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Mizuno Lab
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A lab that studies how conditioning, such as stretching, affects physical function.
AboutAbout the lab
Building the science of conditioning from flexibility, muscle-tendon properties, and neuromuscular responses.
The Mizuno Lab studies how conditioning, including stretching, affects physical function.
Through objective evaluation using isokinetic dynamometers, muscle strength testers, ultrasound imaging systems, electromyography, and electrical stimulators, the lab aims at applications in sports, health, and wellness.
Based on exercise physiology and biomechanics, the lab objectively and quantitatively evaluates joint flexibility and muscle-tendon stiffness.
Students can join this lab starting at the graduate level.
Key terms
- Range of motion
- The range through which a joint can move. Also called ROM. It varies greatly from person to person.
- Passive torque
- Passive resistance. In this lab, it is one clue for examining individual differences in flexibility and changes caused by stretching.
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Abbreviated as tDCS. This lab uses it to stimulate the sensory cortex of the brain in attempts to increase range of motion.
NewsLab news
Original paper accepted by Sports
Original paper accepted by Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
Original paper accepted by Journal of Dance Medicine and Science
Invited review paper contributed to the Japanese Society of Dance Medicine
ResearchResearch themes
Based on knowledge from exercise physiology and biomechanics, the lab scientifically examines how physical interventions such as stretching and electrical stimulation affect muscle-tendon properties and joint flexibility. Its research ranges from the mechanisms behind individual differences in flexibility to the development of new conditioning methods and applications in sports, health, and local communities.
Mechanisms of individual differences in flexibility
The lab investigates what determines individual differences in joint range of motion. It compares people with especially high flexibility, such as ballet dancers, with non-dancers, approaching the question from multiple angles: muscle-tendon mechanical properties, passive torque, and the peripheral and central nervous systems.
How stretching changes the body
The lab examines acute and long-term adaptations in range of motion, muscle strength, passive torque, and muscle-tendon stiffness in response to static and dynamic stretching. It also quantitatively clarifies how effects differ by duration, intensity, speed, and amplitude, and how long it takes for them to return to baseline.
New methods combining stimuli
The lab develops and tests new, more efficient conditioning methods that combine stretching with other physical therapy stimuli. These include attempts to increase range of motion by stimulating the sensory cortex of the brain with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), and combinations with electrical muscle stimulation, vibration stimulation, and heat stimulation.
Applications to sports, health, and communities
The lab promotes social implementation of its findings, applying them to injury prevention and performance improvement for athletes, health promotion for residents, and support for mobility and independence among older adults. It works with local governments such as Toyota City and Seto City, supervising stretching classes and providing exercise instruction.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorTakamasa Mizuno
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