Hättest Du nicht Tai Chi zur Rehabilitation älteret Patienten nehmen können. Dafür gibt's nämlich jede Menge an Literatur.

Damit hier nicht der Eindruck entsteht, wir seien nur eine blöde Bande von Holzköppen habe ich mal meine medizinische Datenbank durchforstet. Im folgenden schicke ich mal alle Literaturzitate die m.E. mehr oder weniger auf Dein Thema passen würden. Allerdings ist das Ding chronologisch geordnet, und die meisten Arbeiten über Judo und geistig Behinderte stammen aus den frühen siebzigern. War wohl doch nicht so ergiebig, das ganze...

. Noch was: Ich habe die ganzen Arbeiten nicht gelesen. Schau Dir einfach mal die Abstracts an, und dann musst Du selber entscheiden, was Du wo bestellst. Ich übernehme keine Verantwortung für die enthusiastischen Ergüssen von Professoren, die gerade ihren Gelbgurt bekommen haben, oder von Angsthasen, die die Bevölkerung vor den tödlichen Techniken der Schläger warnen wollen. Wenn kein Abstract da ist, war kein Abstract da

. Vorsicht, heiss und fettig: Motor control and cerebral hemispheric specialization in highly qualified judo wrestlers. Mikheev M, Mohr C, Afanasiev S, Landis T, Thut G. Department of Neurology, Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies, Repischeva 4-8-7, 197349, St. Petersburg, Russia With the purpose of investigating motor and cognitive lateralization profiles associated with long-term motor training, we investigated differences in hemispheric specialization between proficient judo sportsmen and controls through the assessment of a number of handedness and footedness items including postural preferences as well as dichotic listening and lateralized visual field tests. Our data show that: (1) the different handedness and footedness items did differently relate to each other within the athlete and control groups as revealed by a principle component analysis (PCA); (2) stand side correlated differently to these motor profile factors in athletes and controls; (3) athletes preferred more frequently to perform certain movements with the left hand than controls, although overall right-handed; (4) this was especially true for athletes which proved to be most proficient/skilled; and (5) in a lateralized verbal listening task and a lateralized visual field task athletes revealed enhanced right-hemispheric involvement relative to controls. Our results suggest that during motor and postural skill acquisitions (long-term judo training) lateral preferences are modified, probably due to neuroplasticity. Moreover, the present findings support the multidimensional view of handedness by Steenhuis and Bryden [Cortex 25 (1989) 289] and the notion of a right-hemispheric praxis system involved in skilled action routines within peripersonal space [Brain and Cognition 23 (1993) 181]. 2: Percept Mot Skills 2002 Feb;94(1):21-5 Effect of traditional judo training on aggressiveness among young boys. Reynes E, Lorant J.Laboratoire Sport et Regulations Sociales Universite de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France. This study assessed the effect of one year of traditional judo training on aggressiveness among young boys. 27 primary school pupils and 28 judo students were asked to complete the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire at two times 1 year apart. Analysis showed that judoka were more aggressive (had higher scores on Total Aggression, Verbal Aggression, and Anger) than the control group after one year of training, even if variations in aggressiveness were not significant. So, results do not support the view that judo training leads to less aggressiveness in a sample of children this young. 3: Gait Posture 2002 Apr;15(2):187-94 Judo, better than dance, develops sensorimotor adaptabilities involved in balance control. Perrin P, Deviterne D, Hugel F, Perrot C. Equilibration et Performance Motrice, UFR STAPS, University Henri Poincare