Ko Yanase

Association of low back pain with muscle stiffness and muscle mass of the lumbar back muscles, and sagittal spinal alignment in young and middle-aged medical workers

Mitsuhiro Masaki, Tomoki Aoyama, Takashi Murakami et al. · Clinical Biomechanics · 2017 · 120 citations · Full text

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +16

Effects of two stretching methods on shoulder range of motion and muscle stiffness in baseball players with posterior shoulder tightness: a randomized controlled trial

Taishi Yamauchi, Satoshi Hasegawa, Masatoshi Nakamura et al. · Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery · 2016 · 93 citations · Full text

Medicine, Kinesiology, Sports Medicine +17

Shoulder horizontal abduction stretching effectively increases shear elastic modulus of pectoralis minor muscle

Jun Umehara, Masatoshi Nakamura, Kosuke Fujita et al. · Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery · 2017 · 39 citations · Full text

Medicine, Anatomy, Orthopedic Surgery +14

Muscle stiffness of posterior lower leg in runners with a history of medial tibial stress syndrome

Junya Saeki, Masatoshi Nakamura, S. Nakao et al. · Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · 2017 · 38 citations · Full text

Health Professions, Kinesiology, Sports Medicine +13

Ankle and toe muscle strength characteristics in runners with a history of medial tibial stress syndrome

Junya Saeki, Masatoshi Nakamura, S. Nakao et al. · Journal of Foot and Ankle Research · 2017 · 22 citations · Full text

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine +16