It is my pleasure to congratulate you on holding the 16th international biophilia rehabilitation conference with getting many persons involved here today from the bottom of my heart.
And also I express respect to you of the International Biophilia Rehabilitation Academy (IBRA) and the Japanese Biophilia Rehabilitation Academy (JBRA), and who did their best to hold the conference.
We well know that the members of the academies have been studying the related research fields including medical science, engineering, and social science with integrating the various aspects of a complex aged society in order to establish a sustainable super-aged society.
And also they are continuing their efforts for patients in order to overcome the impairment and re-gain physical activities.
Therefore, they have been doing to solve the subject of many sides for realizing “to overcome disabilities" from "to accept disabilities" with focusing "for restructuring the rehabilitation medicine."
This association, which promotes the development of social welfare equipment, spreading and promotion, and Enforces cultivation and training of a technician of the specified welfare equipment and an authorization hearing-aid technician, is carrying out the grants offer of pertinent art development.
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We provided them three grants;
"surveillance study for improvement in ADL and independence living an advanced age Lower limb fracture patient's” in 2000,
"surveillance study for improvement in ADL and then independence living an advanced age Lower limb fracture patient's by the specified welfare equipment” in 2003, and
“research on the role of welfare equipment and its use in the prevention of bedsore” in 2006-7, respectively, and accepted the result of research adjusted about the use effect of social welfare equipment.
I expect that the result of the study of IBRA and JBRA can contribute to the improvement in a life of human beings, and social development widely so that an advanced age disabled person improves the physical activity which received the disability, and overcome the anatomical functional disorder (impairment).
IBRC2019 will be held so that the new rehabilitation technique is studied and also spread for leading an independent life without becoming bedridden by the study of the fusion of the related research fields including rehabilitation medicine, engineering (within IT), social science, the care, nursing and medical treatment in being home and an institution, local rehabilitation, and gymnastics.
I wish for the more and more development of IBRA and JBRA you all the good health and happiness as a conclusion.
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