A new approach to train equilibrium function with 3-dimentional dynamic movements

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350702
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Developmental mechanisms and the body works
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Kushiro Keisuke 京都大学, 人間・環境学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (60361599)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): GOTO Fumiyuki 東京医療センター, 医師 (80286567) ; YAMAMOTO Shinji 大阪体育大学, 体育学部, 助手 (40736526)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 重力 / 空間 / 運動 / パフォーマンス / 感覚

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research project was to elucidate how information on the gravitational space obtained from a sensory system, with a central focus on equilibrium sensors, affects motor performances. In addition, we explored the possibility of enhancing motor performances through obtained knowledge. We performed motor tasks of reaching, prehension, and throwing. We found that the motor performances were modified, regardless of whether special attention was paid to those tasks, by depending on the relative direction of the gravity and movements, or by the condition of the surrounding environment. This result leads us to believe that the cognitive process arising due to the perception of the gravitational space does not produce negligible effects, and this was suggested to be a factor in enhancing the training efficiency.

Free Research Field

行動制御学