Hiroki Umegaki

Acute Effects of Static Stretching on Muscle Hardness of the Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle Belly in Humans: An Ultrasonic Shear-Wave Elastography Study

Masatoshi Nakamura, Tome Ikezoe, Takuya Kobayashi et al. · Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology · 2014 · 122 citations

Soft Tissue Injury, Medical Ultrasound, Muscle Function +15

Acute effects of static stretching on the hamstrings using shear elastic modulus determined by ultrasound shear wave elastography: Differences in flexibility between hamstring muscle components

Hiroki Umegaki, Tome Ikezoe, Masatoshi Nakamura et al. · Manual Therapy · 2015 · 71 citations

Soft Tissue Injury, Nonlinear Elasticity, Kinesiology +13

The effects of a 4-week static stretching programme on the individual muscles comprising the hamstrings

Noriaki Ichihashi, Hiroki Umegaki, Tome Ikezoe et al. · Journal of Sports Sciences · 2016 · 71 citations

Muscle Function, Neuromuscular Coordination, Movement Biomechanics +23

Changes in Passive Properties of the Gastrocnemius Muscle–Tendon Unit During a 4-Week Routine Static-Stretching Program

Masatoshi Nakamura, Tome Ikezoe, Hiroki Umegaki et al. · Journal of Sport Rehabilitation · 2016 · 46 citations · Full text

The effect of hip rotation on shear elastic modulus of the medial and lateral hamstrings during stretching

Hiroki Umegaki, Tome Ikezoe, Masatoshi Nakamura et al. · Manual Therapy · 2014 · 43 citations

Kinesiology, Hip Rotation, Biomechanics +12