuchi T, Kikuchi Y.
  • Journal Title: Exp Brain Res Volume: 228 Issue: 2 Pages: 161-171
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3548-7
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Immediate beneficial effects of mental rotation using foot stimuli (2013)
  • Author(s): Kawasaki T, Higuchi T.
  • Journal Title: Rehabilitation Research and Practice. Volume: ２０１３ Pages: 1-7
  • DOI: 10.1155/2013/890962
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Age-related self-overestimation of step-over ability in healthy older adults and its relationshin to fall risk. (2013)
  • Author(s): Sakurai R, Fujiwara Y, Ishihara M, Higuchi T, Uchida H, Imanaka K
  • Journal Title: BMC Geriatrics Volume: 13:44 Issue: 1 Pages: 44-44
  • DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-44
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Multi-target stepping program in combination with a standardized multi-component exercise program can prevent falls in community-dwelling older adults : A randomized controlled trial (2013)
  • Author(s): Yamada M, Higuchi T, Nishiguchi S, Yoshimura K, Kajiwara Y, Aoyama T
  • Journal Title: J Am Geriatr Soc Volume: 61 Issue: 10 Pages: 1669-1675
  • DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12453
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 知覚認知の観点から運動を捉える (2014)
  • Author(s): 樋口貴広
  • Organizer: 山梨体育学会
  • Place of Presentation: 山梨大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-12-17
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 移動行動の視覚運動制御 (2014)
  • Author(s): 樋口貴広
  • Organizer: 第7回日本臨床スポーツ医学会
  • Place of Presentation: 国立スポーツ科学センター（東京）
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-08 – 2014-11-09
• [Presentation] 移動行動と身体：環境を知るツールとしての身体 (2014)
  • Author(s): 樋口貴広
  • Organizer: 第19回日本バーチャルリアリティ学会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-17 – 2014-09-19
• [Presentation] Skilled Soccer Players' Reaction to a Flying Ball: A Virtual Reality Investigation. (2014)
  • Author(s): Fukuhara, K., Nakamura, Y., Higuchi, T.
  • Organizer: Asian-South Pacific Association of Sport Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: 国立青少年オリンピックセンター（東京，代々木）
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-07 – 2014-08-10
• [Presentation] 歩行の視覚運動制御 (2014)
  • Author(s): 樋口貴広
  • Organizer: 第22回日本運動生理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 川崎医療福祉大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-19 – 2014-07-20
• [Presentation] Perception-action dynamics and the person-plus-object system (2014)
  • Author(s): Higuchi T.
  • Organizer: The 17th International Conference on Perception and Action
  • Place of Presentation: Risbon, Portgal
• [Presentation] 歩行の視覚運動制御 (2014)
  • Author(s): 樋口貴広
  • Organizer: 第68回理学療法科学学会学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 神奈川
  • Invited
• [Presentation] The Rule for scaling shoulder rotation angles while walking through apertures (2013)
  • Author(s): Higuchi T., Seya Y. & Imanaka K.
  • Organizer: International Society for Posture and Gait Research 2013
  • Place of Presentation: 秋田
• [Presentation] 随意運動の視覚運動制御 (2013)
  • Author(s): 樋口貴広
  • Organizer: 日本生理人類学会第69回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都
• [Book] 姿勢と歩行：協調する身体 (2015)
  • Author(s): 樋口貴広・建内宏重
  • Total Pages: 320
  • Publisher: 三輪書店
• [Book] 心理学研究法（改訂新版） (2014)
  • Author(s): 大野木裕明・渡邊直登（編），樋口貴広，他5名（著）
  • Total Pages: 225
  • Publisher: 放送大学出版会
• [Book] 運動療法学（第2版） (2014)
  • Author(s): 市橋則明（編著），樋口貴広，他26名（著）
  • Total Pages: 525
  • Publisher: 文光堂
• [Book] ニュー運動生理学 (2014)
  • Author(s): 宮村実晴（編），樋口貴広，他47名（著）
  • Total Pages: 375
  • Publisher: 真興交易
• [Book] 市橋則明（編著）「運動療法学（第2版）」（分担執筆_分担章「視覚と運動制御」） (2014)
  • Author(s): 樋口貴広
  • Total Pages: 13
  • Publisher: 文光堂
• [Book] 運動支援の心理学：知覚と認知を活かす (2013)
  • Author(s): 樋口貴広
  • Total Pages: 250
  • Publisher: 三輪書店
• [Book] Laurence C. Stewart (Ed.) Eye Movement: Developmental Perspectives, Dysfunctions and Disorders in Humans（分担執筆），分担章「Gaze behavior during adaptive locomotion.」. (2013)
  • Author(s): Higuchi T, Yoshida, H.
  • Total Pages: 17
  • Publisher: Nova Sciences
• [Remarks] 研究者Webページ
  • URL: http://www.comp.tmu.ac.jp/locomotion-lab/higuchi/higu-index.html
• [Remarks] 樋口貴広 研究紹介ページ
  • URL: http://www.comp.tmu.ac.jp/locomotion-lab/higuchi/higu-index.html