2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Acquisition of bipedalism in human.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25870170
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering Pediatrics
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	YOZU Arito 東京大学, 医学部附属病院, 助教 (30647368)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Keywords	二足直立
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Bipedalism is a hallmark of humans. The mechanism of acuiring bipedality is not clear. We studied dynamics of pre-bipedal mode. We also studied neural mechanism of pre-bipedal mode.
Free Research Field	リハビリテーション医学