2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Prevention and improvement of sarcopenia by means of skeletal muscle electrical stimulation
| Project/Area Number |
23300253
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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 |
Applied health science
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
MORITANI Toshio 京都大学, 人間・環境学研究科(研究院), 教授 (90175638)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HAYASHI Tatsuya 京都大学, 大学院・人間・環境学研究科, 教授 (00314211)
SAKANE Naoki 京都医療センター, 室長 (40335443)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 筋電気刺激 / 加齢性筋肉減少症 / 運動療法 / 高齢者 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of skeletal muscle electrical stimulation upon prevention and improvement of sarcopenia in the elderly. Forty-one elderly persons were divided into three groups (Control, Electrical stimulation Group, Electrical Stimulation with nutritional supplement Group) in order to determine the effects of functional electrical muscle stimulation upon care-prevention and QOL of the elderly. Results indicated that electrical muscle stimulation together with nutritional intervention group demonstrated significant increases in muscle cross sectional area and knee extension strength. In addition, 23 elderly persons who received electrical muscle stimulation demonstrated a significantly lower decline in the age-associated decrease in brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) level.
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