| Effects of two stretching methods on shoulder range of motion and muscle stiffness in baseball players with posterior shoulder tightness: a randomized controlled trial T Yamauchi, S Hasegawa, M Nakamura, S Nishishita, K Yanase, K Fujita, ... Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery 25 (9), 1395-1403, 2016 | 108 | 2016 |
| The effects of a 4-week static stretching programme on the individual muscles comprising the hamstrings N Ichihashi, H Umegaki, T Ikezoe, M Nakamura, S Nishishita, K Fujita, ... Journal of sports sciences 34 (23), 2155-2159, 2016 | 75 | 2016 |
| Relationship between muscle swelling and hypertrophy induced by resistance training T Hirono, T Ikezoe, M Taniguchi, H Tanaka, J Saeki, M Yagi, J Umehara, ... The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research 36 (2), 359-364, 2022 | 73 | 2022 |
| Scapular kinematic alterations during arm elevation with decrease in pectoralis minor stiffness after stretching in healthy individuals J Umehara, M Nakamura, S Nishishita, H Tanaka, K Kusano, N Ichihashi Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery 27 (7), 1214-1220, 2018 | 68 | 2018 |
| Shoulder horizontal abduction stretching effectively increases shear elastic modulus of pectoralis minor muscle J Umehara, M Nakamura, K Fujita, K Kusano, S Nishishita, K Araki, ... Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery 26 (7), 1159-1165, 2017 | 51 | 2017 |
| Effect of hip and knee position on tensor fasciae latae elongation during stretching: an ultrasonic shear wave elastography study J Umehara, T Ikezoe, S Nishishita, M Nakamura, H Umegaki, T Kobayashi, ... Clinical Biomechanics 30 (10), 1056-1059, 2015 | 49 | 2015 |
| Acute effects of static stretching on the shear elastic moduli of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscles in young and elderly women M Nakamura, T Ikezoe, S Nishishita, J Umehara, M Kimura, N Ichihashi Musculoskeletal Science and Practice 32, 98-103, 2017 | 46 | 2017 |
| Individual differences in the neural strategies to control the lateral and medial head of the quadriceps during a mechanically constrained task S Avrillon, A Del Vecchio, D Farina, JL Pons, C Vogel, J Umehara, F Hug Journal of Applied Physiology 130 (1), 269-281, 2021 | 42 | 2021 |
| Static stretching duration needed to decrease passive stiffness of hamstring muscle-tendon unit M Nakamura, T Ikezoe, S Nishishita, H Tanaka, J Umehara, N Ichihashi The Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine 8 (3), 113-116, 2019 | 31 | 2019 |
| Relationship between ankle plantar flexor force steadiness and postural stability on stable and unstable platforms T Hirono, T Ikezoe, M Taniguchi, M Yamagata, K Miyakoshi, J Umehara, ... European journal of applied physiology 120, 1075-1082, 2020 | 30 | 2020 |
| Effect of scapular stabilization during cross-body stretch on the hardness of infraspinatus, teres minor, and deltoid muscles: An ultrasonic shear wave elastography study J Umehara, S Hasegawa, M Nakamura, S Nishishita, H Umegaki, ... Musculoskeletal Science and Practice 27, 91-96, 2017 | 29 | 2017 |
| Scapular kinematic and shoulder muscle activity alterations after serratus anterior muscle fatigue J Umehara, K Kusano, M Nakamura, K Morishita, S Nishishita, H Tanaka, ... Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery 27 (7), 1205-1213, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
| Comparison of shoulder muscle strength, cross-sectional area, acromiohumeral distance, and thickness of the supraspinatus tendon between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients … Y Ueda, H Tanaka, K Tomita, T Tachibana, H Inui, K Nobuhara, ... Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery 29 (10), 2043-2050, 2020 | 24 | 2020 |
| Acute effect and time course of extension and internal rotation stretching of the shoulder on infraspinatus muscle hardness K Kusano, S Nishishita, M Nakamura, H Tanaka, J Umehara, N Ichihashi Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery 26 (10), 1782-1788, 2017 | 24 | 2017 |
| Chronic effects of a static stretching program on hamstring strength S Nakao, T Ikezoe, M Nakamura, H Umegaki, K Fujita, J Umehara, ... The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research 35 (7), 1924-1929, 2021 | 22 | 2021 |
| Effect of different trunk postures on scapular muscle activities and kinematics during shoulder external rotation K Miyakoshi, J Umehara, T Komamura, Y Ueda, T Tamezawa, G Kitamura, ... Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery 28 (12), 2438-2446, 2019 | 19 | 2019 |
| Improvement in muscle strength with low‐load isotonic training depends on fascicle length but not joint angle H Tanaka, T Ikezoe, M Nakamura, K Yanase, K Fujita, Y Motomura, ... Muscle & Nerve 57 (1), 83-89, 2018 | 18 | 2018 |
| Acute and prolonged effects of stretching on shear modulus of the pectoralis minor muscle J Umehara, M Nakamura, J Saeki, H Tanaka, K Yanase, K Fujita, ... Journal of sports science & medicine 20 (1), 17, 2021 | 17 | 2021 |
| Association of pain history and current pain with sagittal spinal alignment and muscle stiffness and muscle mass of the back muscles in middle-aged and elderly women M Masaki, T Ikezoe, K Yanase, X Ji, J Umehara, J Aoyama, S Minami, ... Clinical spine surgery 32 (7), E346-E352, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
| Relationship between individual forces of each quadriceps head during low-load knee extension and cartilage thickness and knee pain in women with knee osteoarthritis M Yagi, M Taniguchi, H Tateuchi, T Hirono, M Yamagata, J Umehara, ... Clinical Biomechanics 91, 105546, 2022 | 15 | 2022 |