2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Creation of a novel vestibular rehabilitation method applying neurofeedback technology
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20K09752
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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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| Review Section |
Basic Section 56050:Otorhinolaryngology-related
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| Research Institution | University of Toyama |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
將積 日出夫 富山大学, 学術研究部医学系, 教授 (60187507)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | 平衡訓練 / 感覚代行刺激 / 大脳皮質活動 / 慢性めまい / 上頭頂小葉 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We found that the vestibular sensory substitution using somatosensory stimulation immediately improves body equilibrium function in normal subjects, possibly through integration of novel sensory information in the vestibular-related primary somatosensory cortex.
We also found that the novel rehabilitation improved subjective dizziness in chronic vertigo patients who did not respond to conventional vestibular rehabilitation and induced plastic changes in cortical activity during upright maintenance under unstable conditions, and that the improvement in subjective dizziness was related to activity in the right superior parietal lobule.
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| Free Research Field |
耳鼻咽喉科学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
前庭感覚代行刺激による平衡機能改善効果とその作用メカニズムが大脳皮質レベルで明らかとなったことで、従来治療が困難であった難治性慢性めまい患者への平衡機能不全患者に対する標準的治療の確立やより至適な治療機器の開発に役立つものと考える。
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