Dose the change of the mandibular position affect the head position, the posture and the gait?

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25670862
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Surgical dentistry
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: Mori Yoshihide 九州大学, 歯学研究科(研究院), 教授 (00231639)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 中野 旬之 九州大学, 大学病院, 講師 (60511730)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 口腔外科学一般 / 顎変形症 / 顎位 / 頭位 / 姿勢 / 歩行

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It has been experientially known that the change of the habitual mandibular position affect the head position, the posture and the gait. But no reliable quantitative assessing method which could prove the hypothesis was exist. A four dimensional (including time) measuring device for the surface of body was developed in this research. Whether the change of the mandibular position affect the head position, the posture and the gait or not, using this device. The head position, the posture and the gait in a part of subjects tend to be affected.

Free Research Field

口腔外科学