Postural care at night in combination with botulinum toxin injections of the spine muscles to help improve postural deformities

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350619
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Kitasato University
• Principal Investigator: Sato Haruhiko 北里大学, 医療衛生学部, 准教授 (30274062)
• Research Collaborator: KOBAYASHI AI 東京都立東大和療育センター, 理学療法士
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 脳性麻痺 / 変形 / 日常生活活動 / 姿勢計測 / ウエアラブルモニタ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have been tried to investigate whether body position in daily life has any effect on postural deformities in people with severe cerebral palsy, and the possibility of postural assistance to prevent the deformities. The results are summarized as the following three points: ① Proposed trunk deformity evaluation method expressed as rotational and lateral lean angles between the trunk and the pelvis using 3D positions of 6 front body surface landmarks appears to be a reliable and valid approach for bedridden people with physical disabilities. ② Head-trunk symmetry during sleep was not related to the direction of postural deformities and/or degrees of the deformities. ③ Postural care at night is useful to make a comfortable sleep position, but we might pay more attention not to aggravate the tasks of caregiving.

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