Functional regeneration of the oral cavity marginal muscles by cybernics approach

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23659898
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Prosthetic dentistry
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: MAEKAWA KENJI 岡山大学, 医歯(薬)学総合研究科, 准教授 (20304313)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OKA Hisao 岡山大学, 大学院保健学研究科, 教授 (80116441) ; KUBOKI Takuo 岡山大学, 大学院医歯薬学総合研究科, 教授 (00225195)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Keywords: 口腔周囲筋 / 機能再生 / リハビリテーション / 介護負担

Research Abstract

While attempts were made to establish the electrical stimulation methods to induce the reactive muscle activity for the patients with muscle dysfunction in orofacial regions by systemic disease such as a stroke, it was difficult to achieve it. Therefore, we next conceived to evaluate the degree of burden for care-givers to nursing to the persons requiring care with masticatory disturbance. By carrying out this investigation, we thought that we could appeal the importance of the rehabilitation of oral function and could indirectly lead to the development of novel rehabilitation methods. The results of the investigation to evaluate the degree of burden for the care-givers to persons requiring care suggested that time necessary to feeding and oral care, and the number of remaining teeth significantly associated with the degree of burden.