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An Lab
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The lab uncovers how people stand up and develops technology that supports movement.
AboutAbout the lab
From the mechanisms of human movement to assistive technology.
The lab researches technology that supports people with movement disorders, as well as systems for teaching movement.
To apply the results to movement support and rehabilitation, the lab works on everything from basic research that clarifies how people carry out movement to the development of assistive technology.
In collaboration with hospitals and research institutes, the lab studies the analysis of sit-to-stand movement and diagnostic systems for Parkinson's disease.
The lab is run together with Prof. Yamashita of the same Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies.
Key terms
- Muscle synergy
- A pattern of activity in which several muscles work together as a single unit
- Hemiplegia
- A condition, caused by stroke or similar causes, in which either the left or right half of the body becomes difficult to move
- Electromyogram (EMG)
- A recording of the weak electrical signals produced when muscles move
ResearchResearch themes
Aiming at technology that supports people with movement disorders, the lab works on everything from basic research that clarifies how people carry out movement to applied research that develops assistive technology. It is analyzing how muscles work during sit-to-stand movement and developing systems for diagnosing diseases and supporting movement.
*Illustrative imageHow People Stand Up
The lab measures and analyzes sit-to-stand movement, the starting point of everyday activities, and investigates how people stand up based on muscle synergies, which are sets of muscles that work together as a unit. Studies using musculoskeletal models are also conducted.
*Illustrative imageStanding Up in Patients with Hemiplegia
In collaboration with Morinomiya Hospital and RIKEN, the lab studies the muscle synergies of patients with hemiplegia during sit-to-stand movement, and how their movement changes with intervention by physical therapists.
*Illustrative imageA Diagnostic System for Parkinson's Disease
In collaboration with a hospital affiliated with Juntendo University, the lab aims to understand the mechanisms of Parkinson's disease and to build a diagnostic system that can be used in daily life. In addition to measuring movement and electromyograms, it also uses insole-type pressure sensors.
*Illustrative imageDiagnosing Motor Function with Handrails
Focusing on the fact that people with movement disorders rely on assistive devices such as handrails, the lab is building a system that assesses the severity of a movement disorder and its later changes from the force applied to a handrail when standing up.
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- Associate ProfessorQi AnPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Biomechanics lab with force plate” Apfriesen / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- How People Stand Up: “Gray440 color” Henry Vandyke Carter / Public domain (cropped)
- Standing Up in Patients with Hemiplegia: “Stroke healthy” Dr. C Grefkes, Uniklinik Köln / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- A Diagnostic System for Parkinson's Disease: “Blausen 0704 ParkinsonsDisease” BruceBlaus. When using this image in external sources it can be cited as: Blausen.com staff (2014). "Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014". WikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2). DOI:10.15347/wjm/2014.010. ISSN . / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Diagnosing Motor Function with Handrails: “Handrail” Shoyuramen / Public domain (cropped)
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