Development and dissemination of long-term care prevention program promoting exercise habit among elderly with knee pain

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25282218
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Oka Koichiro 早稲田大学, スポーツ科学学術院, 教授 (00318817)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 井上 茂 東京医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (00349466) ; 柴田 愛 筑波大学, 体育系, 准教授 (30454119) ; 朴 眩泰 国立研究開発法人国立長寿医療研究センター, その他部局等, その他 (10506976)
• Research Collaborator: PARK Hyun Tae 東亜大学, 医学生命工学部, 教授 (10506976) ; SHIBATA Ai 筑波大学, 体育系, 准教授 (30454119) ; ISHII Kaori 早稲田大学, スポーツ科学学術院, 准教授
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 介護予防 / 膝痛 / 運動療法 / 認知行動療法 / 普及

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study developed the long-term care prevention program combined with exercise therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy (pain coping skills training) among elderly with chronic knee pain, and examined the effectiveness of a newly-developed program. The program was effective in the improvement of pain self-management skills, physical function, and physical activity. In order to disseminate an effective program for community-dwelling older adults with knee pain, we discussed with staffs in target municipality, and carried out the dissemination trial. We found the development of participants’ recruitment strategies to be the most important issue for dissemination of this newly-developed program.

Free Research Field

健康行動科学