2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Neruo-rehabilitation with cybernetic orthosis
| Project/Area Number |
20300198
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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 | Nippon Medical School |
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Principal Investigator |
HARA Yukihiro Nippon Medical School, 医学科, 教授 (20198899)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MURAOKA Yoshihiro 独立行政法人国立病院機構村山医療センター, 臨床研究センター, 室長 (10338254)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | リハビリテーション / 神経科学 / 脳神経疾患 / 機能的電気刺激 / 医療・福祉 |
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| Research Abstract |
We produced a cybernetic sleeve with power-assisted functional electrical stimulation (FES) device. It consisted of novel small FES device covered by mesh wire cloths. It is easy to put it on the hemiparetic forearm. Power-assisted FES induces greater muscle contraction by electrical stimulation in proportion to the voluntary integrated EMG signal picked up, which is regulated by closed-loop control system. Proprioceptional sensory feedback might play an important role in power-assisted FES therapy. Nevertheless, evidence-based strategies for motor rehabilitation are more and more available, particularly for patients suffering from hemiparesis.
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