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Sports Medicine and Motor Function Reconstruction Lab
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An endowed department engaged in the treatment of and research on sports injuries and disorders.
AboutAbout the lab
Delivering appropriate medical care to people involved in sports.
The Endowed Department of Sports Medicine and Motor Function Reconstruction is built on clinical and basic research in sports medicine, pain, and the development of medical implants, and on educational activities such as surgical technique training.
It is an endowed department established in April 2025 in the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, and it is funded by donations from outside the university.
Besides clinical research on the shoulder, knee, and ankle joints, the lab conducts basic research including biomechanics, imaging studies, epidemiological surveys, and animal experiments.
The department is located in the Clinical Research Promotion Center within Tohoku University Hospital.
Key terms
- Endowed department
- A department funded by donations from outside the university, such as from private companies and government organizations
- Biomechanics
- A field that studies how forces act on body tissues such as joints and bones
- Epidemiological survey
- A research method that studies how injuries and diseases occur, and what causes them, in a large number of people
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The lab's activities center on clinical and basic research in sports medicine, pain, and the development of medical implants, and on educational activities such as surgical technique training. In addition to clinical research on the shoulder and knee joints, it also conducts basic research such as biomechanics and imaging studies.
*Illustrative imageClinical research on shoulder, knee, and ankle joints and sports injuries
Clinical research centers on the shoulder, knee, and ankle joints and on sports injuries. Sports medicine, pain, and the development of medical implants are also listed as pillars of the department's activities.
*Illustrative imageBasic research on biomechanics, imaging, epidemiology, and animal experiments
Basic research includes biomechanics, imaging studies (MRI, CT, PET, etc.), epidemiological surveys, and animal experiments.
*Illustrative imageEarly detection and prevention of sports injuries
The department lists early detection of injuries and disorders through screening and the establishment of evidence-based prevention methods as the goals for which it was established.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Endowed Department of Sports Medicine and Motor Function Reconstruction consist of faculty, hospital staff physicians, and graduate students, and physical therapists in the hospital's Department of Rehabilitation assist with the research.As of 2026
- ProfessorNobuyuki Yamamoto
- LecturerTakayoshi Onoki
- Assistant ProfessorTakashi Aki
- Assistant ProfessorKeisuke Ishikawa
- Project AssistantKazuki Furuyama
- ProfessorToshimine Aizawa
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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: “A Case Study of Severe Elbow Injury and Rehabilitation of 14 Year Old Athlete by Coaches Sports Surgeons and Sports Physiotherapists - SPORTSMEDCON 2019 - SSKM Hospital - Kolkata” Biswarup Ganguly / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Clinical research on shoulder, knee, and ankle joints and sports injuries: “Avulsion fracture of the left first metacarpal” Hcoder3104 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Basic research on biomechanics, imaging, epidemiology, and animal experiments: “Representative Kinesiology Images” Phil Channing / John Skalicky / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Early detection and prevention of sports injuries: “Training of Paralympic athletes from Azerbaijan in Paris before 2024 Summer Paralympics 5” The National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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