Measurement of human blood viscosity a using Falling Needle Rheometer and the correlation to the Modified Herschel-Bulkley model equation.

We measured the blood viscosity of 25 male and 25 female healthy people (total 50) using a compact-sized falling needle viscometer (Falling Needle Rheometer) capable of highly accurate measurements. Based on the analysis of the flow characteristics, most of the blood specific non-Newtonian fluid (Casson fluid) behavior was confirmed. Additionally, the blood from males has a higher apparent viscosity and Casson yield value than that from women.

Three dimensional motion analyses for rehabilitation version of Awa Odori exercise and the expectancy of physical effects.

'Awa Odori Exercise--Rehabilitation version--was developed in 2006 for the new trial of physical exercise for the aging and the impaired person with lower balance performance in Tokushima prefecture, Japan. Public relations of this exercise had been spreading over Tokushima since then. The characteristics of the exercise were highly familiar with most of people in Tokushima because of popularity in original 'Awa Odori'.