Ryo Matsunaga
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Sports Performance and Training
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Peripheral Nerve Disorders
- Bee Products Chemical Analysis
- Hip disorders and treatments
- Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques
Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center
2022
Tokyo Medical University
2019-2021
Abstract Objective Our objective was to explore the training-related knowledge, beliefs, and practices of athletes influence lockdowns in response coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Methods Athletes ( n = 12,526, comprising 13% world class, 21% international, 36% national, 24% state, 6% recreational) completed an online survey that available from 17 May 5 July 2020 explored their training behaviors (training...
To investigate differences in athletes' knowledge, beliefs, and training practices during COVID-19 lockdowns with reference to sport classification sex. This work extends an initial descriptive evaluation focusing on athlete classification.Athletes (12,526; 66% male; 142 countries) completed online survey (May-July 2020) assessing toward training. Sports were classified as team sports (45%), endurance (20%), power/technical (10%), combat (9%), aquatic (6%), recreational (4%), racquet (3%),...
Although there are reports on good short-term outcomes of condoliase injection therapy for lumbar disc herniation (LDH), the improvement motor deficits, athlete-specific outcomes, or physiotherapy lacking. We present a case 20-year-old male professional footballer who had low back pain, right gluteal and numbness in lateral lower leg. The conservative treatment L4/L5 did not improve his symptoms, which were accompanied by incomplete deficits tibialis anterior (TA) extensor hallucis longus...
The COVID-19 lockdown challenged the training options of athletes worldwide, including players from most popular sport globally, football/soccer. Purpose : authors explored practices football worldwide during lockdown. Methods Football (N = 2482, 30% professional, 22% semipro, and 48% amateur) completed an online survey (May–July 2020) on their before versus (March–June 2020). Questions were related to frequency session duration, as well knowledge attitudes. Results Before lockdown, more...
Background: The outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) led to an enforced quarantine period and limited training match activities for athletes. Purpose: To report influence COVID-19 pandemic on occurrence injury in Japanese male professional soccer players. Study Design: Descriptive epidemiology study. Methods: In total, 21 clubs season 28 2020 from Japan Professional Football League were prospectively followed, 16 24 analyzed this Individual training, exposure, time-loss...