Students from the Department of Sports Health and Rehabilitation at our university's College of Physical Education (team name CORE) won the grand prize at the 1st University Student Academic Conference of the 36th Korean Association of Health Exercise Managers' Workshop with the support of TEAM Education Certification.

This workshop and academic conference were held at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul on Sunday, November 24. The workshop provided overall education for health exercise managers on the most popular exercise-related topics such as muscle wasting, pain, fitness, and exercise function recovery, and the first college student academic conference was held in the seminar room of the Cancer Hospital.

Students from the Department of Sports Health Rehabilitation, who are taking the Sports Rehabilitation Seminar, a TEAM Education Certification 'Application' course, presented their academic paper on the topic of “The Effects of Integrated Foot Inner and Outer Muscles Exercises on Toe Muscle Strength, Range of Motion, and Balance Ability of Community-Dwelling Older Adults,” and as a result, Park Byung-soo and three others (Kim Ji-hoon, Park Sang-joon, Lee Hyun-ki, and their advisor Jeon Ji-hyun) won the grand prize.

This study received positive reviews for presenting an effective way to improve the foot function, joint movement, and balance of the elderly through an integrated exercise program that strengthens the intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the foot based on an exercise program for the elderly in the community for a total of 10 weeks.

Professor Jihyun Jeon, the advisor of the research, said, “I am pleased that the students have the opportunity to grow as researchers through this award, and this research is significant in that it presents a practical approach that can contribute to solving the health problems of the elderly in the local community beyond simple academic achievements.” She also said that she plans to continue conducting practical research to promote the health of the local community.