| Validity of measurement of shear modulus by ultrasound shear wave elastography in human pennate muscle N Miyamoto, K Hirata, H Kanehisa, Y Yoshitake PloS one 10 (4), e0124311, 2015 | 123 | 2015 |
| Effect of pressure intensity of graduated elastic compression stocking on muscle fatigue following calf-raise exercise N Miyamoto, K Hirata, N Mitsukawa, T Yanai, Y Kawakami Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 21 (2), 249-254, 2011 | 100 | 2011 |
| Associations of passive muscle stiffness, muscle stretch tolerance, and muscle slack angle with range of motion: individual and sex differences N Miyamoto, K Hirata, E Miyamoto-Mikami, O Yasuda, H Kanehisa Scientific reports 8 (1), 1-10, 2018 | 95 | 2018 |
| Influence of the intensity of squat exercises on the subsequent jump performance A Fukutani, S Takei, K Hirata, N Miyamoto, H Kanehisa, Y Kawakami The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research 28 (8), 2236-2243, 2014 | 95 | 2014 |
| Muscle-specific acute changes in passive stiffness of human triceps surae after stretching K Hirata, E Miyamoto-Mikami, H Kanehisa, N Miyamoto European journal of applied physiology 116, 911-918, 2016 | 87 | 2016 |
| Effects of hamstring stretching on passive muscle stiffness vary between hip flexion and knee extension maneuvers N Miyamoto, K Hirata, H Kanehisa Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports 27 (1), 99-106, 2017 | 83 | 2017 |
| Evidence for intermuscle difference in slack angle in human triceps surae K Hirata, H Kanehisa, E Miyamoto-Mikami, N Miyamoto Journal of biomechanics 48 (6), 1210-1213, 2015 | 82 | 2015 |
| Contributions of hamstring stiffness to straight-leg-raise and sit-and-reach test scores N Miyamoto, K Hirata, N Kimura, E Miyamoto-Mikami International journal of sports medicine 39 (02), 110-114, 2018 | 71 | 2018 |
| Associations between range of motion and tissue stiffness in young and older people K Hirata, R Yamadera, R Akagi Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2020 | 61 | 2020 |
| Acute effect of static stretching on passive stiffness of the human gastrocnemius fascicle measured by ultrasound shear wave elastography K Hirata, H Kanehisa, N Miyamoto European journal of applied physiology 117, 493-499, 2017 | 56 | 2017 |
| ESR1 rs2234693 polymorphism is associated with muscle injury and muscle stiffness H Kumagai, E Miyamoto-Mikami, K Hirata, N Kikuchi, N Kamiya, ... Medicine and science in sports and exercise 51 (1), 19-26, 2019 | 53 | 2019 |
| Muscle stiffness of the vastus lateralis in sprinters and long-distance runners N Miyamoto, K Hirata, K Inoue, T Hashimoto Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 51 (10), 2080-2087, 2019 | 50 | 2019 |
| Association analysis of the ACTN3 R577X polymorphism with passive muscle stiffness and muscle strain injury N Miyamoto, E Miyamoto‐Mikami, K Hirata, N Kimura, N Fuku Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 28 (3), 1209-1214, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |
| Effect of conditioning contraction intensity on postactivation potentiation is muscle dependent A Fukutani, K Hirata, N Miyamoto, H Kanehisa, T Yanai, Y Kawakami Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 24 (2), 240-245, 2014 | 35 | 2014 |
| Can static stretching reduce stiffness of the triceps surae in older men? K Hirata, R Yamadera, R Akagi Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 52 (3), 673-679, 2020 | 34 | 2020 |
| Mechanical interaction between neighboring muscles in human upper limb: evidence for epimuscular myofascial force transmission in humans Y Yoshitake, D Uchida, K Hirata, DL Mayfield, H Kanehisa Journal of Biomechanics 74, 150-155, 2018 | 30 | 2018 |
| Nonuniform distribution of passive muscle stiffness within hamstring N Miyamoto, N Kimura, K Hirata Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 2020 | 23 | 2020 |
| Relationship between resting medial gastrocnemius stiffness and drop jump performance R Ando, S Sato, N Hirata, H Tanimoto, N Imaizumi, Y Suzuki, K Hirata, ... Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 2021 | 20 | 2021 |
| COL5A1 rs12722 polymorphism is not associated with passive muscle stiffness and sports-related muscle injury in Japanese athletes E Miyamoto-Mikami, N Miyamoto, H Kumagai, K Hirata, N Kikuchi, ... BMC Medical Genetics 20, 1-9, 2019 | 19 | 2019 |
| Eight-week low-intensity squat training at slow speed simultaneously improves knee and hip flexion and extension strength R Akagi, S Sato, N Hirata, N Imaizumi, H Tanimoto, R Ando, R Ema, ... Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 | 16 | 2020 |
