2016 Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 98-102
It is important that 3 factors of exercise, nutrition and rest are set in high level and balanced between 3 factors for the conditioning of athletes and health management of general public. The original concept of Waseda University clinic of sports medicine and science which was established in consideration for the above point was to support student athletes’ condition by specialists in many fields. Therefore, in this clinic the medical department ( internal medicine, orthopedic surgery and psychology ), the nutritional department, the conditioning and re-conditioning department are set up, and medical doctors, nutritionists, athletic trainers and mental counselors have supported greatly for conditioning of athletes and teams by their expert knowledge. Because there are many specialists in the field of sport science in this clinic, basic researches concerning sport medicine and science have been carried out at the same time. In Waseda University the health management center and athletic sports center are established, too. Therefore, it is necessary to use above 3 facilities effectively for many students, teachers and staffs in the point of the conditioning and health management, and it is important challenge for these facilities to utilize usefully each other and to fuse together.
