2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The effect of electrical muscle stimulation training for home care patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
| Project/Area Number |
25870338
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
Applied health science
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | COPD / 電気刺激 / 在宅リハビリテーション / 筋力トレーニング |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
As results of our investigation for skeletal muscles of home-bound patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), they had morphological and neurological muscle disorder. Additionally, muscle thickness and strength had a strong correlation with physical endurance and activity.
Electrical muscles stimulation (EMS) training to COPD for three months brings about desirable effects such as improvements of muscular hypertrophy and strength and physical endurance. Our results suggested that EMS training was significant value to home-bound patients with COPD.
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| Free Research Field |
リハビリテーション
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