Welcome and Editorial Note - BIOPHILIA REHABILITATION CONFERENCE (IBRC)

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I am privileged to invite you to the annual IBRC conference, which will take place in Okayama on June 14. This will be the 16^th annual meeting of the International Biophilia Rehabilitation Academy; an organization that has been undertaking undaunting efforts for more than two decades to reshape the rehabilitation paradigm in the super-aging society of the contemporary world. The IBRA has been one of the first to introduce the concept of motivated exercise into the modern physiotherapeutic work, particularly in neurological physical distress, in order to streamline the process of physical rehabilitation and to make the most of it from the standpoint of ever increasing medical, economical, and organizational needs. The innate part of this concept is to enhance the patient’s motivation and self-esteem to minimize mental resistance to physical motion, and to enhance the patient’s desire to overcome the handicap through active participation in the rehabilitation process. Motivated exercise may actually be considered a part of the modern bioprogressive philosophy, which combines holistic aspects of biology and function into the realm of rehabilitation and antiaging strategies to counteract the age-related ailments.

The main feature of this year’s conference will be the elaboration on the International Standardization of the motivated rehabilitation paradigm in an effort to unify various physiotherapeutic interventions. Standardization would make it easier to implement an integrative approach to improve the performance of corrective exercises and function recovery and to compare among various medical and, in particular, community-based rehabilitative settings.

We are obliged to invite Eminent Scientists, Academicians, and Researchers to the conference to share innovative thoughts and demonstrations on motivated rehabilitation therapy and its effects on health and movement patterns. The conference will feature internationally renowned keynote speakers in the area of rehabilitation and physiotherapy management. In addition to keynotes and workshops we are calling for abstracts of presentations and invite you to submit full articles related to your participation in the conference to the Biophilia Journal. We really value your outstanding contribution toward the advances in rehabilitation strategies and the scientific community.