Innovative Rehabilitation LabSchool of Human Health Sciences

M.D., Ph.D. Professor TOMOKI AOYAMA

The etymology of the word "rehabilitation" means "to make people competent again", or "to make them adapt to the environment again". In the medieval period, however, it meant "restoration of honour" and "restoration of rights" at the level of social events to "enable people to adapt to the environment again”. In this way, rehabilitation has been changing according to the background and needs of the times. We aim to develop rehabilitation techniques that meet the needs of the new era.

Lab Website

Research and Education

We teach the students to select most efficient approach to resolve problem, on the macroscopic and microscopic level. To this end, we collaborate with another laboratory, as well as several companies and countries. Thus, various research themes have been developed from basic studies in the field.

RESERCH THEMES

  • Regenerative Rehabilitation
  • Health Care for Cancer Survivor
  • Sports Health
  • Women’s Health
  • Healthcare Device
  • Healthcare Infodemic
  • Reveal the optimal environment for post traumatic anterior cruciate ligament
  • Explore the relationship between developmental processes of knee joint and joint motion dynamics
  • Intervention and rehabilitation for the joint with contracture or unloading condition

From a problem-oriented approach, students are trained to check, select the analysis method, take measures, analyse, and frame the discussion according to the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral courses. Through these processes, students can cultivate planning, discerning, acting, clinical, and overall abilities.

Fig.1 Gait analysis in a rat spinal cord injury model.

Fig.2 Diurnal variation in gait patterns in knee osteoarthritis.

Recent Publications

  1. Toyota M, Masuda S, Nohara D, Oba S, Tomomitsu M, Nagai-Tanima M, Aoyama T. Gait Analysis During Paralysis Recovery in a Rat Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Model. JOR Spine. 2025 Aug 6;8(3):e70102. doi: 10.1002/jsp2.70102.
  2. Makita M, Onishi M, Kouno C, Kawabe R, Doi N, Tahu Y, Aoyama T, Nagai-Tanima M. Changes in Knowledge and Compliance with Pitch Count Recommendations Among Youth Baseball Coaches: A Cross-Sectional Comparison at Two Time Points. Open Access J Sports Med. 2025 Jul 29;16:89-97. doi: 10.2147/OAJSM.S528323.
  3. Kashima S, Irie K, Watanabe D, Kanazawa S, Uemura S, Nagai-Tanima M, Aoyama T. Development of a bottle-type sensor measuring two-hand movement. Med Eng Phys. 2025 Apr;138:104315. doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2025.104315.
  4. Bandara A, Shimizu H, Watanabe D, Misa T, Suzuki S, Tanigawa K, Nagai-Tanima M, Aoyama T. Diurnal variations in gait parameters among older adults with early-stage knee osteoarthritis: insights from wearable sensor technology. Sci Rep. 2025 Mar 7;15(1):8026. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-91617-5.
  5. Nagai-Tanima M, Ishida K, Ishikawa A, Yamada S, Takakuwa T, Aoyama T. Three-dimensional imaging analysis of the developmental process of posterior meniscofemoral ligaments in rat embryos. Cells Tissues Organs. 2024 Jan 5. doi: 10.1159/000536108.

Laboratory

Professor：Tomoki Aoyama
e-mail: aoyama.tomoki.4e@kyoto-u.ac.jp
TEL 075-751-3952

Assistant professor：Momoko Nagai-Tanima
e-mail: tanima.momoko.8s@kyoto-u.ac.jp
TEL 075-751-3964

【HP】
https://www.humanalysis-square.hs.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp
https://www.humanalysis-square.hs.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/multi/
https://regenerative-rehabilitation.hs.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Research Fields
  1. Home
  2. Research
  3. Research Fields