Wheelchair dance for bedridden individuals as an active assisted exercise

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350801
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Nagoya College
• Principal Investigator: Terada Kyoko 名古屋短期大学, 現代教養学科, 教授 (20236996)
• Research Collaborator: Satonaka Ayako 名古屋大学, 大学院・医学系研究科, 特任助教 (80632497) ; Suzuki Nobuharu 常葉大学, 保健医療学部, 教授 (50393153) ; Terada Yuki
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 車いすダンス / フィットネス / 重度身体障がい者 / 脳性麻痺

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The measurements of heart rates and oxygen uptake showed that the energy consumption actually increased during the wheelchair dance in bedridden individuals with severe motor dysfunction. This study showed that a-year-long intervention of wheelchair dance actually improved aerobic fitness in those study participants. Therefore, we have now got special insights into how the physical activities in those bedridden individuals with severe motor dysfunction who were left lying all-day should be. We may have to change our attitudes toward those bedridden individuals to give them more opportunities for daily physical activities. We could also extend the now existing spectrum of the adapted sports for them to the wheelchair dance. Our case study also found that a specific case who showed alleviation of tightness of muscles brought about by cerebral palsy made it easier for him to eat meals after the wheelchair dance. There seems to be more about favorable effects of wheelchair dance.

Free Research Field

アダプテッド・スポーツ