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Miyamoto Lab
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A lab that studies the form and function of muscles and tendons to improve athletic performance and prevent injury.
AboutAbout the lab
Measuring muscles and tendons to understand movement and injury.
The Miyamoto Lab studies the size, structure, quality, function, and use of skeletal muscles and tendons.
Based on this, it develops conditioning methods that improve athletes' performance.
It also works to clarify how muscle strains occur and to identify new risk factors for injury.
The lab also studies how muscle and tendon characteristics differ by age, from children to middle-aged and older adults.
Key terms
- Tendon
- Strong, cord-like tissue that connects muscle to bone
- Muscle stiffness
- An index of how stiff a muscle is, or how resistant it is to stretching
- Muscle strain
- An injury in which part of a muscle is damaged when it is stretched forcefully
NewsLab news
A collaborative study the lab took part in, on the effects of assisted jumping, was published in the Journal of Human Kinetics
Prof. Miyamoto and colleagues published a study on the relationship between gastrocnemius stiffness and ground contact time in the European Journal of Applied Physiology
A collaborative study the lab took part in reported the effects of combining low-intensity resistance training with electrical muscle stimulation
Prof. Miyamoto and colleagues published a study on the function of the semitendinosus muscle after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in Clinical Biomechanics
Prof. Miyamoto and colleagues reported that muscle stiffness increases after a muscle strain injury
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates body movement and injury from the perspective of the size, structure, function, and use of skeletal muscles and tendons. It aims to apply the findings to training methods and to strategies for preventing sports injuries.
*Illustrative imageSkeletal muscle in athletes and older adults
The lab examines the characteristics of skeletal muscle, from athletes to older adults, in terms of size, structure, and quality.
*Illustrative imageMuscles, tendons, joints, and athletic performance
The lab investigates how the properties of muscles, tendons, and joints are related to performance in sport.
*Illustrative imageHow muscle strains occur
The lab works to clarify how muscle strains occur and searches for previously unknown risk factors for injury.
*Illustrative imagePreventing muscle strains
The lab tests methods that improve muscle function to lower the risk of muscle strains.
MembersFaculty
The lab's members are faculty and graduate students in the doctoral and master's programs.As of 2026
- ProfessorNaokazu Miyamoto
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Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Tendon - intermed mag” Nephron / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Skeletal muscle in athletes and older adults: “Skeletal muscle 400x” Alexander G. Cheroske / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Muscles, tendons, joints, and athletic performance: “Carrollton New Orleans hinge brass inside” Infrogmation of New Orleans / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- How muscle strains occur: “Frayed rope (Unsplash)” Wynand van Poortvliet / CC0 (cropped)
- Preventing muscle strains: “Gymnastic rings 20190613” Santeri Viinamäki / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (川間研究室): “Pen coil spring 20180405” Santeri Viinamäki / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (川上研究室): “Gastrocnemius muscle - posterior view” Polygon data were generated by Database Center for Life Science (DBCLS) / CC BY-SA 2.1 jp (cropped)
- Related lab (矢内研究室): “Eadweard Muybridge - Athletes. Walking High Leap (sepia)” Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904) / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (岡田研究室): “Turner Hall Milwaukee weights room” James Steakley / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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