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Neurorehabilitation Lab
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A rehabilitation lab that develops treatments to improve motor impairment in people who can no longer move because of brain or spinal cord disease.
AboutAbout the lab
New treatments for bodies that can no longer move
Neurorehabilitation is rehabilitation that combines knowledge from neuroscience, clinical neurophysiology, and rehabilitation medicine.
The lab develops new treatments mainly to improve motor impairment after central nervous system diseases, and clarifies their effects and mechanisms.
It also aims to develop findings from basic research to a level that can be put into practice in clinical settings, and to verify their effects together with therapists in the field.
Key terms
- Central nervous system disease
- Diseases of the brain or spinal cord, such as stroke and spinal cord injury
- Neuroplasticity
- The property by which neural connections and functions change through experience and training
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation
- A method of stimulating the brain by applying a magnetic field from outside the head; used for both treatment and assessment
- Muscle tone
- The degree of muscle tension. After illness, stiffness may increase and impede movement
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies motor learning, the foundation of rehabilitation, focusing on the relationship between neuroplasticity in the central nervous system and behavioral change. It combines exercise therapy with non-invasive brain and nerve stimulation, and evaluates effects using transcranial magnetic stimulation, electromyography, and electroencephalography.
Restoring Walking
Aiming to restore walking after central nervous system diseases, the lab tests the effects of methods that combine transcutaneous spinal electrical stimulation with an ergometer or VR. It investigates the spinal neural mechanisms involved in walking and the effects on lower-limb muscle strength and walking.
Motor Control and Motor Learning
The lab examines the effects of transcranial electrical stimulation, repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation, and low-intensity transcranial ultrasound stimulation on motor control and motor learning, using neurophysiological methods and motor performance.
Improving Abnormal Muscle Tone
The lab develops and tests new methods using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation, and therapeutic electrical stimulation, and develops methods for assessing spasticity.
Motivation and Fatigue
The lab investigates the effect of motivation on motor performance from a neurophysiological perspective.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorTomofumi Yamaguchi
- Assistant ProfessorMayu Akaiwa
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- Top image: “Neurorehabilitation Class” ニューロリハビリテーション研究室 / 研究室からの
提供 (cropped) - Restoring Walking: “Rebuilding Walking” ニューロリハビリテーション研究室 / 研究室からの
提供 (cropped) - Motor Control and Motor Learning: “Motor Control and Motor Learning” ニューロリハビリテーション研究室 / 研究室からの
提供 (cropped) - Improving Abnormal Muscle Tone: “Improving abnormal muscle tone” ニューロリハビリテーション研究室 / 研究室からの
提供 (cropped) - Motivation and Fatigue: “Motivation and Fatigue” ニューロリハビリテーション研究室 / 研究室からの
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