DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
(Chairperson)Physical therapy is the art and science of physical treatment by means of therapeutic exercise, instruction, and physical modalities. Physical Therapy is providing services to people and populations to develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout the lifespan.
In Japan in 1963, the first PT program was established in Tokyo; so, the history of Japanese PT education is 40 years. Now there are more than 160 PT education programs, however bachelor programs are only 31.
Our program is one of the bachelor course and the mission of our program is to bring up physical therapist who have excellent ability both art and science. We have distinguished faculty who are experienced in teaching, clinical care and research in the whole area of physical therapy. In addition, we are active in international collaboration with several universities especially with University of Colorado.
Our program will provide you with an opportunity to challenge getting quality physical therapist.
We are studying wide area of the physical therapy. One of main research filed is aging related issues of the motor system, because Japan is most aging nation in the world and Yamagata is one of most aging prefecture in Japan.
Regarding research interests of individual faculty, please refer the faculty section of this homepage.
| ●Professor (Chairperson) |
Kouji Ihashi |
●Professor (Director of the Graduate School) |
Jun Kumagai |
| ●Professor (Director of the Library) |
Katsuo Uchida | ●Professor | Hitoshi Makabe |
| ●Professor | Hideto Kanzaki |
●Assistant Professor |
Katsuhiko Suzuki |
| ●Assistant Professor | Toshiaki Takahashi | ●Assistant Professor | Katsuko Tanno |
| ●Instructor | Tadayoshi Minamisawa | ●Instructor | Seiya Akatsuka |
| ●Instructor | Tokiko Nagase | ● |
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First year
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First Semester
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Second Semester
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| Specialty Subject Group | Key Subjects | ・Principles of Physical Therapy (1) | ・Orthopedics for Rehabilitation (2) |
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| Clinical Education | ・Clinical Education I (1) | ||
| PT Research | ・Introduction of PT Research (1) | ||
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Second year
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First Semester
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Second Semester
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| Specialty Subject Group | Key Subjects |
・Kinesiology (1) |
・PT Assessment (2) |
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Third year
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First Semester
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Second Semester
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| Specialty Subject Group | Key Subjects | ・Manual Therapy (1) ・Musculoskeletal PT (1) ・Prosthetics and Orthotics (1) ・Practice of Prosthetics and Orthotics (1) ・Practice of Neurological PT (1) ・Practice of Developmental PT (1) ・Geriatric PT (1) ・Cardiopulmonary PT (1) ・Practice of Mental Health for Rehabilitation (1) |
・Manual Therapy Practice (1) |
| Advanced Subjects | ・Advanced Kinesiology ② ・Advanced Musculoskeletal PT ② ・Advanced Neurological PT ② ・Advanced Developmental PT ② ・Advanced Geriatric PT ② ・Advanced Cardiopulmonary PT ② |
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| Clinical Education | ・Clinical Education II (4) | ・Clinical Education III (7) | |
| PT Research | ・Seminar for PT Research (1) | ||
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Forth year
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First Semester
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Second Semester
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| Specialty Subject Group | Key Subjects | ||
| Advanced Subjects | ・Clinical Kinesioogy ② ・Clinical Issues for Musculoskeletal PT ② ・Clinical Issues for Neurological PT ② ・Clinical Issues for Developmental PT ② ・Clinical Issues for Geriatric PT ② ・Clinical Issues for Cardiopulmonary PT ② |
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| Clinical Education | ・Clinical Education IV (7) | ||
| PT Research | ・Graduation Thesis I (2) ・Graduation Thesis II (2) |
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| ※ ( ) … compulsory courses. ○ …elective courses. Numbers indicate credit received. | |||
