Relationship between rage of motion and motor ability with aging in persons with cerebral palsy

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K01593
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen University (2017); Hiroshima University (2015-2016)
• Principal Investigator: Yamasaki Masahiro 広島文化学園大学, 人間健康学部開設準備室, 教授 (40128327)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 村木 里志 九州大学, 芸術工学研究院, 教授 (70300473) ; 三木 由美子 広島修道大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (90726217)
• Research Collaborator: You Jung-Wan Sungshin Women's University, Assistant Professor
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 脳性麻痺 / 関節可動域 / 運動能力 / 加齢

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It has been considered that one of the main reasons of motor function disability in person with cerebral palsy is the limitation of the range of motion. In this study, we analyzed the relationship between motor ability and range of motion with aging in persons with cerebral palsy. It was not clear that the effect of age on range of motion and motor ability. In addition, although the motor ability of person with cerebral palsy was partly dependent on range of motion, the motor ability, such as walking, strongly related to the GMFCS system.

Free Research Field

アダプテッド・スポーツ科学