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Toshiaki Sato

Affiliation Occupational Therapy
Position Professor
Executive Chairperson
Degree PhD in Medicine
E-mail address tsato@ (Add "yachts.ac.jp" to end)
Researchmap(External Link) https://researchmap.jp/read0072834?lang=en
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Personal website(External Link)
Research Areas Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation
Research History Apr.2011-Present
Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences.
Apr. 2006-Mar.2011
Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences.
Message from Faculty members <Research>
Research on Functional anatomical and neurophysiological studies on the mechanism of human upper limb movement
Research on motor function evaluation and treatment effects in patients with musculoskeletal disorders
Research on prevention of nursing care for the elderly
Achievements < Refereed Journal Chapters in Book>
Physical Inactivity syndrome.2025. PP252-259, ISBN 978-4-7653-2020-7 (in Japanese).
Activities of Daily Living in Occupational Therapy. 2014; pp2-5,pp42-46,pp90-95,ISBN 978-4-8058-5066-4 (in Japanese).
Functional significance of facilitation between the pronator teres and extensor carpi radialis in humans: studies with electromyography and electrical neuromuscular stimulation, EMG Methods for Evaluating Muscle and Nerve Function. 2011; 259-278. ISBN 978-953-307-793-2.

<Principal Research Achievements>
Relation Between Reach Distance and Center of Pressure Distance for Multidirectional Reach in Hemiplegic Patients.Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 30(6)2021
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.105709.
Eeffects of different cover shapes on grasp patterns and maximum opening and closing capacity. Structure and Function 17(2):1-8,2019.
Oligosynatic inhibition of groupⅠa afferents from brachioradialis to triceps motor neurons in humans. Muscle Nerve 57(1):122-128,2018. https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.25664