2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Proposal of a new pathological model of chronic pain from a viewpoint of dysfunction.
| Project/Area Number |
26560285
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Yokohama City University (2017)
Jikei University School of Medicine (2014-2016) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
平林 万紀彦 東京慈恵会医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (00385353)
宮崎 温子 東京慈恵会医科大学, 医学部, 訪問研究員 (70643550)
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| Research Collaborator |
KOJIMA Keiko
TOMINAGA Yousuke
HAMAGUCHI Takayuki
TAIRAKO Yukino
SUGAWARA Shoko
UBA Osamu
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | chronic pain / physiotherapy |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
As is the case with other developed countries, chronic pain has significant negative effects on Japanese society. At least, a few trillion yen was lost because of the chronic pain every year. In this study, we tried to propose a new pathological model of chronic pain from a viewpoint of dysfunction. We also tried to investigate effectiveness of educational approach and physical therapy based on theory of cognitive-behavioral treatment.
During our preliminary study, we happened to find out that MMSE, a test usually used for screening cognitive impairment, was not effective enough to discriminate mild cognitive impairment. We investigated relation between cognitive function and age, income, a history of alcohol use, educational background, and medication, by using brain MRI, EEG, and a series of cognitive function tests.
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| Free Research Field |
Pain management
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