Development of novel motor training in Parkinson's disease using VR and motor learning transfer

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K11160
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 59010:Rehabilitation science-related
• Research Institution: Yokohama City University
• Principal Investigator: Ueda Naohisa 横浜市立大学, 附属市民総合医療センター, 准教授 (00305442)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 岸田 日帯 横浜市立大学, 附属市民総合医療センター, 講師 (20405004) ; 田中 章景 横浜市立大学, 医学研究科, 教授 (30378012)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: パーキンソン病 / リハビリテーション / バーチャルリアリティー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

1. Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) were recruited, and basic data such as the profile of each participant were collected. Participants were evaluated for improvement of motor performance and motor learning transfer by VR rehabilitation.
2. The correlation between the degree of motor impairment of PD and the effect of VR rehabilitation was not clear.
3. The VR rehabilitation effect did not correlate with the results of MRI voxel based morphometrythe or change in blood flow distribution by cerebral blood flow scintigraphy in any brain region. Relationship with blood flow in bilateral parietal lobes was suggested to some extent.

Free Research Field

運動解析

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

パーキンソン病の運動障害に対して，Virtual Realityを利用したリハビリテーションを行う事によって，通常よりも運動改善，運動学習転移が改善する可能性が考えられた．パーキンソン病の運動障害度には関わらないため，どの段階の患者にも利用できる可能性がある．