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This study was to renew conceptual definition of exercise rehabilitation with the changes of the times and explore possibility of exercise rehabilitation as multidisciplinary research. There is a rising interest on health in modern society. A great deal of research is being carried out to discover psychological & social health as well as physical health. World Health Organization(WHO) defined health is "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and merely the absence of disease or infirmity". Therefore, studies on multi-dimensional health are needed and multidisciplinary research become accepted as an effective means. Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation consist of 9 branches that is physical education(humane studies & science), social welfare, nursing, public health, nutrition, physical therapy, psychology, special(exercise), medicine(rehabilitation). So, Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation is suitable for multidisciplinary research and multidisciplinary research is strongly recommended for new research method nowadays. After careful consideration of multidisciplinary research trend in Korean Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation until now 2012, 32 among 261 research papers(about 12%) were multidisciplinary research and insufficient. Multidisciplinary research is to realize thinking and theory and develop various procedures and programs. In the future, Korean Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation demand a great deal of multidisciplinary research according to Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation conditions.