2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Effect of motor imagery on motor dysfunction - biofeedback of cerebral cortical activity
| Project/Area Number |
23650325
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
MATSUKAWA Kanji 広島大学, 医歯薬保健学研究院, 教授 (90165788)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIYAGUCHI Hideki 広島大学, 医歯薬保健学研究院, 教授 (00290552)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
LIANG Nan 広島大学, 医歯薬保健学研究院, 助教 (70512515)
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| Research Collaborator |
ENDO Kana 広島大学, 医歯薬保健学研究院, 助教 (60584696)
ISHII Kei 広島大学, 医歯薬保健学研究科, 大学院生
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | リハビリテーション / 運動イメージ / 大脳皮質脳活動 / 大脳皮質前頭前野 / バイオフィードバック / 6) 運動機能の改善 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study revealed using Parkinson’s patients that motor imagery improved the reaction time in response to a metal rotation task of a hand. In order to determine the cerebral cortical areas in relation to motor imagery, the responses in the oxygenated hemoglobin concentration of various cortical regions were mapped during voluntary arm cranking and during motor imagery of the exercise using near infrared spectroscopy in humans. We found that activity of the prefrontal cortex did not increase during voluntary arm-cranking exercise but significantly increased during motor imagery of the exercise, whereas activity of the temporal motor cortical areas increased during voluntary arm-cranking exercise but not during motor imagery of the exercise. Therefore it is suggested that motor imagery can be visualized by the activity of the prefrontal motor cortex, whose feedback may be useful to strengthen the effects of motor imagery treatment on motor dysfunctions in rehabilitation.
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Research Products
(33 results)
