MURAKI Satoshi

© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a symptomatic compression neuropathy of the median nerve as it travels through the wrist. Several factors such as wrist angle and finger posture cause a change of the intra-carpal tu...

© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. The increasing trend of development of assistive technology allows for the use of assistive robots such as power assist devices to be prevalent in various social domains. Such power assist devices usually pro...

© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The purpose of this study was to understand the influence of various information acquisition strategies on foot proprioception and obstacle avoidance in people with low vision. Ten adult males (41.0 ± 7.1 ye...

© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Technology that assists and extends various functions of human beings will soon be available not only to medical and welfare but also to healthy individuals. This study aimed to characterize surface electrom...

© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. In the modern society, an assistive/powered suit has been developed to enhance the limb and trunk movements by mechanical force. The effective output of assistive products needs cooperation between the users,...

This study investigated the relationships between age and walking motion of female adults (19-86 years) withindependent walking ability. The walking motion with self-selected speed was measured with 3D motion analysissystems. Generally, the cadenc...

<p>Purpose: The aim of this study was to elucidate the relationship between frailty of elderly men and site-specific body of muscle mass.</p><p>Methods: Forty-two in community elderly men aged 65 or over participated in this study. K...

<p>The main objective of this study was to identify the distribution of contact pressure on the dorsal surface of the foot during walking in shoes. Ten healthy young men （age, 22.1±0.6 years） without any walking impediments were recruited in this ...