The effect of electrical muscle stimulation training for home care patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Project/Area Number: 25870338
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering; Applied health science
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: HASEGAWA Satoshi 京都大学, 医学研究科, 助教 (40637708)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
• Keywords: COPD / 電気刺激 / 在宅リハビリテーション / 筋力トレーニング / 慢性閉塞性肺疾患 / 在宅トレーニング / 電気刺激トレーニング / 筋力 / 筋肥大 / 運動耐容能 / 障害観察研究 / 骨格筋障害 / サルぺニア / 介入研究 / 障害観察

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As results of our investigation for skeletal muscles of home-bound patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), they had morphological and neurological muscle disorder. Additionally, muscle thickness and strength had a strong correlation with physical endurance and activity.
Electrical muscles stimulation (EMS) training to COPD for three months brings about desirable effects such as improvements of muscular hypertrophy and strength and physical endurance. Our results suggested that EMS training was significant value to home-bound patients with COPD.