TSUTOMU BEN FUKUI
人との出会いは財産ですよね。理学療法士をしているおかげで、随分沢山の人と出会うことができました。変わった人たちと出会うことで自分自身の考えも広げることができました。 若い理学療法士の方々と学生への元気付けがこのHPの目的です。
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MY LATEST BOOK
Guiding skin to the direction of where it moves during the
movement is effective for the improvement of pain or decreasing of muscle tone. This book contains full of the knowledge for skin movement and useful techniques of the skin taping for the clinical practice. Skin taping is effective for increasing and limiting range of motion (ROM), facilitating and inhibiting muscle activity, postural control or gait control. Clear pictures and instructions of each technique allow you to understand and follow the information
provided in this book.
MY LATEST PAPER
In which direction does skin move during joint movement?
February 9, 2016
Tsutomu Fukui, Yuko Otake, Takashi Kondo
Background/ Purpose: A skin movement artifact is a major
problem in three-dimensional motion analysis. Furthermore,
skin tension lines are important in plastic surgery. Skin
tension depends upon the body area and the direction of
resistance. From the perspective of skin continuity and
clinical observation, we hypothesized that the contralateral
side of the skin of the extremities moves in the
opposite direction. This study aimed to examine kinematics
of thigh skin including movement direction during pelvic
sway.
Methods: Fifteen healthy men participated in this study.
Kinematic data were obtained using a three-dimensional
motion analysis system. To detect opposite skin movement,
42 markers were attached to the front, back, lateral, and
medial sides of the thigh and pelvis. Front and back markers
in the sagittal plane and lateral and medial markers in the
frontal plane were arranged in a line connecting the hip and
ankle joint centers, respectively. Subjects performed maximal pelvic movements in the anterior-posterior and rightward-leftward directions.
Results: The results showed that the front skin of the thigh
was transferred upward and that the back skin was transferred downward during pelvic anterior sway. Opposite skin movements were observed during posterior pelvic sway. We also found that the lateral skin was transferred upward and that the medial skin was transferred downward during hip adduction and vice-versa during hip abduction.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that the skin moves
according to certain physiological rules.
Skin Research & Technology 2016;22:181-188,
DOI: 10.1111/srt.12248
