Orthopaedic Pillow: Theory and Practice

Shuori Yamada

Director of 16 Gou Orthopaedic Clinic, M.D., Ph.D. President of Shuori Yamada Pillow Research Institute, Co., Ltd., Specialist of the Japanese Orthopedic Association, Member of the Japanese Society of Lumbar Spine Disorders, the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research Reserved, the Japanese Society of Sleep Research, and the Japanese Association for the Study of Musculoskeletal Pain.

In 2002, she opened a special outpatient clinic, "Pillow Clinic," as an orthopedic therapy. In 2003, she established Yamada Shuori Pillow Research Institute, Co., Ltd. to research sleep posture and developed custom-made orthopedic pillows.

She is active in basic and clinical research on sleep posture, pillows, and sleep for special diseases such as cervical spine disease, postural abnormalities (kyphosis), rheumatoid arthritis, and sleep apnea syndrome, in collaboration with researchers in engineering and medicine. She has established the Sleep Posture Study Group, a joint research network with orthopedic surgeons.

山田秀理
16號整形外科診所主任，醫學博士，山田秀理枕頭研究所有限公司總裁，日本整形外科協會專家，日本腰椎疾病學會、日本脊椎外科及相關研究學會、日本睡眠研究學會及日本肌肉骨骼疼痛研究學會會員。

2002年，她開設了專門的門診「枕頭診所」，作為整形治療的一部分。2003年，她成立了山田秀理枕頭研究所有限公司，專注於研究睡眠姿勢並開發客製化的整形枕頭。

她積極從事睡眠姿勢、枕頭及睡眠的基礎與臨床研究，針對特殊疾病如頸椎病、姿勢異常（駝背）、類風濕性關節炎及睡眠呼吸暫停症候群，並與工程及醫學領域的研究者合作。她成立了睡眠姿勢研究小組，與整形外科醫生共同進行研究。