Akira Masegaki
| Faculty of Health Care and Medical Sports,Department of Medical Sports,Trainer and Sports Course | Associate Professor |
| Faculty of Health Care and Medical Sports,Department of Medical Sports,Athlete Course | Associate Professor |
Last Updated :2025/11/15
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MISC
- COMPARISON OF SPINAL SAGITTAL ALIGNMENT AND MOBILITY AMONG STANDING, SITTING, AND FOUR POINT KNEELING POSTURES
KAWASAKI HISAFUMI; ITO HIROKAZU; MASEGAKI AKIRA; ONO DAISUKE; WATARAI KOJI
Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2009
PURPOSE : The purpose of this study is to compare sagittal spinal alignment and mobility among standing and sitting (which are fundamental postures in daily activities), and four point kneeling (FPK: the imitation of quadrupedal animal posture).
METHODS : Fifty three healthy young men have participated in this study. Spinal alignment is measured using a non-invasive skin surface measurement device (Spinal Mouse®: Index Ltd, Japan). The spinal alignment is measured in 3 positions: upright, flexion, and extension, in each posture (standing, sitting, and FPK), and then the thoracic and lumbar curvature and sacral slope are analyzed.
RESULTS : Even between 2 fundamental positions, upright standing and sitting, the lumbar lordosis is statistically different (17.1±8.9° at upright standing, 3.5±10.0° at upright sitting, p<0.001). But the sacral slope is not different between those 2 positions. The lumbo-pelvic rhythm (lumbar-hip or lumbar-pelvis flexion ratio) is also different among the 3 postures, especially in FPK posture. In this posture the lumbar spine and pelvis (sacrum) move to opposite direction each other; this phenomenon is not observed at standing and sitting postures.
CONCLUSION : The spinal alignment and mobility are different in many segments among standing, sitting, and FPK., The Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine - 314. 小学生の足底圧分布の経年変化(加齢・性差,一般口演,第63回日本体力医学会大会)
01 Dec. 2008 - 252. 足底圧分布から見た子どもの静止立位の傾向(加齢・性差,第62回日本体力医学大会)
01 Dec. 2007 - 537. 野球少年の外遊びと障害についてのアンケート調査(スポーツと疾患)
01 Dec. 2003 - 594. アライメント教育を支援するタイツの開発(リハビリテーション・運動療法)
01 Dec. 2003
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- "A Study on a Health Promotion Support System for Seniors through Exercise and Sports."
19 Jul. 2019, Not exist, Japanese, Japan, Domestic conferences, Not International Collabolation
Url, Downloadable, I introduced the exercise program conducted in the senior walking class of the Teikyo Heisei Sports Academy, the number of steps for each walking course and the calorie consumption measured by the activity meter (estimated value) as a quantification of the amount of exercise, and the change in stride and pitch before and after training as a quantification of the change in the quality of walking.
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