2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Effects of rehabilitation o n functional outcome and regional cerebral glucose metabolism in patients with vascular dementia
| Project/Area Number |
21500464
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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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 | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
TANAKA Naofumi 東北大学, 大学院・医学系研究科, 准教授 (40255568)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MEGURO Kenichi 東北大学, 大学院・医学系研究科, 教授 (90239559)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | リハビリテーション医学 |
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| Research Abstract |
P atients with vascular deme ntia who needed physical assistance in sit-to-stand transfer activities participated in the study. They were enrolled in a comprehensive rehabilitation program that consisted of a physical exercise and a psychosocial intervention program over a period of 2 months. After the comprehensive rehabilitation, the transfer mobility was improved and the regional glucose metabolism was increased in the right insula cortex. The control patients showed no significant change. These results suggest that the comprehensiv e rehabilitation approach may be associated with an increase in glucose metabolism of the right insula cortex in patients with vascular dementia .
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