Kobe University Hospital Kobe University Hospital is located in the west of Japan. The hospital has been designated an advanced treatment hospital by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and is therefore equipped to provide patients with advanced treatments, technologies, and assessments. The hospital consists of 38 departments to ensure appropriate, high-quality medical treatments for football players in all specialties. The multidisciplinary approach is available in this hospital.
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is a leading department in terms of both clinical and research outputs. The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery has been practicing sports medicine for nearly 50 years. This hospital provides advanced treatments and care to all professional and amateur athletes and football players with surgical and non-surgical treatment and rehabilitation programmes.
National university corporation hospital
934 beds, 809 specialists, 16 physical therapists, 4 occupational therapists, 3 speech-language-hearing therapists.
17 surgery rooms. Average number of surgical interventions approximately 700/per month
Hyogo Rehabilitation Center Hospital Hyogo Rehabilitation Center Hospital is located to the west of Kobe city and is one of the top Japanese hospitals specialising in rehabilitation. Although the hospital accepts all orthopaedic patients, disabled patients are also prioritised. The hospital includes a gymnasium, which is used for sports training for healthy athletes as well as persons with disabilities. The hospital also has substantial space for rehabilitation activities, and therefore allows it to support any type of rehabilitation programme, including the athletic training phase for back to the field.
Prefectural general hospital
One of the main institutions of the general rehabilitation center which consist of 9 institutions.
330 beds, 610 associates, 60 doctors, 35 physical therapists, 28 occupational therapists, 16 speech-language-hearing therapists.
13 clinical departments
Meiwa Hospital Meiwa Hospital is in Nishinomiya city, located to the east of Kobe city. Nishinomiya city is also near Osaka city, the second largest city in Japan and services the east of Hyogo prefecture and parts of Osaka. The hospital is a large general hospital equipped to treat all types of patients. The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery has been actively treating patients with sports-related injuries surgically and non-surgically for years. In 2011, the hospital set up new athletic training rooms equipped with a variety of the latest equipment for athletes. Physical therapists and athletic trainers support patients in the acute injury to post-injury and surgery rehabilitation phases.
Private general hospital
375 beds, 610 associates, 77 doctors, 11 physical therapists and 2 athletic trainers.
28 sub-special outpatient clinics
Facts Accredited FMCE since December 2014 All aspects of musculoskeletal and cardiac disorders, including sports medicine, trauma and rehabilitation
Prof. Ryosuke Kuroda Director/Head of FMCE Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Hospital, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, 650-0017 Kobe, Hyogo, Japan Tel.: +81 78 382 5985 kurodar@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
Prof. Takehiko Matsushita Assistant Professor First contact person at the FMCE Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Hospital, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, 650-0017 Kobe, Hyogo, Japan Tel.: +81 78 382 5985 Mobile: +81 80 6143 0514 matsushi@med.kobe-u.ac.jp