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Development of drinking support device for spinal cord injuries to enhance quality of life
Ayano Tanishima,Takashi Nakakuki,Hiroto Noguchi,Takashi Kanamaru 제어로봇시스템학회 2013 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2013 No.10
Spinal cord injury causes a paralysis of any part of the body depending on which part of spinal cord is destroyed. It is well known that a severity of the paralysis is determined by both a location and a degree of injury in the vertebral bones. For example, in a case of injury at the C4 vertebral bone a patient is paralyzed from the neck down, and needs a caregiver to help almost all activities of daily life. Recently, a quality of life is considered to be important, and various welfare devices have been proposed to realize a better life of a patient. Regarding a C4 patient, drinking water by oneself whenever he/she wants to do is strongly desired in the daily life. In this paper, we develop a drinking support device for a C4 patient. The device is evaluated in a rehabilitation hospital, and it is shown that all requirements on structure, degree of freedom, safety, conform, daily maintenance, etc. are satisfied with an acceptable level.
Shaoqi Duan,Nobuko Imamura,Takashi Kondo,Hirosato Kanda,Yoko Kogure,Takuya Okugawa,Masashi Fukushima,Toshihiko Tomita,Tadayuki Oshima,Hirokazu Fukui,Koichi Noguchi,Yi Dai,Hiroto Miwa 대한소화기 기능성질환∙운동학회 2022 Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (JNM Vol.28 No.2
Background/AimsHerbal medicine is an important complementary therapy for functional dyspepsia (FD). However, its effect against gastric hypersensitivity in patients with FD has rarely been evaluated. Yokukansan (YKS), a traditional Japanese herbal medicine, is effective against neuropathic and inflammatory pain. This study aims to use a maternal separation (MS) stress-induced FD model to investigate the effects of YKS against gastric hypersensitivity, gastric motility, and duodenal micro-inflammation. MethodsThe MS stress model was established by separating newborn Sprague-Dawley rats from their mothers for 2 hours a day from postnatal days 1 to 10. At the age of 7-8 weeks, the rats were treated with YKS at a dose of 5 mL/kg (1 g/kg) for 7 consecutive days. After YKS treatment, electromyographic activity in the acromiotrapezius muscle by gastric distention and the gastric-emptying rate were assessed. Immunohistochemical analysis of eosinophils in the duodenum and phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (p-ERK) 1/2 in the spinal cord was performed. ResultsYKS treatment suppressed MS stress-induced gastric hypersensitivity and decreased the elevated levels of p-ERK1/2 in the spinal cord. In the gastroduodenal tract, YKS inhibited eosinophil-associated micro-inflammation but did not improve gastric dysmotility. ConclusionsYKS treatment improved gastric hypersensitivity by alleviating eosinophil-associated micro-inflammation in the gastroduodenal tract. This treatment may be considered an effective therapeutic option for epigastric pain and micro-inflammation in patients with FD.