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Physical Function Epidemiology Lab (Kishimoto Lab)
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The lab conducts follow-up studies of older adults and university students to support health promotion.
AboutAbout the lab
For an everyday life full of vitality
The Kishimoto Lab conducts research that contributes to people living lives full of vitality.
Broadly, its research covers two areas: the effects of promoting exercise and healthy habits on long-term care prevention and frailty prevention in older adults, and the lifestyle habits that help university students have a meaningful campus life.
The lab has established follow-up study fields (cohorts) among older community residents and university students, and conducts lifestyle questionnaire surveys and health measurements.
Graduate students, research students, and lab staff with diverse backgrounds, including physical therapists, occupational therapists, exercise instructors, and yoga instructors, are part of the lab.
Key terms
- Frailty
- Means "weakness"; a condition regarded as one of the factors that hasten the need for long-term care
- Cohort
- A group of people who are followed over a long period of time in a study
NewsLab news
A paper by a doctoral research trainee has been accepted by Cardiovascular Physical Therapy
A paper by a doctoral student has been published in the international journal GeroScience
Results of joint research with Osaka University have been published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases
A paper by a doctoral student has been published in the international journal BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
A paper by a doctoral student has been accepted by the international journal Geriatrics
ResearchResearch themes
The lab provides the scientific evidence that supports people's health promotion, and runs projects that contribute to society through collaboration with local governments and companies. It analyzes the collected data at the group level, returns the results to participants and cooperating organizations, and also shares them internationally.
Healthy Longevity Research in Itoshima City
Since April 2017, the lab has been working with Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture, to regularly check the frailty status of citizens aged 65 to 75 and to study how to suppress or delay the onset of long-term care needs (the Itoshima Happy Longevity Study). It also offers various classes and remote communication-based programs.
University Students' Lifestyle Habits and Academic Performance
Based on questionnaire surveys of incoming university students, the lab studies which lifestyle habits lower mental health and whether there are lifestyle patterns that lead to better academic performance.
MembersFaculty
The Kishimoto Lab's members consist of faculty, academic researchers and degree trainees, doctoral and master's students, collaborative researchers, and lab assistants ("labo-san").As of 2025
- Associate ProfessorHiro Kishimoto
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