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Clinical Disability Science Lab
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A lab that studies rehabilitation medicine broadly, from clinical to basic research.
AboutAbout the lab
Medicine that stays close to patients, to treat and support them.
The lab studies various areas of rehabilitation medicine from both clinical and basic perspectives.
It was formed in 2024 by merging the Division of Physical Disabilities and the Division of Internal Disorders.
Graduate students are diverse: in addition to physicians, they include nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language-hearing therapists, registered dietitians, and health and fitness instructors, and there are many international students.
Rehabilitation medicine is described as medicine that stays close to patients, continuing to search for ways to bring even some improvement to diseases and disabilities that cannot be cured.
Key terms
- Frailty and sarcopenia
- Frailty is a state in which physical and mental strength has weakened with age. Sarcopenia is a state in which muscle mass or strength has decreased.
- 3D motion analysis system
- A system that records body movement in three dimensions and measures things such as walking patterns numerically.
- Prostheses and orthoses
- A prosthesis is a device that replaces a lost arm or leg. An orthosis is a device that supports and assists the movement of the body.
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The lab studies a variety of themes in rehabilitation medicine through both clinical and basic research. It conducts joint research with other clinical departments of Tohoku University Hospital, other university hospitals and specialty hospitals, and related companies.
*Illustrative imagePulmonary rehabilitation
Focusing mainly on patients with chronic respiratory diseases such as COPD and interstitial pneumonia, the lab examines exercise capacity, swallowing function, and the cough reflex. It also studies the physical function, activities of daily living, and quality of life of patients who have received lung transplants.
*Illustrative imageFrailty and sarcopenia
The lab studies the mechanisms by which frailty and sarcopenia develop, as well as methods for their prevention and intervention. It takes a multilayered approach, from molecular biology methods and multi-omics analysis to epidemiological methods.
*Illustrative imageGait analysis
Using a 3D motion analysis system, the lab analyzes gait in a variety of medical conditions. The research aims to find clues for rehabilitation treatment through detailed analysis.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment of prostheses and orthoses
The lab develops new prostheses and orthoses, along with rehabilitation methods that use them. It carries out this work as medical-engineering collaboration research and also aims to create ventures through industry-academia collaboration.
MembersFaculty
The lab's members consist of faculty, clinical staff physicians, and doctoral and master's students.As of 2026
- ProfessorSatoru Ebihara
- Associate ProfessorTatsuma Okazaki
- Associate ProfessorNaoki Suzuki
- LecturerTakahiro Miura
- LecturerMidori Miyagi
- Assistant ProfessorTamao Takahashi
- Assistant (Joshu)Hiromitsu Oya
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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: “US Navy 110810-N-UB993-034 A physical therapy room in the newly opened surgical unit for wounded, ill and injured service members at Naval Medical” U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Anastasia Puscian / Public domain (cropped)
- Pulmonary rehabilitation: “Respiratory therapist” Rcp.basheer / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Frailty and sarcopenia: “Cane, Walker Cane Hybrid, Walker” KDPetersen / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Gait analysis: “Gait laboratory” D. Gordon E. Robertson / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Development of prostheses and orthoses: “Ryan Blanck, a prosthetist and creator of the Intrepid Dynamic Exoskeletal Orthosis brace, 2011” Linda Hosek / Public domain (cropped)
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