Research activity information

• Mar. 2026 神戸大学名谷保健科学賞

• Physical fitness of adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities in special support schools: Insights from Japan's 2023 national survey

  Hiroki Sato, Toshihiro Akisue, Akio Yamamoto, Kumiko Ono, Tomoko Sato, Ryoko Tonogaki, Toru Nagao

  Apr. 2026, Disability and Health Journal

  Scientific journal


• Association Between the Skeletal Muscle Mass Index and Physical Function in Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

  Hiroki Sato, Toshihiro Akisue, Rumi Tanemura, Akio Yamamoto, Kumiko Ono, Junko Uchida, Junko Ishida, Toru Nagao

  Dec. 2025, Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

  Scientific journal

  Link to Kobe Univ. Repository (Kernel)


• Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the japanese translation of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment for upper and lower extremity sensorimotor function after stroke

  Yukitaka Tomoda, Toru Nagao, Tomoko Uchida, Hiroki Sato, Masatoshi Oonishi, Takayuki Okamoto, Maya Tajitsu, Margit Alt Murphy

  Objective: To develop an official translation of the original Fugl-Meyer Assessment of upper and lower extremity sensorimotor function into Japanese by following a standardized cross-cultural adaptation process to ensure conceptual, linguistic, and semantic validity.Design: Cross-cultural translation/validation.Subjects/Patients: Seven Japanese clinical experts and an external expert developed the translation. The pilot study included 10 participants with stroke.Methods: Following the Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Objectively Assessed Outcome Measures, the Fugl-Meyer Assessment was forward and backward translated and reviewed by an expert group and an external expert familiar with the original scale. The translation was tested in a pilot study with 10 patients with hemiparetic stroke to identify problematic items in intra- and inter-rater agreements.Results: Sufficient intra- and inter-rater agreements (> 70% agreement) were reached for all items, and only 2 sensation items showed systematic disagreement. These results were incorporated to refine the translation and ensure conceptual, semantic, and linguistic equivalence with the original Fugl–Meyer Assessment.Conclusion: The culturally validated upper and lower extremity Fugl-Meyer Assessment supports the Japanese rehabilitation field and promotes international collaboration by improving the unified assessment of sensorimotor function in individuals with stroke.

  MJS Publishing, Medical Journals Sweden AB, Aug. 2025, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 57, jrm43350

  Scientific journal


• Association between exercise tolerance and frontal lobe function in COPD

  Sato Hiroki, Nakamura Takahito, Hori Ryuji, Shimaji Kaho, Yamaguchi Takumi, Yamamoto Akio, Ishikawa Akira

  【目的】慢性閉塞性肺疾患（以下COPD）の併存症に高次脳機能障害があり，前頭葉機能低下が指摘されているが，その患者特性は明らかになっていない．そこで本研究では，COPD患者の前頭葉機能と運動耐容能の関連について検討を行った． 【方法】6分間歩行距離（以下6MWD）により，COPD患者を運動耐容能維持群と運動耐容能低下群の2群に分け，Mann-Whitney U検定で前頭葉機能検査（以下FAB）合計点を比較した．二次解析として重回帰分析とROC解析を行い，交絡因子の調整と前頭葉機能低下に対する6MWDのカットオフ値を算出した． 【結果】FAB合計点は，運動耐容能低下群で有意に低値を示した（p＝.009）．また年齢と％FEV₁を共変量に加えても，FAB合計点に対し，6MWDの有意な正の回帰係数が認められた（β＝0.42, p＝.028）．加えてROC解析から6MWD：284mが前頭葉機能低下のカットオフ値として算出された． 【結語】COPDにおいて運動耐容能低下は前頭葉機能低下と関連することが示唆された．

  The Japan Society for Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation, Dec. 2022, The Journal of the Japan Society for Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation, 31(1) (1), 122 - 128, Japanese

  [Refereed]

• 作業療法概論

  石川, 朗, 種村, 留美, 仙石, 泰仁, 野田, 和惠

  Contributor, 中山書店, Nov. 2023, Japanese, ISBN: 9784521750484


• 知っていますか? 青年海外協力隊(JICAボランティア)

  佐藤 央基

  大阪府作業療法士会, Jul. 2016, Japanese

• Association Between the Skeletal Muscle Mass Index and Physical Function in Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

  Hiroki Sato, Toshihiro Akisue, Rumi Tanemura, Akio Yamamoto, Kumiko Ono, Junko Uchida, Junko Ishida, Toru Nagao

  The 19th WFOT Congress 2026, Feb. 2026

  Poster presentation


• 知的発達障害の中高生における新体力テストの信頼性と6分間歩行試験,10m歩行試験,TUGTの併存的妥当性

  佐藤 央基, 山本 暁生, 佐藤 知子, 殿垣 亮子, 長尾 徹

  日本作業療法学会抄録集, Nov. 2025, Japanese, (一社)日本作業療法士協会


• Effects of community-based exercise class on adolescents with intellectual disabilities who did not exercise regularly

  Hiroki Sato, Toru Nagao, Akio Yamamoto

  The 8th Asia Pacific Occupational Therapy Congress 2024, Nov. 2024

  Poster presentation


• 内部障害でのリハビリテーションで 作業療法士が期待されていること

  座長, 佐藤 央基, 石川 朗, 早川 貴行

  第58回日本作業療法学会

  [Invited]

  Public discourse


• 神経発達症を抱える児童の身体活動量が睡眠の質に及ぼす影響

  小野くみ子, 荒川世麗, 中山優豊, 山本暁生, 長尾徹, 佐藤央基, 高田哲, 秋末敏宏

  第78回日本体力医学会大会, Sep. 2024

  Poster presentation


• 発達の気になる児童を対象とした地域で行う短期間のスポーツ実践が体力・運動機能に及ぼす影響

  山本 暁生, 松井 学洋, 篠川 裕子, 秋末 敏宏, 小野 くみ子, 長尾 徹, 佐藤 央基, 高田 哲

  小児保健研究, May 2024, Japanese, (公社)日本小児保健協会


• 慢性閉塞性肺疾患(COPD)における運動耐容能と前頭葉機能の関連

  佐藤 央基, 中村 孝人, 堀 竜次, 山口 卓巳, 石川 朗

  日本作業療法学会抄録集, Nov. 2023, Japanese, (一社)日本作業療法士協会


• 重症COPD患者の在宅生活に向けた介入-トイレ動作を中心に-

  佐藤央基, 下西徳

  大阪府作業療法学会, 2014

• 一般社団法人日本呼吸ケア・リハビリテーション学会


• 一般社団法人 日本作業療法士協会

• Effects of community-based sports for children with disabilities on children and their families

  佐藤 央基

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Kobe University, 31 Aug. 2023 - 31 Mar. 2025