2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The investigation of footwear and physical plays which can activate the infants' plantar mechanoreceptor
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15K01763
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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 |
Childhood science (childhood environment science)
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| Research Institution | Ishikawa Prefectural University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | メカノレセプター / 幼児 / 足裏 / 草履サンダル / 姿勢 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study clarified the influences of wearing Japanese-style sandals and physical plays on standing postural sway and posture related to plantar mechanoreceptor in preschool children. The participants were healthy children, aged between 4 and5 years. The experimental group wore sandals as indoor shoes for five months. In both the groups, the soles’ ground contact area and track length of center of pressure (T-COP) were measured before and after five months with a plantar pressure measurement device. Additionally, for the sandal group, their natural standing posture was photographed. In the sandal group, the ground contact area became smaller due to the foot’s arch formation. As for T-COP, the sandal group (p<0.05) showed significant change, becoming smaller, but the control group did not. When the sandal groups’ standing posture was observed post-measurement, these results suggested posture improvement in the straightening of the back.
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| Free Research Field |
身体運動学 測定評価
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