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Can we lose our perspective? Thinking from the viewpoint of Merleau-Ponty

The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between movement and space perception. To achieve this, I will illustrate a case of unilateral spatial neglect one of the sequelae of a cerebrovascular accident. I describe the characteristic features of left-sided neglect after such a cerebrovascular accident, based on my clinical experience. Neglect of the left side of the body is one after-effect of a cerebrovascular accident. Although the left field of view is not lost, the eyes or face cannot be directed toward the left side of the body. The cause is thought to be a change in the cognitive function due to the damage to the brain. However, I would like to demonstrate that a change in the motor function might affect the cognitive function by illustrating some examples. For instance, we can easily perceive that our field of view is not always the same size and form as those of a picture frame. The field of view of a person lying down might be changed if we bend his arm or leg. His field of view might show bilateral asymmetry. In addition to exploring neurological views of unilateral spatial neglect, I would like to refer to how Merleau-Ponty described and carried out his inquiry into such phenomena, as he showed various functions of the body through describing various phenomena in our daily lives

カラダ トーク アルイワ カラダ ヒョウゲン ワークショップ ノ エイゾウ キロクカ ニツイテ

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Research Activities in the Department of Physical Therapy

[Introduction] It is already fifty years since the Japanese law of physical therapists and occupational therapists has been effective. The physical therapist is referred by the law as "the professionals who implements the physical therapy to persons with disabilities under the prescription of medical doctors". In fifty years, however, the target of physical therapy has been significantly expanded. The subject for physical therapy now includes the patients in acute disease just after the surgical operation in addition to those in rehabilitation stage. In other words, the physical therapy is now recognized as the indispensable intervention to the subject with acute as well as chronic disorders. On the other hand, due to a rapid transition of the society into the aged society, prevention of diseases, and decline of activity capacity due to the aging have become major issues for the physical therapy

Research Promotion in Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Medical Engineering - Appeal and Recommendation to the Colleague -

[Summary] Despite of the severe situations of insufficient money, labor, time, and communication, we want to promote the research activity in our university to the level of major institutions. The first step we propose is to acquire the external research grants from public resources. The specific proposal is described in grant application to increase the probability of successful adoption of the grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of Japan

Are the long-term survival, proliferation, and differentiation of transplanted cells desirable in clinical application for spinal cord injury?

Cell transplantation studies of spinal cord injury have a premise that the transplants should be integrated in the host spinal cord tissue, differentiate into neural cells, and re-establish neural circuits, leading to the improvement of locomotor functions. However, the long-term survival, extensive proliferation, and/or differentiation of transplanted cells are not necessarily desirable clinically, and may, on the contrary, cause serious problems regarding the safety of transplants. The excessive proliferation, migration, and/or differentiation of transplanted cells may deteriorate the histological as well as functional organization of the host spinal cord. The present communication will discuss the feasibility of using three kinds of cell as transplants, including bone marrow-derived cells (BMDCs), Schwann cells, and neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs). BMDCs enhance tissue recovery and locomotor improvements; however, they disappear within 2-3 weeks after transplantation from the host spinal cord. This indicates that BMDCs do not serve as scaffolds for the growth of regenerating axons, but promote "endogenous" regenerating capacities of the host spinal cord, probably by secreting some trophic factors. This short-term survival of transplants, although appearing to be a disadvantage, guarantees the safety of cell transplantation. The transplantation of BMDCs is now at the Phase I/II stage of clinical application. Schwann cells have been studied extensively as a transplant material for spinal cord injury. Schwann cells survive long-term, and moderately proliferate and/or migrate in the spinal cord. It can be said that Schwann cells become well integrated in the host spinal cord. Therefore, they are regarded as a safe transplant. NSPCs proliferate, migrate, and differentiate extensively after transplantation in the host spinal cord. It is impossible at present to manipulate or control the proliferation/migration/differentiation of NPSCs to make them properly integrate in the host spinal cord. NSPCs are not considered safe for clinical application. BMDCs and Schwann cells are clinically relevant, while NS/PCs are clinically irrelevant

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