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Archive | 2015

Reconstruction and Tuning of Neural Circuits for Locomotion After Spinal Cord Injury

Toru Ogata; Noritaka Kawashima; Kimitaka Nakazawa; Masami Akai

Because patients with an injured spinal cord face severe functional deficits, novel therapeutic approaches are required to treat this traumatic disorder. Recent advances in molecular biology and electrophysiology have rendered approaches based on these two subjects important in this field. A molecular approach involving tissue engineering is beneficial for preserving or restoring the neural circuit, i.e., the so-called hardware of the spinal cord. On the other hand, the electrophysiological approach has advantages such as modulation and analysis of use-dependent plastic changes in neural functioning of human subjects, which corresponds to the “software” of the spinal cord. Because varied biological processes are triggered after spinal cord injury, we should use either approach, or both, depending on the clinical problem that needs to be solved.


Archive | 2005

Bending-type arthrogryposis treatment apparatus

Masami Akai; Kazuaki Hiramatsu; 万明 平松; 正美 赤居


Archive | 2015

during walking in humans muscles induced by a sudden drop of support surface On the reflex coactivation of ankle flexor and extensor

Kimitaka Nakazawa; Noritaka Kawashima; Masami Akai; Hideo Yano; Jacques Duysens; Marleen H. van der Linden; G. M. van Engelen; Henk T. Hendricks; Alexandra S. Voloshina; Arthur D. Kuo; Monica A. Daley; Daniel P. Ferris


ICSSE | 2015

Robust Gait Kinematics under Two Different Gravitational and Viscous Conditions in Human.

Tasuku Miyoshi; Motoki Takagi; Masami Akai


Archive | 2010

Chronic Stroke Patients Effects of Passive Leg Movement on the Oxygenation Level of Lower Limb Muscle in

Toshihito Katsumura; Takayuki Sako; Takafumi Hamaoka; H. Higuchi; Yuko Kurosawa; David J. Marcinek; Kenneth A. Schenkman; Wayne A. Ciesielski; Kevin E. Conley; Yun Sheng Chung; Paul A. Molé; Napapon Sailasuta; Thi Tran; Ralph E. Hurd; Thomas Jue; Cornelis Jo de Ruiter; Maarten Daan de Boer; Marcel Spanjaard; Arnold de Haan; E. Jigjid; Naoki Kawashima; Hisayoshi Ogata; Kazuhiro Nakazawa; Masami Akai; F Lavia D Ietrich-N Eto; Nobuyuki Haga


The Proceedings of the JSME Symposium on Welfare Engineering | 2008

1C2-4 ヒトの足部位置覚に関する研究 : 若年者・高齢者・切断者から考える知覚特性(認知・運動機能の計測・支援II,一般講演)

Yoshiyuki Kobayashi; Kimitaka Nakazawa; Masami Akai; Hiroshi Fujimoto


The Proceedings of the Bioengineering Conference Annual Meeting of BED/JSME | 2008

610 On neural mechanisms of soleus H-reflex modulation during walking in healthy subjects

Masako Fujita; Kiyotaka Kamibayashi; Tsuyoshi Nakajima; Makoto Takahashi; Shinichiro Yamamoto; Masami Akai; Kimitaka Nakazawa


The Proceedings of the Bioengineering Conference Annual Meeting of BED/JSME | 2008

638 Development of Contracture Removal Device

Junichi Kanemaru; Motoki Takagi; Shinichirou Yamamoto; Hiroyuki Koyama; Masami Akai; Takashi Komeda


The Proceedings of the Bioengineering Conference Annual Meeting of BED/JSME | 2008

609 Effect of passive stepping on the wrist flexor H-reflex

Taku Kitamura; Tsuyoshi Nakajima; Kiyotaka Kamibayashi; Shinichiro Yamamoto; Masami Akai; Kimitaka Nakazawa


運動療法と物理療法 = The Journal of physical medicine | 2007

Biomechanical indications and limitations of lateral wedges in unstable lateral ankles

Wataru Kakihana; Suguru Torii; Masami Akai; Kenji Naitou

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Hiroyuki Koyama

Shibaura Institute of Technology

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Wataru Kakihana

Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University

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Noritaka Kawashima

Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

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