Satoru Nishishita

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

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 · 89 citations

Shoulder Range, Orthopaedic Surgery, Muscle Stiffness +16

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

Scapular kinematic alterations during arm elevation with decrease in pectoralis minor stiffness after stretching in healthy individuals

Jun Umehara, Masatoshi Nakamura, Satoru Nishishita et al. · Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery · 2018 · 55 citations

Arm Elevation, Kinesiology, Healthy Individuals +12