Training effects of lower leg muscle to dynamic postural control foucused the ankle movement in the elderly.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23300238
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Kanazawa Gakuin University (2015); Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: Fujiwara Katsuo 金沢学院大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 教授 (60190089)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MAEDA Kaoru 森ノ宮医療大学, 保健医療学部, 准教授 (00454687) ; TOYAMA Hiroshi 金沢学院大学, 人間健康学部, 教授 (10172206) ; KUNITA Kenji 札幌国際大学, スポーツ人間学部, 教授 (20316003) ; KIYOTA Takeo 札幌国際大学, スポーツ人間学部, 准教授 (40434956) ; KIYOTA Naoe 日本医療大学, 保健医療学部, 講師 (90559189)
• Research Collaborator: YAGUCHI Chie 北海道文教大学, 人間科学部, 助教 ; IREI Mariko 大阪保健医療大学, 保健医療学部, 講師 ; MAEKAWA Maki IPU・環太平洋大学, 体育学部, 講師 ; PROKOPENKO Semyon Krasnoyarsk State Medical University(RUS), Neurology Department, Professor
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 予測的姿勢制御 / バランスボード / バランストレーニング / 下腿筋力トレーニング / ギブス固定 / 高齢者 / 位置知覚能

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The postural control pivoting at the ankle with the leg and trunk fixed using a cast brace was investigated. In the young adults, anticipatory activation of the triceps surae was clearly recognized, and anticipatory attention was strongly directed to the sensory information from the triceps surae. In the elderly, postural controllability pivoting at the ankle, especially backward balance, was markedly declined, which would be caused by the decrease in the position perceptibility. The postural controllability and the perceptibility in the elderly were improved by the balance training using a balance board.

Free Research Field

運動生理学