Using a floating balloon influences infant body sway as a walking aid

• Project/Area Number: 25560388
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Childhood science (childhood environment science)
• Research Institution: Prefectural University of Hiroshima
• Principal Investigator: Shimatani Koji 県立広島大学, 保健福祉学部, 准教授 (00433384)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SHIMA Keisuke 横浜国立大学, 工学研究科, 准教授 (50649754)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 風船 / 把持 / 乳児 / 歩行支援 / 乳幼児 / 姿勢制御

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Somatosensory finger-tip contact changes the unstable walking of the baby into independent walking (Li Chen 2008).We showed that body sway decreased when the infants were walking with a floating balloon. The weight shift to the lower extremities was unaffected by the balloon. However, COP in the foot during each stance phase was well-controlled when using the balloon as a walking aid. The infant walking could become stable when the body sway of one leg standing decreases as an infant walking develops (Yaguramaki 2002). Floating balloon could become a Walking aid for children.

Research Products

• [Presentation] Using a floating balloon infant body sway decrese (2015)
  • Author(s): Koji Shimatani, Keisuke Shima, et,al.
  • Organizer: RIC-IIT workshop Robotics and Interactive Technologies for Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation
  • Place of Presentation: Arenzano,Italy
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The use of a floating balloon as a walking aid for children (2015)
  • Author(s): Koji Shimatani，Keisuke Shima，et al.
  • Organizer: World Confederation for Physical Therapy 2015
  • Place of Presentation: シンガポール
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-01 – 2015-05-04
• [Presentation] Infant body sway decreased on using a floating balloon as a walking aid (2015)
  • Author(s): Koji Shimatani, Keisuke Shima, et,al.
  • Organizer: Word congress for physicat therapy
  • Place of Presentation: Singapore
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-01
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] ヘリウムガス入り風船の把持歩行が片麻痺児の身体動揺に与える影響 (2014)
  • Author(s): 島谷康司，島圭介，沖貞明，ほか
  • Organizer: 第51回日本リハビリテーション医学会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-05 – 2014-06-07
• [Presentation] 風船把持が初期歩行間もない乳児の身体動揺が減少する 風船以外の玩具を把持させた場合との比較 (2014)
  • Author(s): 島谷康司，島圭介，沖貞明，ほか
  • Organizer: 第51回日本リハビリテーション医学会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-05 – 2014-06-07
• [Presentation] 風船把持が静止立位における重心動揺を減少させる 乳幼児に対する歩行支援を目指して (2014)
  • Author(s): 島谷康司，島圭介，菴原 亮太，ほか
  • Organizer: 第49回日本理学療法学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 横浜
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-30 – 2014-06-01