2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Simulation Exercise of Hemiplegic Gait by Utilizing Illusory Kinesthesia of Leg and Educational Use
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23500265
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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 |
Sensitivity informatics/Soft computing
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
WESUGI Shigeru 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 准教授 (80350461)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAMACHI Masahiro 藍野大学, 医療保健学部, 准教授 (70388700)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 片麻痺歩行 / 擬似体験 / 腱振動刺激 / 運動錯覚 / 反射動作 / 教育支援 |
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| Research Abstract |
In a class of practical work for physiotherapy students and nursing students, those students experience simulation of hemiplegia patient to improve understanding on situation of such patient. A well-known method on the simulation is to load weight and restraint on extremities of an able-bodied subject, and weaknesses of the method are pointed out. Therefore applicants have focused on significance of introspection of hemiplegia patient during walking, and we have devised a novel method on a simulation of hemiplegia patient by influencing on an interaction between action and perception of lower extremity. Based on this idea, we have designed and developed an experimental device that vibrates tendons of leg joints for generating illusory kinesthesia and reflex action. Finally we investigated how our device influenced a gait of able-bodied person, and we gave workshops on experiencing our device for
simulation of hemiplegic walk.
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Research Products
(7 results)
