2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A wearable brain stimulation device for rehabilitation
| Project/Area Number |
25560255
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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 | Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (2014)
Nagoya Institute of Technology (2013) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KUGLER Mauricio 名古屋工業大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (70456713)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | リハビリテーション / 神経科学 / 脳刺激 / 大脳皮質 / 可塑性 / 歩行 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Gait rehabilitation consists of the process of re-learning how to walk after an injury or when having a disability. This process can be accelerated by the application of electrical stimulation on specific areas of the brain. Although equipments that can generate the desired levels of voltage and current exist, most are too bulky to be left connected to the subject while at a rehabilitation session.
This project's main objective is to develop a wearable device that generates the necessary electrical stimulation during such sessions, being wirelessly controlled by the operator by the means of a smartphone or a tablet computer. The hardware device has to generate a constant DC current through the scalp of the subject, independently of its resistance. It has to be light and small, able to be fixed on the back of the head of the subject.
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| Free Research Field |
リハビリテーション
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