Research theme for competitive and other funds (3):
2021 - 2024 Effectiveness of improvisational expressive dance activities in nursing homes for the elderly
2019 - 後期高齢者・認知症者を対象とした身体表現活動の意義
2017 - ダンサーの熟達過程と身体感覚の変容、および内省の関連について
Papers (14):
The relationship between dance proficiency and self-regulated learning as expressed in dancersʼ changing views of dance: From a comparison between dance students and professional dancers. 2023. 15. 83-100
Chiharu Oka. Characteristics of a Dance Program with Improvised Physical Expression in a Day Care Center - Focusing on Communication Generated between the Instructor and Participants -. 2021. 30. 1. 14-24
Dance Activities in Facilities for the Elderly : A Study of Session Composition and Problems. 2020. 16. 235-249
Chiharu Oka. Relationship between development of dancer and Meta-cognitive Verbalization. ECSS Prague 2019-24th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, e-poster. 2019
Study on the effect of continued dance activity on the prevention of frailty - from interviews with three elderly women
(ECSS Congress Sevilla 2022 2022)