2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Investigation regarding both comprehensive rehabilitation and its mechanism for inducing motor recovery after brain injury
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26350573
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Kagoshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
MIYATA Ryuji 鹿児島大学, 医歯学域医学系, 助教 (80404507)
ARIMA Michiko 鹿児島大学, 医歯学域附属病院, 助教
OGATA Atsuko 鹿児島大学, 医歯学域医学系, 助教 (40305123)
MATSUWAKI Hirokazu 鹿児島大学, 大学院理工学研究科, 大学院生
KAWANO Hirokazu 潤和会記念病院, リハビリテーション科, 部長
TOHGO Shin-ichi 藤元総合病院, リハビリテーション科, 部長
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | リハビリテーション / 脳卒中 / 片麻痺 / 促通反復療法 / 振動刺激 / 電気刺激 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We have developed new approaches, such as Repetitive facilitative exercise (RFE), Direct Application of Vibratory Stimulation (DAViS) and low-amplitude continuous Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (cNMES), to the rehabilitation of stroke-related limb impairment including hemiplegia or spasticity. We investigated influences to the brain activities during the approaches. Forced grasping of the hemiparetic left upper limb was improved after a unique combined treatment; (1) injection of Botulinum toxin type A into muscles, (2) RFE under cNMES. We compared brain activities, as measured by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) during finger pinching, before and after the combined treatment. Brain activities in the region of interest during pinching under cNMES after treatment were greater than those before. In addition, we developed new air turbine vibrator so that we could measure brain activities under vibratory stimulus using the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system.
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| Free Research Field |
リハビリテーション医学
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