Journal of Novel Physiotherapies
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Tomohiro Shibata

Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering Human and Social Intelligence Systems Lab, Kyusyu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan

Biography

Tomohiro Shibata received the B.E. degree in mechanical engineering, and the M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in information engineering, all from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. He is currently a Professor in the Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering of the Kyushu Institute of Science and Technology, Japan. His main research interests include understanding and assisting motor control and decision making by humans by using interdisciplinary approaches.

Publications

In-Home Posture Evaluation and Visual Feedback Training to Improve Posture with a Kinect-Based System in Parkinson�s Disease

Purpose: We tested a Kinect-based system for in-home posture evaluation and visual feedback training in an individual with Parkinson’s disease with moderate postural abnormality and evaluated the test-retest reliability of the anterior and lateral bending angles during standing in healthy subjects. Methods: Eleven healthy subjects performed t... Read More»

Yohei Okada, Tomohiro Shibata, Tomoya Tamei, Yasuyuki Orito, Hiroyuki Funaya, Chihiro Obayashi, Kazushi Ikeda, Makoto Hiyamizu and Shu Morioka

Research Article: J Nov Physiother 2014, 4: 232

DOI: 10.4172/2165-7025.1000232

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