Acquisition of bipedalism in human.

• Project/Area Number: 25870170
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering; Pediatrics
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: YOZU Arito 東京大学, 医学部附属病院, 助教 (30647368)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
• Keywords: 二足直立

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Bipedalism is a hallmark of humans. The mechanism of acuiring bipedality is not clear. We studied dynamics of pre-bipedal mode. We also studied neural mechanism of pre-bipedal mode.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 小児科－発達の見方とリハビリテーション－ (2014)
  • Author(s): 四津有人、芳賀信彦、太田順
  • Journal Title: J Clin Rehabil Volume: 23 Pages: 902-906
• [Presentation] 四つ這いにおける動的床反力 (2014)
  • Author(s): 四津有人
  • Organizer: 第56回日本小児神経学会総会
  • Place of Presentation: 浜松
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-30
• [Presentation] 正常乳児の四つ這いにおける四肢のサイクル (2013)
  • Author(s): 四津有人、緒方直史、中原康雄、戸島美智生、芳賀信彦
  • Organizer: 第50回日本リハビリテーション医学会学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
• [Presentation] ヒト乳児の四つ這いにおける，四肢の動き (2013)
  • Author(s): 四津有人,緒方直史,亀山仁彦,中原康雄,戸島美智生,張雅素,芳賀信彦
  • Organizer: 第29回日本霊長類学会・日本哺乳類学会2013年度合同大会
  • Place of Presentation: 岡山