Elucidation of the reacquisition process of stroke patients' ability to lift and lower the lower garment while on the toilet

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26560039
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clothing life/Dwelling life
• Research Institution: Hyogo University of Health Sciences
• Principal Investigator: HIRAGAMI Shogo 兵庫医療大学, リハビリテーション学部, 講師 (60637643)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NONAKA Tetsushi 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 准教授 (20520133)
• Research Collaborator: NAGAHATA Tetsuya 倉敷リハビリテーション病院, リハビリテーション科, 理学療法士 ; HAYASHI Shoko 倉敷リハビリテーション病院, リハビリテーション科, 作業療法士
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 脳卒中 / トイレ動作 / 姿勢制御 / 再獲得 / 作業療法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Our objective in this study was to examine the postural control characteristics of stroke patients in lower garment lifting while on the toilet and the changes in these characteristics during rehabilitation. In this study, we found that lower garment lifting by the patients was characterized by a long time required to perform the task, many pulls on the garment, and a higher mean percentage of body weight on the non-paretic leg. The patients displayed the positional asymmetry of the foot center of pressure (COP) on the anterior-posterior (AP) axis. Furthermore, we found in our study a significant increase in the excursion of the COP in the non-paretic leg on the AP axis in the task of stroke patients during rehabilitation. These suggest that enhancing selective COP mobility on the AP axis of the non-paretic leg could be the key point to promoting independence in lower garment lifting and lowering in toilet activities.

Free Research Field

リハビリテーション