Saitama Prefectural University

Masters (Rehabilitation Science)

Doctoral (Philosophy in Health Sciences)

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Mission statement

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Our research group has a strong interest in Preventive rehabilitation for Osteoarthritis in Rehabilitation Science field. In particular, our Research Program consist of the context of joint Mechanobiology and disease.

・Associated between osteoarthritis development/progression and joint instability
・How influence of mechanical stress/hormone metabolism affects chondrocyte functions, contributes to osteoarthritis development/progression
・How exercise contributes to osteoarthritis development/progression/prevention

I’m looking forward to working together !!

RECENT WORKS/NEWS

Recent work

●：Publication ●：Conference ●：Seminar ●：Other

Coming soon

●The infrapatellar fat pad contributes to spontaneous healing after complete anterior cruciate ligament injury

Experimental Biology and Medicine .(Accepted) . Oct. 2023

Kano Takuma, Minegishi Yuki, Terada Hidenobu, Takasu Chiharu, Kojima Takuma, Oka Yuichiro, Kawabata Sora, Shimada Naoki, Morishita Yuri, Murata Kenji, Kanemura Naohiko

Collaborate Lab. Article: Kanemura Laboratory Homepage

●Chronic Ankle Joint Instability Induces Ankle Sensorimotor Dysfunction: A Controlled Laboratory Study

The American Journal of Sports Medicine (Accepted) . Oct. 2023

Sora Kawabata, Kaichi Ozone, Yuki Minegishi, Yuichiro Oka, Hidenobu Terada, Takuma Kojima, Chiharu Takasu, Naohiko Kanemura, Kenji Murata

Collaborator：Yuichiro Oka (Hokkaido University), Yuki Minegishi (Nihon Institute of Medical Science University)

●The effect of orthosis management on joint instability in knee joint disease: A systematic review

International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (Accepted) . Sep. 2023

Kenji Murata, Takuma Sakakida, Sora Kawabata, Moeka Yokoyama, Yuri Morishita, Kita Shunsuke, Keisuke Kubota Takuma Kano, Takuma Kojima, Hidenobu Terada, Chiharu Takasu, Naohiko Kanemura

Collaborator： Moeka Yokoyama (Juntendo University ), Yuri Morishita (Tokyo Kasei University)

●Differences of rehabilitation goal between physical therapists using contracture patient model -Focusing on ROM and improvement period- (Japanese)

Physical TherapyーPractice・Research・Education (Accepted) . 2023

Kenji Murata, Takashi Nasu, Takuma Kano, Shuhei Fujiwara, Takuya Matsumoto, Yuki Uehara, Kazuya Kubo

●Congratulations

Takuma Kojima : Grant Adopted (Saitama Physical therapy Association) June. 2023-

●Congratulations

Sora Kawabata : JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1). April. 2023-

●The science of Prevention for osteoarthritis rehabilitation (Japanese)

BIO Clinica. 24, 4 (2023) .

Kenji Murata, Sora Kawabata, Chiharu Takasu, Naohiko Kanemura

●Mild treadmill exercise inhibits cartilage degeneration via macrophages in an osteoarthritis mouse model

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 24, Article number: 254 (2023) .

Yuichiro Oka, Kenji Murata, Kaichi Ozone, Yuki Minegishi, Takuma Kano, Naoki Shimada, Naohiko Kanemura

Collaborate Lab. Article: Kanemura Laboratory Homepage

Collaborator： Yuichiro Oka (University of Hokkaido)

●Clinical utility of markerless motion capture for kinematic evaluation of sit-to-stand during 30 s-CST at one year post total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 24, Article number: 254 (2023) .

Katsuya Onitsuka, Keisuke Kubota, Moeka Yokoyama, Taku Miyazawa, Toyohiro Hamaguchi, Hiroto Taniguchi, Naohiro Usuki, Satoshi Miyamoto, Ken Okazaki, Kenji Murata and Naohiko Kanemura

Collaborate Lab. Article: Kanemura Laboratory Homepage

●Osteoarthritis Research Society International 2023 World Congress. Denver. USA

Sora Kawabata (Graduate student, M2) and Takuma Kojima (Graduate student, M1), Kenji Murata participated in OARSI in Denver.

Excessive mechanical stress enhances mechanical stress sensitivity of cartilage through the mechanosensitive ion channel PIEZO2

Sora Kawabata, Takuma Kojima, Kazuki Takeshita, Hidenobu Terada, Chiharu Takasu, Naohiko Kanemura, Kenji Murata

A novel model that increases mechanical stress on articular cartilage without invasiveness into the joint

Sora Kawabata, Takuma Kojima, Hidenobu Terada, Chiharu Takasu, Naohiko Kanemura, Kenji Murata

Roles of piezo2 channel for stretch response in chondrocytes

Kenji Murata, Takuma Kojima, Sora Kawabata, Kenta Sone, Yuichiro Oka, Chiharu Takasu, Hidenobu Terada, Naohiko Kanemura

Effects of relaxin on degradation factor expression in chondrocytes and synoviocytes

Takuma Kojima, Sora Kawabata, Kazuki Takeshita, Hidenobu Terada, Chiharu Takasu, Naohiko Kanemura, Kenji Murata

●Join ORS 2023 Annual Meeting - Orthopaedic Research Society

Chiharu Takasu (Graduate student, M1) and Hidenobu Terada (Graduate student, M1) participated in ORS in Dallas.

Effect of Stretch Stress on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Cells to Improve Self-Healing Ligament Strength.

Chiharu Takasu, Hidenobu Terada, Takuma Kojima, Sora Kawabata, Takuma Kano, Yuri Morishita, Kiyomi Takayanagi, Naohiko Kanemura, Kenji Murata

Effect of infrapatellar fat pad fibrosis on the mechanical properties of the anterior cruciate ligament

Hidenobu Terada, Chiharu Takasu, Takuma Kojima, Sora Kawabata, Takuma　Kano, Kiyomi Takayanagi, Naohiko Kanemura, Kenji Murata

●Ankle instability as a prognostic factor associated with the recurrence of ankle sprain: A systematic review

The Foot. 18;54:101963. doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2023.101963.
Sora Kawabata, Kenji Murata, Hirotaka Iijima, Kouki Nakao, Riku Kawabata, Hidenobu Terada, Takuma Kojima, Chiharu Takasu, Takuma Kano, Naohiko Kanemura

●Join Saitama physical therapy association Meeting 2023 (Japanese)

Chiharu Takasu (Graduate student, M1) , Takuma Kojima (Graduate student, M1), Hidenobu Terada (Graduate student, M1) , Kota Nihei (B4), and Kenji Murata participated in Saitama physical therapy association Meeting in Saitama.