2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Construction of a training program to improve physical conditions and mental health in frail elderly persons.
| Project/Area Number |
19200048
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied health science
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
OKAMURA Hitoshi Hiroshima University, 大学院・保健学研究科, 教授 (40311419)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 虚弱高齢者 / 認知機能 / 脳機能 / QOL / リハビリテーション |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to determine whether speed feedback therapy system exercise with an ergometer is effective in increasing frontal cerebral blood flow. The results showed that the peak oxy-hemoglobin concentration during speed feedback system exercise was significantly higher than during ergometer exercise. Both the mean oxy-hemoglobin concentration 3 minutes after the speed feedback system exercise and the peak oxy-hemoglobin concentration after the speed feedback system exercise were significantly higher than after ergometer exercise. The results suggest that speed feedback system exercise can be an effective training system to improve QOL of frail elderly persons.
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