2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Bioengineering study of a motor rehabilitation system using a metal hydride actuator
| Project/Area Number |
18300191
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
INO Shuichi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 人間福祉医工学研究部門, 主任研究員 (70250511)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMASHITA Kazuhiko 東京医療保健大学, 医療保健学部, 准教授 (00370198)
HIROTA Kohichi 東京大学, 新領域創成科学研究科, 准教授 (80273332)
SATO Mitsuru 昭和大学, 保健医療学部, 准教授 (10300047)
NAKAJIMA Sawako 慶應義塾大学, 理工学部, 助教 (40453542)
IFUKUBE Tohru 東京大学, 先端研, 教授 (70002102)
TANAKA Toshiaki 東京大学, 先端研, 特任教授 (40248670)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
WADA Chikamune 九州工業大学, 生命体工学研究科, 准教授 (50281837)
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| Research Collaborator |
ITO Hideaki 株式会社日本製鋼所, 室蘭研究所, 所長
YOSHIDA Naoki 医療法人篤友会関西リハビリテーション病院, リハビリテーション総合科学研究所, 主任研究員
SHIROGANE Satoshi 医療法人篤友会関西リハビリテーション病院, リハビリテーション総合科学研究所, 研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2009
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| Keywords | アクチュエータ / 水素吸蔵合金 / リハビリテーション / 生物・生体工学 |
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| Research Abstract |
In an aging society, there is concern that the population of bedridden elderly people will increase due to diseases and injuries such as cerebral strokes and bone fractures. From this social background, we have been developing a motor rehabilitation system using a soft metal hydride actuator for home health care and joint rehabilitation to help prevent disuse syndromes. To address the above concerns, we studied the effect of passive joint exercise and the evaluation index of fall risk for elderly people based on biomedical experiments, and developed a human-friendly soft actuator using an MH alloy for the compact source of a driving force, many of which were undertaken in collaboration between medicine and engineering.
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