和歌山県立医科大学では、みらい医療推進センターを中心に、障害者スポーツ医科学の研究を活発に行なっており、また障害者スポーツ日本代表選手の公式医療機関として指定も受けております。みらい医療推進センターでは、最先端の障害者スポーツ医科学に関する設備を導入した研究を行っており、このことが文部科学省に認められ、国内外の障害者スポーツ研究者に広く使っていただけるよう、平成２５年度に「障害者スポーツ医科学研究拠点」として認定され、本年で3年目となります。
2020年東京オリンピック・パラリンピックの開催を控え、現在様々な健常者のスポーツ研究が著しく活発に行われている中、障害者スポーツ研究についてもより活発になることが望まれています。多くの研究者の積極的な参加をお願いいたします。
With a reputation for excellent research performances on athl
etes with impairments in the Medical Centre for Health Promotion and Sport Science, Wakayama Medical University has been widely involved in a range of researches as one of leading medical research centres for athletes with impairments. Also, as the Medical Centre for Health Promotion and Sport Science has introduced the state-of-the-art equipment for studies, the University has been, thus, officially designated as the medical centre for Japanese National Para Team. In these respects the Joint Usage/Research Project has begun since 2013 when the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology recognized our excellent performances on people with impairments, and our high quality of facilities and equipment. The project aims to enabling more researchers to utilize those equipment and facilities and to contributing on the development of para sports in association with the Medical Centre for Health Promotion and Sport Science. Furthermore, as it promotes greater opportunity to exchange and share the knowledge on a range of technologies for players with impairments from a medical or social perspective in domestic and internationally, international applicants are very welcome to join our project. Since Tokyo hosts 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a wide range of studies regarding sports with the able bodied have been actively taken places across Japan. Now, the study for people with impairments should be also encouraged to gear up for higher achievements. We believe that our programme inspires various groups in education, social welfare or sport science to improve the environment for people with impairments.
