Our team
University of Tsukuba Sports Medicine is comprised of a diverse group of health care professionals including orthopedic surgeons, cardiologists, rehabilitative physicians, exercise physiologists, athletic trainers, physical therapists, and acupuncturist. Our well-rounded team can address your specific sports- or health-related needs and physical conditions with the unified goal of assisting injured athletes and patients in regaining and optimizing their physical mobility and motor function, speeding their return to a healthy daily life, and optimizing their work and athletic performance.Member
| ■Basic sports medicine | |
|---|---|
| Takekoshi Kazuhiro | Anti-doping Genetic testing Renalase and exercise Biomarker in Sports(especially cfDNA) |
| Satoh Makoto | スポーツと睡眠 高地トレーニング |
| Maeda Seiji | Exercise Lifestyle modification Aging Lifestyle-related diseases Conditioning |
| Shoda Junichi | つくばスポーツ医学・健康科学センターでの支援研究 「肝臓リハビリテーション」のための運動プログラムの開発 肥満・生活習慣病における運動効果の分子メカニズムの解明 |
| Miyauchi Takashi | 生活習慣病・心臓血管病に対する薬物治療学とスポーツ医学 |
| Sagayama Hiroyuki | Energy metabolism Energy balance Clinical sports nutrition Body composition measurement Stable-isotope technique |
| ■Sports medicine in life stages | |
|---|---|
| Kuno Shinya | Sports medicine Exercise physiology Healthy policy Lifestyle-related disease |
| Shibata Ai | Sedentary behavior Physical activity Behavioral epidemiology Middle-aged and older adults Dissemination strategy |
| Takahashi Yoshio | Lifelong sports promotion Sports service Career development of sports instructor |
| Watanabe Koichi | Anti-Doping Respiratory disease, respiratory function, and sports Health security and promotion in sports activities Sport related heat illness Aquatic medicine |
| ■Sports medicine for high performance | |
|---|---|
| Kuga Keisuke | Heart disease Cardiac function Conditioning Prevention of sudden cardiac death |
| Shiraki Hitoshi | 外傷・障害予防のトレーニング アスレティックリハビリテーション |
| Takemura Masahiro | Sports Physiotherapy/ Rehabilitation for injured athletes Establishing the mehods of sports injury prevention based on injury surveillance Analysis of inciting events causing macro-traumatic sports injuiries by video recording |
| Mukai Naoki | 運動と骨代謝：疲労性障害の成因の追求 運動と軟骨代謝 軟骨変性のメカニズムと予防 スポーツ外傷・障害の発生とその治療 |
| Wada Tsunehiko | Effects of acupuncture, moxibustion, massage in sports field Support for sports athletes with disabilities |
| Kanamori Akihiro | 膝のバイオメカニクス 膝のスポーツ障害 |
| Fukuda Takashi | アスレティックリハビリテーション アスリートのコンディショニング |
| Ogata Akihiro | Acupuncture, moxibustion and manipulation in sports field Physically disabled athlete support |
| ■Sports medicine for health and diseases | |
|---|---|
| Kobayashi Hiroyuki | Signal transduction in skeletal muscle Insulin resistance and exercise Fraility of very elderly person |
| Okamoto Yoshikazu | MRI of the Skeletal muscle Screening test for adolescent sports athlete using dedicated MRI Survey for the upper extremities of Paralympian using MRI Development of car mountable MRI for the sports screening test in the field |
| Hada Yasushi | Training and Health care for Para athlete Neuro-muscular activity evaluation using Clinical neurophysiological method Rehabilitation Medicine |
| Nakata Yoshio | Exercise epidemiology Weight control for overweight and obese Physical activity measurement |
| ■Cooperative Graduate School Program | |
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| Sugawara Jun | Cardio-cerebrovascular system Hemodynamic regulation Aging Exercise training Human informatics |
