わが国における視覚障害者のスポーツ活動の現状と課題

概要

論文の詳細を見る
It is supposed that visually-impaired people tend to limit their free physical activities because of safety. It is important that visually-impaired people have opportunities to do sport and physical activities for promotion of their physical fitness and improvement of their quality of life. In this paper, the actual condition and issues to be settled for promotion of sports and physical activities of visually-impaired people in Japan were reviewed by reports and findings of various aspects; the physical fitness level of visually-impaired people, actual condition of sport and physical activities in the educational institution, physiological effects of the ball game sports which are specific for visually impaired people. Also, recently there are new trials for playing interesting events. And there are reports which are considering how to guide blind runners or skiers, and the development of assistive materials through which visually-impaired people can know the movement of sporting devices flying in the air. How sighted people should work to promote the sport activities of visually-impaired people is also discussed.
2009-06-30