Ichiro Miyai
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4
Total Citations
12
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About
Ichiro Miyai is a leading researcher in neurorehabilitation, robotics, and functional neuroimaging, with a focus on restoring motor function after brain injury. His work bridges engineering and neuroscience to develop innovative rehabilitation technologies. Notably, he pioneered the split-force-controlled body weight support (SF-BWS) robot for gait rehabilitation, which uses two pneumatic artificial muscles to independently support patients, improving balance and walking recovery. He also contributed to the development of the 3-D rehabilitation robot “EMUL,” combined with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to evaluate upper limb motor function, offering real-time brain activity monitoring during therapy. Miyai’s research emphasizes neuroscience-based strategies, showing how functional reorganization of neural networks underpins recovery. His studies on cortical adaptation during robotic reaching tasks have advanced understanding of motor learning. Though his most-cited works have modest citation counts, their interdisciplinary impact is significant, influencing rehabilitation robotics and clinical neurorehabilitation. Miyai’s work exemplifies how integrating robotics with brain imaging can create personalized, effective therapies for stroke and elderly patients.
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- 3[Neuroscience based strategies for neurorehabilitation].2 citations · 2007
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