title: Three dimensional motion analyses for rehabilitation version of Awa Odori exercise and the expectancy of physical effects.
abstract: 'Awa Odori Exercise--Rehabilitation version--was developed in 2006 for the new trial of physical exercise for the aging and the impaired person with lower balance performance in Tokushima prefecture, Japan. Public relations of this exercise had been spreading over Tokushima since then. The characteristics of the exercise were highly familiar with most of people in Tokushima because of popularity in original 'Awa Odori'. This study proposed the efficacies of Awa Odori Exercise as a rehabilitation exercise. This exercise expected the flexible balance reinforcements and the substitution for walking training with prevention of fall, bedridden and participating restriction for the old people, also promoting the health in Tokushima.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigetaka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: Shinjiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takata
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Michiharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kashihara
authors.forename: Toshifumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Yoshimi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Natsuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yasui
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009038:Motion; D004856:Postural Balance; D016138:Walking