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.