Development of exercise promotion systems through the visualization of pain indicators for the prevention of locomotive syndrome

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K12691
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Home economics/Human life
• Research Institution: Bunka Gakuen University
• Principal Investigator: OKABAYASHI Satoshi 文化学園大学, 服装学部, 准教授 (30581813)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 主観的な痛み / ウェアラブルデバイス / 運動促進システム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

From the perspective of preventing locomotive syndrome, this study was conducted by defining subjective pain as pain caused by personal emotional experiences triggered by continuous external stimuli (stimuli to the sense of pain). First, the present result suggested that the influence on subjective pain is not only due to emotional experience but also information presented as objective indicators and comparative information, if available. Second, when a wearable device is used, it was suggested that the wearer's psychological state, including self-evaluation and evaluation by others, may affect the wearer's emotional state. However, we were unable to verify the capability of the wearable device based on our findings by using actual devices within the research period; thus, we will continue this research in the future.

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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ロコモ予防においては，痛みに対する方策として幅広い検討が必要であり，本研究成果はその一助となるものである。また，今後の活用が期待されるウェアラブルデバイスにおいては，着装者の心理状態が重要になると考えられ，効果的な運用を模索する上でも一つの知見となりうるのではないだろうか。