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Reaching exercise for chronic paretic upper extremity after stroke using a novel rehabilitation robot with arm-weight support and concomitant electrical stimulation and vibration: before-and-after feasibility trial by Amano, Yumeko, Noma, Tomokazu, Etoh, Seiji, Miyata, Ryuji, Kawamura, Kentaro, Shimodozono, Megumi

“…Our group developed a rehabilitation robot to assist with repetitive, active reaching movement of a paretic upper extremity. The robot is equipped with a servo…”
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Quantitative measurement of resistance force and subsequent attenuation during passive isokinetic extension of the wrist in patients with mild to moderate spasticity after stroke by Kawamura, Kentaro, Etoh, Seiji, Noma, Tomokazu, Hayashi, Ryota, Jonoshita, Yuiko, Natsume, Keisuke, Niidome, Seiichi, Yu, Yong, Shimodozono, Megumi

“…Abstract Background Spasticity is evaluated by measuring the increased resistance to passive movement, primarily by manual methods. Few options are available…”
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Acute changes in cortical activation during active ankle movement after whole-body vibration for spasticity in hemiplegic legs of stroke patients: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study by Miyara, Kodai, Kawamura, Kentaro, Matsumoto, Shuji, Ohwatashi, Akihiko, Itashiki, Yuki, Uema, Tomohiro, Noma, Tomokazu, Ikeda, Keiko, Shimodozono, Megumi

“…Background: A recent study revealed that whole-body vibration (WBV) tends to decrease spasticity in stroke-related hemiplegic legs. However, acute changes in…”
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Effects of Repetitive Facilitative Exercise on Spasticity in the Upper Paretic Limb After Subacute Stroke by Etoh, Seiji, Noma, Tomokazu, Miyata, Ryuji, Shimodozono, Megumi

“…Repetitive facilitative exercise is an effective method for recovery of the affected limb in stroke patients. However, its effects on spasticity are unknown…”
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Repetitive facilitative exercise under continuous electrical stimulation for severe arm impairment after sub-acute stroke: A randomized controlled pilot study by Shimodozono, Megumi, Noma, Tomokazu, Matsumoto, Shuji, Miyata, Ryuji, Etoh, Seiji, Kawahira, Kazumi

“…Abstract Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of repetitive facilitative exercise (RFE) under surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in…”
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Effects of intensive repetition of a new facilitation technique on motor functional recovery of the hemiplegic upper limb and hand by Kawahira, Kazumi, Shimodozono, Megumi, Etoh, Seiji, Kamada, Katsuya, Noma, Tomokazu, Tanaka, Nobuyuki

“…Objective: To study the effects on the hemiplegic upper limb of repetitive facilitation exercises (RFEs) using a novel facilitation technique, in which the…”
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Effects of concomitant neuromuscular electrical stimulation during repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation before repetitive facilitation exercise on the hemiparetic hand by Etoh, Seiji, Kawamura, Kentaro, Tomonaga, Kei, Miura, Seiji, Harada, Shizuyo, Noma, Tomokazu, Kikuno, Satomi, Ueno, Makoto, Miyata, Ryuji, Shimodozono, Megumi

“…Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and Repetitive facilitative exercise (RFE) improves motor impairment after stroke. To investigate whether…”
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Anti-spastic effects of the direct application of vibratory stimuli to the spastic muscles of hemiplegic limbs in post-stroke patients by Noma, Tomokazu, Matsumoto, Shuji, Etoh, Seiji, Shimodozono, Megumi, kawahira, Kazumi

“…Objective: To investigate whether the direct application of vibratory stimuli inhibits spasticity and improves motor function in the hemiplegic upper limbs of…”
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Novel Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation System for Treatment of Dysphagia after Brain Injury by TOYAMA, Keiichi, MATSUMOTO, Shuji, KURASAWA, Miho, SETOGUCHI, Haruka, NOMA, Tomokazu, TAKENAKA, Keita, SOEDA, Akina, SHIMODOZONO, Megumi, KAWAHIRA, Kazumi

“…The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a novel neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) to the effects of conventional treatment in…”
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Feasibility of using whole body vibration as a means for controlling spasticity in post-stroke patients: A pilot study by Miyara, Kodai, Matsumoto, Shuji, Uema, Tomohiro, Hirokawa, Takuya, Noma, Tomokazu, Shimodozono, Megumi, Kawahira, Kazumi

“…Abstract To examine the feasibility of adapting whole body vibration (WBV) in the hemiplegic legs of post-stroke patients and to investigate the anti-spastic…”
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Anti-spastic effects of footbaths in post-stroke patients: A proof-of-principle study by Matsumoto, Shuji, Shimodozono, Megumi, Etoh, Seiji, Noma, Tomokazu, Uema, Tomohiro, Ikeda, Keiko, Miyara, Kodai, Tanaka, Nobuyuki, Kawahira, Kazumi

“…Highlights • Spasticity is found in the majority of post-stroke patients. • We compared the anti-spastic effects of a footbath with those of a resting…”
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Effects of Intensive Repetition of Trunk Muscle Facilitation on Motor Functional Recovery after Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial by HIROKAWA, Takuya, UEMA, Tomohiro, NOMA, Tomokazu, MATSUMOTO, Shuji, KAWAHIRA, Kazumi, SAMESHIMA, Jun-ichi

“…Objective: The Purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of repetitive facilitation exercise of trunk (RFE-T) on the function of trunk and gait in…”
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Effect of Underwater Exercise on Lower-Extremity Function and Quality of Life in Post-Stroke Patients: A Pilot Controlled Clinical Trial by Matsumoto, Shuji, Uema, Tomohiro, Ikeda, Keiko, Miyara, Kodai, Nishi, Tomofumi, Noma, Tomokazu, Shimodozono, Megumi

“…To date, controlled clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of underwater exercise in improving the lower-extremity function and quality of life (QOL) in…”
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Rationale and design of the theRapeutic effects of peroneal nerve functionAl electrical stimuLation for Lower extremitY in patients with convalescent poststroke hemiplegia (RALLY) study: study protocol for a randomised controlled study by Matsumoto, Shuji, Shimodozono, Megumi, Noma, Tomokazu

“…IntroductionIncreasing evidence supports the utilisation of functional electrical stimulation (FES) to improve gait following stroke; however, few studies have…”
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Effect of whole body vibration on spasticity in hemiplegic legs of patients with stroke by Miyara, Kodai, Matsumoto, Shuji, Uema, Tomohiro, Noma, Tomokazu, Ikeda, Keiko, Ohwatashi, Akihiko, Kiyama, Ryoji, Shimodozono, Megumi

“…Background: Several reports have focused on the effects of whole body vibration (WBV) on spasticity with differing results. Most studies used modified Ashworth…”
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Novel Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation System for the Upper Limbs in Chronic Stroke Patients: A Feasibility Study by Noma, Tomokazu, Matsumoto, Shuji, Shimodozono, Megumi, Iwase, Yoshiaki, Kawahira, Kazumi

“…OBJECTIVEThe aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of applying a novel neuromuscular electrical stimulation system, targeting shoulder flexion, elbow…”
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1-A-D-4. Effects of repetitive facilitative exercise with neuromuscular electrical stimulation, direct application of vibratory stimulation and repetitive transcranial stimulation of the hemiplegic hand in chronic stroke patients by Etoh, Seiji, Noma, Tomokazu, Matsumoto, Shuji, Shimodozono, Megumi, Kawahira, Kazumi

“…Repetitive facilitative exercise (RFE) is a recently developed approach to the rehabilitation of hemiplegia. RFE can be integrated with neuromuscular…”
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Benefits of a Repetitive Facilitative Exercise Program for the Upper Paretic Extremity After Subacute Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Shimodozono, Megumi, Noma, Tomokazu, Nomoto, Yoshiko, Hisamatsu, Noriaki, Kamada, Katsuya, Miyata, Ryuji, Matsumoto, Shuji, Ogata, Atsuko, Etoh, Seiji, Basford, Jeffrey R., Kawahira, Kazumi

“…Background. Repetitive facilitative exercise (RFE), a combination of high repetition rate and neurofacilitation, is a recently developed approach to the…”
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Anti-spastic effects of the direct application of vibratory stimuli to the spastic muscles of hemiplegic limbs in post-stroke patients: a proof-of-principle study by Noma, Tomokazu, Matsumoto, Shuji, Shimodozono, Megumi, Etoh, Seiji, Kawahira, Kazumi

“…To investigate whether the direct application of vibratory stimuli inhibits spasticity in the hemiplegic upper limbs of post-stroke patients. A randomized…”
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Research of rehabilitation aid system by DOF constraintable mechanism and NMES for hemiplegic upper limbs by Taniguchi, Koutaro, Yong Yu, Noma, Tomokazu, Hayash, Ryota, Matsumoto, Shuji, Shimodozono, Megumi, Kawahira, Kazumi

“…In this paper, rehabilitation aid system by selectable DOF constraintable mechanism and NMES (Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation) for hemiplegic upper limbs…”
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