Keynote Speaker: Daisuke Sato

Speaker Profile:

Daisuke Sato, Japan

Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Institute for Human movement and Medical Sciences (Japan).

Dr. Sato has always been involved in the study of human movement in water initially concentrating on elderly populations under the leadership of Prof Nomura. He also examined muscle activity during deep water running together with colleagues. More recently he has concentrated on the neurophysiology of immersion: Does the water immersion affect the neural plasticity in human? This work certainly has applications to therapy in water as well as motor control in swimmers in general.