Abstract
This study has clarified the factors related to the needs and practices of sports and recreation program in the facilities for care and rehabilitation of people with physical disabilities. The subjects were people with disability who applied to enter the facilities and who were in the facilities for care and rehabilitation of people with physical disabilities in Japan (the number of persons were each 631, 992). Professionals were asked to answer the questionnaire about each person with disabilities, including age, sex, degree of impairment, activities of daily living (ADL), activity level, kinds of training program ,etc. The results were as follows ; 1) Level of ADL related to the needs and practices of sports and recreation program by chi-square test. 2) About sports program, people with low level of ADL had higher needs, but people with high level of ADL took part of sports and recreation program. 3) About recreation program, people with high level of ADL had higher needs, but people with low level of ADL took part of sports and recreation program. This suggests the necessity of setting needs - oriented sports and recreation program by combining the merit of both sports and recreation.
