2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on factors of improvement of gait efficiency in polio survivors with a carbon fiber reinforced plastic knee-ankle-foot orthosis
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21300204
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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 | University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAEKI Satoru 産業医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (20269070)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
WADA Futoshi 産業医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (10341512)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | ポリオ / カーボン装具 / 歩行効率 / 酸素摂取量 / 長下肢装具 |
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| Research Abstract |
(1) A questionnaire was mailed to all members of Japan Prosthesis Association, and 52 members replied that they had ever made a custom-made orthosis, counting 829 carbon orthoses per recent 5 years. (2) Oxygen consumption was measured at the most comfortable speed while walking with a conventional KAFO(1, 650g), carbon KAFO(1, 050g) and 600g weight, and carbon KAFO in 7 healthy persons and 8 polio survivors. Weight and structure of the orthosis were important for improvement of gait efficiency in the healthy persons and structure was important for the polio survivors.
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Research Products
(10 results)
