| Project/Area Number |
26350634
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Kinjo University |
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Principal Investigator |
Sasaki Kentaro 金城大学, 保健医療学部, 准教授 (90512476)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
KIMURA Tsuyoshi 金城大学, 社会福祉学部, 講師 (40512059)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Keywords | 固有感覚 / 地域在住高齢者 / 転倒予防 / 転倒 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We developed a portable proprioceptive testing device, and then measured proprioception in 82 community dwellers. The following results were obtained: (1) the threshold value rose with aging; (2) the threshold values tended to be higher into the extension than the flexion; (3) the threshold values showed negative correlations with the strengths of the thigh muscles and the toe flexor muscles; and (4) multiple linear regression analysis showed the threshold value to be a significant independent variable for one-leg standing time. However, comparison of the threshold values of the people who experienced falls and those who did not previous a year showed that there was no difference in these threshold values. Our results do not indicate that proprioception is a factor that affects fall per se of the elderly people in the region examined; however, inadequate proprioception was suggested to possibly have caused poor balancing ability, which is one of the risk factors for falls.
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