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Sports Physical Therapy Lab
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The lab studies sports injury prevention and women's health from a physical therapy perspective.
AboutAbout the lab
Returning research to clinical practice and the sports field.
The Sports Physical Therapy Lab studies the prevention of sports injuries, the effects of exercise therapy, and women's health management.
Aiming to give back to clinical practice and the sports field, the lab carries out its research in four groups: stretching, injury prevention, women's health, and cold environments.
It covers the prevention of ACL injuries, throwing injuries, and low back pain, as well as performance and conditioning in cold environments.
Together with local governments and companies, the lab also conducts health-support surveys and develops devices.
Key terms
- Physical therapy
- Treatment that uses exercise and physical stimulation to restore body movement and prevent disability
- Muscle-tendon extensibility
- How easily muscles and tendons stretch. It changes with stretching and affects how easily one can move
- Conditioning
- The overall process of preparing the body and mind for exercise
NewsLab news
A paper on stretching speed accepted by Applied Sciences
A doctoral student received the Best PhD / Master Thesis Award at SEPWOC
A master's thesis on landing in soccer players published in International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy
A doctoral student's paper published in Applied Sciences
Assistant Professor Koshino received an Excellent Poster Award at the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies health promotion centered on the prevention of sports injuries, the effects of exercise therapy, and women's health management. Its research aims to help solve problems in the sports field and in clinical practice.
*Illustrative imagePrevention of sports injuries
The lab studies how common sports injuries and disorders occur, with the aim of using the findings for prevention.
*Illustrative imageWomen's health management
Through research on self-care matched to the menstrual cycle and on sex differences, the lab pursues studies that lead to health support suited to athletes and to women's life stages.
*Illustrative imageJoint research with local governments and companies
Together with local governments and companies, the lab conducts surveys and practical research on health support and other topics, as well as research on device development.
*Illustrative imageVerifying the effects of exercise therapy
The lab examines how warm-ups and stretching done before sports affect muscle-tendon extensibility, athletic performance, and nerve function.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Sports Physical Therapy Lab are faculty, visiting researchers, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorMina Samukawa
- Assistant ProfessorYuta Koshino
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Hartschaumrolle” Finfit / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Prevention of sports injuries: “Anterior cruciate ligament arthroscopy” Arthroscopist / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Women's health management: “Hot water bottle for menstrual pain” Vulvani / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Joint research with local governments and companies: “Shiraoi Town General Gymnasium” 禁樹なずな
/ CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) - Verifying the effects of exercise therapy: “Back view of a woman performing a stretching exercise for the spine” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Midwifery/Maternal Nursing/Women's Medicine Lab): “Newborn-Baby-Feet” Evan-Amos / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Musculoskeletal Disorders Lab): “Osteoarthritis on X-ray” James Heilman, MD / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Adaptive Exercise Medical Science Lab): “Mouse running on a standard wheel” Manuelito2021consupadre / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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