2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Improvement of pain in lower extremities by the blood circulation promotion induced by the high concentration artificial CO_2 warm water bathing effects.
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20500484
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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 | Wakayama Medical University |
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Principal Investigator |
MIYASHITA Kazuhisa Wakayama Medical University, 医学部, 教授 (50124889)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YOSHIMASU Koichi 和歌山県立医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (40382337)
MORIOKA Ikuharu 和歌山県立医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (70264877)
FUKUMOTO Jin 和歌山県立医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (30511555)
TAKEMURA Shigeki 和歌山県立医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (70511559)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
MIYAI Nobuyuki 大阪教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (40295811)
SAKAGUCHI Shunji 関西医療大学, 鍼灸学部, 准教授 (40249462)
TERADA Kazufumi 天理大学, 体育学部, 講師 (40454798)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 高濃度人工炭酸水浴 / 末梢循環 / レーザー血流画像化装置(LDPI) / MOS Short-Form 36-Item Health Survey(SF-8) / The short-form McGill Pain / Questionnaire(SF-MPQ) / 主観的疼痛感(VAS) |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, (1) we make a test fresh warm water as control on a condition (temperature, CO_2 concentrations) to effect the peripheral circulation promotion in the lower limbs by the highly-concentrative artificial CO_2 bath, (2) after that, make a test on improvement of the pain in lower extremities by the highly-concentrative artificial CO_2 bath. We finally evaluated the quality of life for pain in lower extremities improvement by the highly-concentrative effervescent bath in a nursing facility and the home and attempted by the placement as the health work based on the evidence of the care prevention. As a result of having investigated it in the nursing facility residents who included a person with a symptom, the skin temperature increased in approximately a bath with the both groups, but was not able to find the significant difference between groups. We were able to find that "a general healthy feeling" of SF -8 tended to be high in stimulation group in the long term of 1.5 months. Unfortunately there were few persons who had the lower limbs algetic symptom that an agreement, cooperation was obtained, and an effect for the pain did not have an evaluation and, however, decreased in approximately a bath in individuals in both carbonated water bath group, fresh water bath group. The skin of dorsum of foot bloodstream change was more significantly higher level after a bath than controls. Even elderly people can expect their symptoms better due to the vasodilatation by the highly-concentrative artificial CO_2 bath.
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Research Products
(1 results)
