| Project/Area Number |
16500359
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Tokai University |
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Principal Investigator |
SUGIMOTO Atsuo Tokai University, School of Medicine, Assistant Researcher, 医学部, 助手 (60322509)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
FURUKAWA Toshiaki Tokai University, School of Medicine, Assistant Researcher, 医学部, 助手 (30276852)
TOYOKURA Minoru Tokai University, School of Medicine, Associate Professor, 医学部, 助教授 (20217566)
ISHIDA Akira Tokai University, School of Medicine, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (50118907)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2005
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
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| Keywords | higher brain dysfunctions / cerebrovascular disease / autonomic nervous system |
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| Research Abstract |
Purpose :
The purposes of this study were to evaluate the degree of stress loaded on patients with cerebrovascular disease during rehabilitation or evaluation of the higher brain dysfunctions by means of frequency analyses (HF LF) of the variations in blood pressure and heart rate, and then to evaluate the improvement of the dysfunction and the variation in the degree of stress over time. Based on the results, we searched for an objective index to determine the duration of the rehabilitation and the frequency.
Subjects :
The study was conducted on a healthy group and a patient group with cerebrovascular disease. The healthy subjects included a total of nine students(seven males and two females). The patients with cerebrovascular disease were a total of seven patients (six males three cerebral infarction and three cerebral hemorrhage, and one female a cerebral hemorrhage).
Methods :
As a test to evaluate executive dysfunctions, we used Trial Making Tests Part A and Part B. As a test for memory disturbances, the Miyake-shiki memory test was used. In conducting the test to evaluate higher brain dysfunctions, autonomic nervous indices were measured. To measure the autonomic nervous indices, a polygraphtelemeter was used for electrocardiograph measurements and a Jentow cs was used for blood pressure measurements. The data were analyzed by the analysis tool of Fluclet. The measurement was repeated twice, at an interval of three weeks after the first measurement.
Conclusion :
It was indicative that rehabilitation trainings activating the sympathetic nerve lead to an improvement of conditions in patients with higher brain dysfunctions. Even if trainings of which physicians and staff involved in the rehabilitation are considered, well-planned and conducted, when the sympathetic nerve cannot be activated, we believe that it will be necessary to reconsider the pros and cons of any continuation of the trainings.
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