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Rehabilitation Medicine Lab
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A lab that uses new technologies to support "activity" after illness or injury.
AboutAbout the lab
Supporting patients' activities and reconnecting them with the society they return to
The Rehabilitation Medicine Lab practices medicine that uses a variety of approaches to address problems with "activity" caused by illness or injury.
A multidisciplinary team of physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language-hearing therapists, and others works to resolve patients' activity problems.
The lab investigates the mechanisms of activity limitations and conducts research on applying new technologies, such as robots and wearable devices, in clinical practice.
As a support center for higher brain dysfunction in Hokkaido, the lab also focuses on diagnosis and support.
Key terms
- Higher brain dysfunction
- A disorder in which, after a brain disease or injury, a person has difficulty with memory, attention, language, planning, and similar abilities
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation
- A technology that uses magnetism from outside the head to induce a weak electric current inside the brain and stimulate it
- International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
- A classification established by the WHO to describe human functioning and disability in a common language. Also called the ICF
NewsLab news
Held a department information session on Rehabilitation Medicine for students and physicians (October 2026)
Prof. Mukaino received the Distinguished researcher – senior award from the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates the mechanisms of activity limitations that appear in many different forms and, building on that understanding, conducts research on applying new technologies in clinical practice. Its work includes brain stimulation, gait analysis, and the development of support applications and assessment tools.
*Illustrative imageRehabilitation with magnetic brain stimulation
Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a technology that stimulates the brain by inducing electric currents in it from outside the head through electromagnetic induction. The lab is verifying its effects on motor and sensory impairments caused by brain and spinal cord disorders, and on higher brain dysfunction.
*Illustrative imageThree-dimensional gait analysis
The lab analyzes in three dimensions the gait disorders that accompany bone and joint diseases and brain and spinal cord diseases, and examines how the analysis can be used in clinical practice. The analysis of bone and joint diseases is joint research with the Orthopaedic Surgery Lab and others.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping apps to support employment
To support the employment of people with higher brain dysfunction, the lab is developing an application for assessing abilities and carrying out rehabilitation.
*Illustrative imageUsing the International Classification of Functioning in clinical practice
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health is an international classification that enables a comprehensive assessment of the physical and mental functions and activities needed for daily life. The lab develops assessment manuals and applications to support its wider adoption.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Rehabilitation Medicine Lab are faculty and physicians belonging to the department. Physicians from the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Hokkaido University Hospital also take part in providing guidance.As of 2026
- ProfessorMasahiko Mukaino
- ProfessorHarukazu Tohyama
- LecturerRyu Ishimoto
- Assistant ProfessorShu Umemori
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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: “Movable floor with underwater treadmill in rehabilitation center” MedicalCentreEU / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Rehabilitation with magnetic brain stimulation: “TMS Butterfly Coil magnetic field” en:User:MistyHora / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Three-dimensional gait analysis: “Soldiersfootmili00munsrich Fig24 bw Positions of the extremities of the soldier during "Double time"-Photos taken at a rate of sixty per second” Étienne-Jules Marey / Public domain (cropped)
- Developing apps to support employment: “Tablet computer” KK IN HK / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Using the International Classification of Functioning in clinical practice: “Camisetoterapia corrected” User:Douglascompany / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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