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Assistant Professor Nishikawa Yuichi
Faculty, Affiliation
Faculty of Frontier Engineering,Institute of Science and Engineering Faculty of Frontier Engineering, Institute of Science & Engineering
Assistant Professor
College and School Educational Field
Division of Frontier Engineering, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
School of Frontier Engineering, College of Science and Engineering
Laboratory
TEL:076-234-4760 FAX:076-234-4760
Academic Background
【Academic background(Doctoral/Master's Degree)】
Hiroshima University Doctor Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Science Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Therapeutics 2018 Completed
Saitama Prefectural University Master School of Health and Social Services Department of Physical Therapy 2012 Completed
【Degree】
MSc
Ph.D.
Career
Kanazawa University Institute of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Frontier Engineering Assistant Professor(2020/07-)
Marquette University Department of Physical Therapy Research Assistant(2018/02-2019/01)
Hiroshima university Division of Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Practice and Support Physical therapist(2012/04-2020/06)
Year & Month of Birth
Academic Society
International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology
Japanese Association of Physical Therapy
Japanese Society of Neurology
Award
○Young Presentation Award(2023/09)
○Young Presentation Award(2023/09)
○2022 Encouragement Paper Award(2023/04)
○Best Presentation Award(2023/03)
○Young Presentation Award(2022/08)
○Excellent Student award(2016/12)
○Research encouraging award(2015/03)
○Research encouraging award(2015/03)
○12th WNNM special prize(2018/06)
Specialities
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
Speciality Keywords
Rehabilitation, Neuroscience, exercise physiology, medical and biological engineering
Research Themes
Noninvasive Quantitative Analysis of Motoneurons
Books
Papers
- Association between changes in intrinsic foot muscle swelling and improvements in navicular drop height after toe flexor exercises. Komiya M, Maeda N, Ishihara H, Ishida A, Esaki H, Arima S, Nishikawa Y, Urabe Y Isokinetics and exercise science in press 2025/02/03
- High-density surface electromyography evaluation of the suprahyoid muscles in patients with Parkinson’s disease Nakamori M, Yoshikawa K, Toko M, Yamada H, Hayashi Y, Nishikawa Y, Mikami Y, Maruyama H. Journal of Neurological Sciences in press 2024/10
- Immediate effect of local vibration on motor unit firing behavior and muscle strength in healthy young adult males Nishikawa Y, Holobar A, Watanabe K, Komatsuzaki T, Chihara T, Sakamoto J, Kawagoe T, Nagayasu H, Mori K, Kawano K, Maeda N, Tanaka S, Hyngstrom A. European Journal of Applied Physiology in press 2024/08/07
- Possibility of early Parkinson’s disease detection by support vector machine classifier Nishikawa Y Proc. of the ISEK XXIV P.2.31 2024/06
- The association between motor unit firing rate and deformity and pain severity in patients with knee osteoarthritis Yagi M. Nishikawa Y. Hirono T. Taniguchi M. Okada S. Kobayashi M. Kanemitsu K. Ishihashi N. Proc. of the ISEK XXIV P.1.75 2024/06
- Influence of stimulation frequency on brain-derived neurotrophic factor and cathepsin-B in healthy young adults. Nishikawa Y, Sakaguchi H, Takada T, Maeda N, Hynsgtrom A. Journal of Comparative Physiology B in press 2024/05/31
- Analysis of the suprahyoid muscles during tongue elevation: High-density surface electromyography as a novel tool for swallowing-related muscle assessment. Yoshikawa K, Nakamori M, Ushio K, Toko M, Yamada H, Nishikawa Y, Fukuoka T, Maruyama H, Mikami Y. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation in press 2024/05/12
- Sex differences in laterality of motor unit firing behavior of the first dorsal interosseous muscle in strength-matched healthy young males and females. Nishikawa Y, Watanabe K, Holobar A, Kitamura R, Maeda N, Hynsgtrom A. European Journal of Applied Physiology in press 2024/02/16
- Relationship between foot morphologic characteristic and postural control after jump-landing in youth competitive athletes. Maeda N, Tsutsumi S, Arima S, Ikuta Y, Ushio K, Komiya M, Nishikawa Y, Kobayashi T, Nakasa T, Adachi N, Urabe Y Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation in press 2023/11/16
- Swallowing exercise evaluated using high-density surface electromyography in patients with head and neck cancer: supplementary analysis of an exploratory phase II trial. Yoshikawa K, Hamamoto T, Sato Y, Yumii K, Chikuie N, Taruya T, Ishino T, Horibe Y, Takemoto K, Nishida M, Kawasumi T, Ueda T, Nishikawa Y, Mikami Y, Takeno S. Medicina 59 12 2120 2023/12/04
- Efficary of neuromuscular electrical stimulation for thoracic and abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis Nakashima Y, Iwaki D, Kataoka Y, Ariie T, Taito S, Nishikawa Y, Mio N, Mikami Y. PLos One 18 11 e0294965 2023/11/30
- Relationship of Chronic Ankle Instability With Foot Alignment and Dynamic Postural Stability in Adolescent Competitive Athletes Maeda N, Ikuta Y, Tsutsumi S, Arima S, Ishihara H, Ushio K, Mikami Y, Komiya M, Nishikawa Y, Nakasa T, Adachi N, Urabe Y. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine in press 2023/10/16
- Low tongue pressure and depression using Kihon Checklist for assessing frailty status among community-dwelling Japanese older adults: A pilot study Yoshikawa M, Nishikawa Y, Kitagawa M, Nagao A, Hiraoka A, Haruta A, Takeuchi M, Yoshida M, Tsuga K. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation in press 2023/09
- Latest updates for recording, analysis, and interpretation of electromyography (EMG) data: in the lab and the clinic Tucker K, Hodge P, Elisa RA, Dick T, Nishikawa Y, Watanabe K. Proc. of the XXIX Congress of International/Japanese Society of Biomechanics 96 2023/08/03
- Sex differences in laterality of motor unit firing behavior of first dorsal interosseous muscle in young adults. Nishikawa Y, Hyngstrom A. Proc. of the XXIX Congress of International/Japanese Society of Biomechanics 852 2023/08/01
- Reply to "Motor unit characteristics in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" Nishikawa Y Clinical Neurophysiology 149 236–237 2023/02/17
- Effect of postural differences on the activation of intrinsic foot muscles during ramp-up toe flexion in young men. Komiya M, Maeda N, Tsutsumi S, Ishihara H, Mizuta R, Nishikawa Y, Arima S, Kaneda K, Ushio K, Urabe Y Gait & Posture 102 112–117 2023/03/28
- Influence of forward head posture on muscle activation pattern of the trapezius pars descendens muscle in young adults.
Nishikawa Y, Watanabe K, Chihara T, Sakamoto J, Komatsuzaki T, Kawano K, Kobayashi A, Inoue K, Maeda N, Tanaka S, Hyngstrom A. Scientific Reports 12 19484 2022/11/14
- Electrical Muscle Stimulation in Young Adults: Effect of Muscle Volume on Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Level. Nishikawa Y, Sakaguchi H, Kawade S, Maeda N, Tanaka S, Hyngstrom A. European Journal of Applied Physiology 123 361–366 2022/10/27
- Detection of Motor Unit in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Using High-Density Surface Electromyography.
Nishikawa Y, Holobar A, Watanabe K, Takahashi T, Ueno H, Maeda N, Maruyama H, Tanaka S, Hyngstrom A. Clinical Neurophysiology 142 262-272 2022/10
- Association between sedentary behavior and depression among Japanese medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional online survey. Tashiro T, Maeda N, Tsutsumi S, Komiya M, Arima S, Mizuta R, Fukui K, Nishikawa Y, Urabe Y BMC Psychiatry 22 348 2022/05/20
- Effects of assigning physical therapists exclusively to the acute-phase stroke patients ward Nishikawa Y, Hirata K, Ito Y, Ueda K, Kimura H Journal of Physical Therapy Science 34 3 225-229 2022/03
- Laterality of the activation patterns of the vastus lateralis muscle in females with Parkinson's disease during the medication state compared with healthy controls. Nishikawa Y, Watanabe K, Takahashi T, Maeda N, Maruyama H, Tanaka S, Hyngstrom A. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 21 1 40 2022/01/29
- The effect of a portable electrical muscle stimulation on brain-derived neurotrophic factor in elderly people: Three case studies. Nishikawa Y, Watanabe K, Kawade S, Maeda N, Maruyama H. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 7 23337214211040319 2021/10/19
- Association between the degree of pre-synaptic dopaminergic pathway degeneration and motor unit firing behavior in Parkinson's disease patients. Nishikawa Y, Watanabe K, Holobar A, Takahashi T, Maeda N, Tanaka S, Hyngstrom A. Sensors 21 19 6615 2021/10/04
- Effect of acute stretching on the activation patterns using high-density surface electromyography of the gastrocnemius muscle during ramp-up contraction task Maeda N, Komiya M, Nishikawa Y, Morikawa M, Tsutsumi S, Tashiro T, Fukui K, Kimura H, Urabe Y Sensors 21 14 4841 2021/07/15
- Influence of hybrid assistive limb gait training on spatial muscle activation patterns in spinal muscular atrophy type III. Nishikawa Y, Watanabe K, Orita N, Maeda N, Kimura H, Tanaka S, Hyngstrom A. F1000Research 10 214 2021/05/21
- Physical therapy for a patient with Neuromyelitis optica during the acute phase: a case report Nishikawa Y, Maeda N, Kimura H SAGE Open Medical Case Report. 13 9 2050313X211013679 2021/05/13
- Contribution of plantar fascia and intrinsic foot muscles in a single-leg drop landing and repetitive rebound jumps: An ultrasound-based study Morikawa M, Maeda N, Komiya M, Hirota A, Mizuta R, Kobayashi T, Kaneda K, Nishikawa Y, Urabe Y International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 9 4511 2021/04/23
- Acute effects of local vibration stretching on ankle range of motion, vertical jump performance and dynamic balance after landing. Maeda N, Urabe Y, Kotoshiba S, Komiya M, Morikawa M, Nishikawa Y, Sasadai J Isokinetics and Exercise Science 29 2 139-145 2021/04/08
- The effect of electrical muscle stimulation on muscle mass and balance in older adults with dementia Nishikawa Y, Takahashi T, Kawade S, Maruyama H, Hyngstrom A. Brain Sciences 11 3 339 2021/03/07
- Identification of the laterality of motor unit behavior in female patients with Parkinson's disease using high-density surface electromyography. Nishikawa Y, Watanabe K, Holobar A, Maeda N, Maruyama H, Tanaka S European Journal of Neuroscience 53 6 1938-1949 2021/03
- Intrinsic foot muscle hardness is related to dynamic postural stability after landing in healthy. Maeda N, Hirota A, Komiya M, Morikawa M, Mizuta R, Fujishita H, Nishikawa Y, Kobayashi T, Urabe Y Gait & Posture 86 192-198 2021/03
- Improper sitting posture while eating adversely affects maximum tongue pressure. Yoshikawa M, Nagakawa K, Tanaka R, Yamawaki K, Mori T, Hiraoka A, Higa C, Nishikawa Y, Yoshida M, Tsuga K Journal of Dental Science 16 1 467-473 2021/01
- The effect of electrical muscle stimulation on quadriceps muscle strength and activation patterns in healthy young adults. Nishikawa Y, Watanabe K, Takahashi T, Maeda N, Maruyama H, Kimura H. European Journal of Sport Science 21 10 1414-1422 2020/10/15
- Electrical muscle stimulation intervention in the acute-phase of neuromyelitis optica: two case reports. Michiue K, Nishikawa Y SAGE Open Medical Case Report. 8 1-4 2020/09
- Spatial distribution pattern of the electromyographic potential in the vastus medialis and lateralis muscles for three knee flexion angles during isometric knee extension. Komiya M, Maeda N, Nishikawa Y, Sasadai J, Morikawa M, Tashiro T, Fujishita H, Urabe Y Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology. in press 2020
- The effect of a portable electrical muscle stimulation device at home on muscle strength and activation patterns in locomotive syndrome patients: A randomized control trial. Nishikawa Y, Watanabe K, Kawade S, Takahashi T, Kimura H, Maruyama H, Hyngstrom A Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 45 46-52 2019
- Effect of controlled abnormal joint movement on the molecular biological response in intra-articular tissues during the acute phase of anterior cruciate ligament injury in a rat model Nishikawa Y, Kokubun T, Kanemura N, Takahashi T, Matsumoto M, Maruyama H, Takayanagi K BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 19 3 175 2018
- The effect of medication on vastus lateralis muscle activation patterns in Parkinson’s disease patients Nishikawa Y, Watanabe K, Takahashi T, Kimura H, Maruyama H Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 42 66-73 2018
- Spatial electromyography distribution pattern of the vastus lateralis muscle during ramp up contractions in Parkinson's disease patients Nishikawa Y, Watanabe K, Takahashi T, Orita N, Kimura H, Matsumoto M, Maruyama H Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 37 125-131 2017
- Sex differences in variances of multi-channel surface electromyography distribution of the vastus lateralis muscle during isometric knee extension in young adults Nishikawa Y, Watanabe K, Takahashi T, Hosomi N, Orita N, Mikami Y, Maruyama H, Kimura H, Matsumoto M EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY 117 3 583-589 2017
- A multidisciplinary pain, agitation, and delirium management team can promote rehabilitation in the intensive care unit: A case report Nishikawa Y, Taito S, Sarada K, Ota K, Tanabe Y, Hosomi N, Takahashi T, Maruyama H, Kimura H, Matsumoto M Progress in Rehabilitation Medicine 1 20160010 2016
- Deviation in the recovery of the lower limb and respiratory muscles of patients with polymyositis: a preliminary clinical study. Nishikawa Y, Hosomi N, Ueno H, Kurashige T, Ochi K, Takahashi T, Orita N, Ueda K, Maruyama H, Kimura H, Matsumoto M Journal of physical therapy science 28 9 2652-2655 2016
- Absolute and relative reliability of lumbar interspinous process ultrasound imaging measurements. Tozawa R,Katoh M,Aramaki H,Kawasaki T,Nishikawa Y,Kumamoto T,Fujinawa O Journal of Physical Therapy Science 28 8 2210-2213 2016
- The Multidisciplinary Swallowing Team Approach Decreases Pneumonia Onset in Acute Stroke Patients Shiro Aoki,Naohisa Hosomi,Junko Hirayama,Masahiro Nakamori,Mineka Yoshikawa,Tomohisa Nezu,Satoshi Kubo,Yuka Nagano,Akiko Nagao,Naoya Yamane,Yuichi Nishikawa,Megumi Takamoto,Hiroki Ueno,Kazuhide Ochi,Hirofumi Maruyama,Hiromi Yamamoto,Masayasu Matsumoto PLOS ONE 11 5 e0154608 2016
- Immediate effect of passive and active stretching on hamstrings flexibility: a single-blinded randomized control trial Yuichi Nishikawa,Junya Aizawa,Naohiko Kanemura,Tetsuya Takahashi,Naohisa Hosomi,Hirofumi Maruyama,Hiroaki Kimura,Masayasu Matsumoto,Kiyomi Takayanagi JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL THERAPY SCIENCE 27 10 3167-3170 2015
- Possibility of natural healing to anterior cruciate ligament tear Takayanagi K, Kanemura N, Kokubun T, Maejima H, Nishikawa Y, Ihara H FASEB JOURNAL 27 2013/04
Conference Presentations
- Possibility of early Parkinson’s disease detection by support vector machine classifier(conference：ISEK XXIV)(2024/06)
- The association between motor unit firing rate and deformity and pain severity in patients with knee osteoarthritis(conference：ISEK XXIV)(2024/06)
- High-density surface EMG in clinical assessment(conference：XXIX Congress of International/Japanese Society of Biomechanics)(2023/08/03)
- Sex differences in laterality of motor unit firing behaviour of first dorsal interosseous muscle in young adults(conference：XXIX Congress of International/Japanese Society of Biomechanics)(2023/08/01)
- Assessment of aging and neurological disorders by high-density surface electromyography(conference：XXIVth International Society for Electrophysiology and Kinesiology)(2022/06/23)
- Physical therapy and disease specific neuromuscular dysfunction in Parkinson's disease(2022/01/10)
- Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Estimation of Urea Concentration for Determining Appropriate Duration of Hemodialysis Treatment(conference：EMBC2021)(2021/12/02)
- Improvement of Zero-Heat-Flux Type Deep Body Thermometer Intended for Use in Hot Environments. (conference：EMBC 2021)(2021/11/02)
- A wearable non-invasive core temperature monitor based on the zero-heat flux method.(2021/06/15)
- An attempt to quantitatively evaluate changes in muscle activity induced by medical treatment of Parkinson's disease(conference：Catecholamines and Neurodegenerative Diseases Conference 2021)(2021/04/03)
- An attempt to quantitatively assessment of motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease using electrophysiological techniques (conference：61 st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Neurology)(2020/08/31)
- Quantitative assessment of abnormal muscle tone in Parkinson’s disease patients using multi-channel surface electromyography(conference：ISEK2020)(2020/07/13)
- Clinical application of EMS for elderly people(conference：ISEK 2020)(2020/07/12)
- EFFECT OF ELECTRICAL MUSCLE STIMULATION ON MUSCLE ATROPHY CAUSED BY NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA: TWO CASE REPORTS(conference：World Confederation for Physical Therapy 2019)(2019/05/12)
- THE EFFECT OF ELECTRICAL MUSCLE STIMULATION ON MUSCLE STRENGTH AND ACTIVATION PATTERN IN LOCOMOTIVE SYNDROME SUBJECTS: RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL (conference：World Confederation for Physical Therapy 2019)(2019/05/12)
- Relationship between Sarcopenia, EAT-10, and Tongue Pressure in Japanese elderly(conference：European Society for Swallowing Disorders Annual Congress 2018)(2018/09/28)
- Disease-specific motor unit behavior in Parkinson's disease patients identified by high-density surface electromyography (conference：13th International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation medicine world congress)(2019/06/11)
- Spatial electromyography potential distribution pattern of vastus lateralis muscle during ramp up muscle contractions in Parkinson’s disease patients (conference：Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre Research Day 2017)(2017/03)
- Rehabilitation of Stroke(2014/10)
- DIFFERENCES IN SERIAL CHANGES OF THE LOWER LIMB MUSCLE AND RESPIRATORY MUSCLE IN PATIENTS WITH POLYMYOSITIS. (conference：6th International Congress of the Asian Confederation for Physical therapy)(2013/09)
- EFFECT OF MATRIX METALLOPROTAINASE-13 EXPRESSION WITH CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY. (conference：6th International Congress of the Asian Confederation for Physical therapy)(2013/09)
- Immediate effects of passive stretching and active stretching on hamstrings flexibility: a single-blinded randomized control trial. (conference：16th International World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress)(2011/09)
Others
Arts and Fieldwork
Patent
Theme to the desired joint research
○Analysis of dynamics of neurotrophic factor
○Analysis of motoneuron
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
○「筋強剛の定量的評価手法の確立と新規診断マーカーとしての応用」(2020-2021)
○「パーキンソン病の疾患特異的な筋活動に着目した新規評価ツールの確立とその臨床応用」(2017-2019)
Competitive research funding,Contribution
○ Hokuriku Bank Research Grant for Yung Scientists Hokuriku Bank(2021-2021)
Collaborative research,Consignment study
○Construction of a Mechanical Model for Head and Neck Comfort Evaluation(2021-2021)
○Elucidation of the frequency range of low-frequency electrical stimulation leading to activation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its clinical application(2021-2023)
Classes (Bachelors)
○Treatment Techniques for Neuromuscular Disorders(2024)
○Frontier Project B(2024)
○Mechanical Engineering Design and Drawing(BH)(2024)
○Frontier Project A(2024)
○Human Body Science B(2024)
○Human Body Science A(2024)
○Entrepreneurship(2024)
○Introduction to Data Science(2024)
○Experiments in Fundamental Physics(2024)
○Frontier Project B(2023)
○Mechanical Engineering Design and Drawing(BH)(2023)
○Frontier Project A(2023)
○Fundamental of Mechanical Engineering Design and Drawing(2023)
○Human Body Science A(2023)
○Experiments in Fundamental Physics(2023)
○Introduction to Data Science(2023)
○Presentation and Debate(2023)
○Frontier Project B(2022)
○Mechanical Engineering Design and Drawing(BH)(2022)
○Frontier Project A(2022)
○Entrepreneurship(2022)
○Introduction to Data Science(2022)
○Experiments in Fundamental Physics(2022)
○Presentation and Debate(2022)
○Experiments in Fundamental Physics(2021)
○Frontier Project B(2021)
○Frontier Project A(2021)
○Entrepreneurship(2021)
○Introduction to Data Science(2021)
○Frontier Project A(2020)
○Frontier Project B(2020)
Classes (Graduate Schools)
○Laboratory Rotation I(2024)
○Laboratory RotationⅠ(2024)
○Laboratory Rotation I(2023)