Yutaka Kuwae

Research Themes and Keywords

Evaluation of movement using wearable sensors and determination of effectiveness of exercise therapy

Final academic background/degree

Chiba Graduate School/PhD

licence · Qualification

Physical therapist, registered physical therapist, Basic Physical Therapy Sciences, Elderly Care Prevention Promotion Leader

Affiliated academic society

Japanese Physical Therapy Association, Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, Japanese Society for Early Mobilization

Major achievements

"Initiatives for teleclinical training using ICT during the COVID-19 pandemic." (Physical Therapy Science and Research 13, 2022), "Can an ordinary pedometer evaluate the walking steps of hemiplegic patients?" (Proceedings of The joint meeting of International Workshop on E-health and 2nd International Conference on Ubiquitous Healthcare, 91-94), "Improving the accuracy of pedometer used by the elderly with the FFT algorithm." (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise)

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extracurricular activities

Research associate at the National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (2018-present), council member at the Japanese Society for Mobility Studies (2019-present), member of the Care Robot Needs and Seeds Collaboration Emphasis Council (2019-2020), director at Chiba Prefecture Physical Therapists Association (2021-present)

Social contribution activities

Academic Affairs Bureau of the 25th-26th Joint Chiba Prefecture Physical Therapist Association (2021), Director of Operations of the 28th Chiba Prefecture Physical Therapist Association (2022), Director of Public Relations of the 43rd Kanto-Koshinetsu Block Physical Therapist Association and the 30th Chiba Prefecture Physical Therapy Academic Conference Joint Conference