2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of assessment method for fall risk by measurement quantitative physical function on an frail elderly
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21700586
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Health Care University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMASHITA Kazuhiko Tokyo Health Care University, 医療保健学部, 准教授 (00370198)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Keywords | 高齢者 / 転倒予防 / 下肢筋力 / 転倒リスク指標 |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this study was to develop a screening method for identifying factors that increase the risk of falling among the elderly. Subjects were 130 elderly volunteers. We found that combining left toe gap force and knee gap force gave the highest odds ratio (9.11) with 82.6% sensitivity when the toe gap force was 24 N and the knee gap force was 100 N. Thus, lower limb muscular strength can be used for simple and efficient screening, and approaches to prevent falls can be based on quantitative data such as lower limb muscular strength.
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Research Products
(9 results)
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[Journal Article] An in-she device to measure plantar pressure during daily human activity2011
Author(s)
M SAITO, K NAKAJIMA, C TAKANO, Y OHTA, C SUGIMOTO, R EZOE, K SASAKI, H HOSAKA, T IFUKUBE, S INO, K YAMASHITA.
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Journal Title
IEEE, Medical Engineering & Physics (in press)
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