The Yamamoto and Saho seminars of Department of Sport and Medical Science held a health exercise class

From Monday, October 21st to Monday, December 16th, 2024, students from Department of Sport and Medical Science of Akihide Yamamoto, Senior Assistant Professor in Faculty of Medical Technology Technology, Teikyo University, and Yasuaki Saho, Associate Professor in the same department, held a health exercises class for middle-aged and elderly people in the local area.
This class was launched as a seminar activity this year with the goals of being planned and run by students as an active learning class, outputting the knowledge of sports medicine and science learned in class, and experiencing a place of exercise instruction to acquire practical skills. 23 middle-aged and elderly people from the local area participated in this class, and they underwent physical fitness tests and healthy exercises. For the physical fitness tests, measurement items aimed at preventing the need for nursing care were selected and were carried out while taking into consideration risks such as falls, and for the healthy exercises, a program was created and put into practice that was conscious of preventing locomotive syndrome ^* through group work.
Although there were some moments when the students were unfamiliar with the process, they were able to successfully complete all eight classes under the warm support of the participants. This class was held with the support of the SoTL Project 2024, a grant from the University of Tokyo's Higher Education Development Center.

• * Locomotive syndrome: A condition in which mobility is impaired due to disorders of the musculoskeletal system.

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