BJD GLOBAL NETWORK CONFERENCE October 23 – 24, 2009, WASHINGTON DC, USA

1. JAPAN NAN Key projects in 2009 Title 1: Nationwide Structure for MSK Exam at SchoolAction Summary-1: Publication of a booklet on MSK disorders and injuries among school children and distribution of it to 45,000 schools for free (Fig.1) Action Summary-2: 4thyear trials expanded to 10 prefectures for an ideal structure Impact:Raised awareness among politicians, government officers and school doctors Future Development: Amendment of law Title 2: Enlightening on the importance of Preventing Sports Injury Action Summary-1: Symposium with two Ｏｌｙｍｐｉｃ medalists and a professional baseball player (Tokyo) Action Summary-2: Sending lecturers to seminars Impact: Raised awareness among athletes, players and coaches Future Development:Nationwide system of sending lecturers Fig 1. Booklet on MSK Disorders and Injuries BJD GLOBAL NETWORK CONFERENCE October 23 – 24, 2009, WASHINGTON DC, USA Key interactions with ISC, other NANs, regional groups, governments BJD Trans-Ａｕｓｔｒａｌｉａ　Campaign by Disabled Cyclist For the 3rd year transcontinental campaign, Mr. Shinji Kazama, who is a Japanese world famous motorcyclist and adventurer and has a shorter leg for a severe fracture at Dakar Rally 2004, chose Australia(Fig.2). Three disabled Japanese volunteers, two males and one female with an artificial leg or knee joint or hemiparesis, started Perth on 28th August for Sydney 5,000 km away. Two of them by turn ride ca. 100 km a day and Mr. Kazama or a Japanese orthopaedic surgeon escorts them (Fig 3, 4). On the way, they have visited hospitals such as trauma centers in Perth and Adelaide and are scheduled, by way of Melbourne,to arrive at Sydney on 17th October. Their endeavor to accomplish the journey, while making up each one's handicaps, should be a matchless opportunity to appeal the importance of musculoskeletal functions and to promote the public awareness toward it (Fig 5). Fig 2. Route of Journey Fig 3. A long way to Sydney Fig 4. Approaching Melbourne Fig 5. Putting a BJD badge on the shirt of a local men Key development plan for 2010 １. Foundation of the NPO for the BJD Activities beyond 2010 2. Activities summarizing the 10 years of Japan NAN 3. Trans-Japan “Ekiden” Campaign by 100 disabled runners 4. Trans-American Continents Campaign 5. Seeking for the foundation of national trauma centers 6. Promoting the model system of MSK exam at school