Masaaki Sakamoto
Professor
School of Medicine
Gunma University
Japan
Biography
In his laboratory, I am doing physical science therapy for prevention of sports injury / disability, 2) health evaluation and health promotion for middle- aged and elderly and disabled people, 3) athletic rehabilitation etc. In addition, we support physiotherapy in junior high / high school soccer, basketball, baseball tournament etc. in prefecture.
Research Interest
We will instruct clinical studies such as mechanism of disorder of motor system and disorder caused by sports activity, pathological condition analysis, treatment method etc. Reconstructing exercise therapy for health promotion, physiological analysis on physical strength characteristics in growth stage and mature and advanced age, and research on kinematic analysis corresponding to sports event characteristics and activity level. Teach studies on preventive approaches to sports injuries and research on reconstruction of athletic rehabilitation.
Publications
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Abe Y, Sakamoto M, Nakazawa R, Shirakura K (2015) Relationship between joint motion and acceleration during single-leg standing in healthy male adults. J Phys Ther Sci 27: 1251-1256
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Okamoto S, Uka D, Nakazawa R, Sakamoto M (2015) The influence of continuous motion of shadow pitching on the range of motion of the shoulder joint and muscular strength. Physical Therapy Science 30: 161-165.
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Batbayar Y, Uga D, Nakazawa R, Sakamoto M (2015) Effect of various hand position widths on scapular stabilizing muscles during the push-up plus exercise in health people. J Phys Ther Sci 27: 2573-2576.
