KIKULAB

Strength & Conditioning Research Team

Recent
publications

79.Takahisa Ohta, Hiroyuki Sasai, Naoki Kikuchi, Koichi Nakazato, Takanobu Okamoto. Muscle Performance as a Predictor of Bone Health: Among Community‑Dwelling Postmenopausal Japanese Women from Setagaya‑Aoba Study. Calcified Tissue International. 2024

78. Minoru Deguchi, Hiroki Homma, Kathleen Y. de Almeida, Ayumu Kozuma, Mika Saito, Yosuke Tsuchiya, Karina Kouzaki, Eisuke Ochi, Takanobu Okamoto, Koichi Nakazato, Naoki Kikuchi. Effect of the ACTN3 R577X Polymorphism on Serum Creatine Kinase and Interleukin-6 Levels after Maximal Eccentric Exercise. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2024

77.João Paulo L.F. Guilherme, Ekaterina A. Semenova, Naoki Kikuchi, Hiroki Homma, Ayumu Kozuma, Mika Saito, Hirofumi Zempo, Shingo Matsumoto, Naoyuki Kobatake, Koichi Nak…

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To optimize the athletic performance and muscle phenotypes from evidence-based knowledge

Our team studies the topics of “Strength & Conditioning” and “Genetics and athletic performance and sports injury”.
In field of Strength & Conditioning, our purpose of study is to provide the evidence based physical training for everyone. We focus on acute and chronic physical responses after resistance training.
We also join the Japanese Human Athlome Project (J-HAP), it is focus on the genetics of physical performance and its-related phenotypes (i.e., muscle mass, muscle fibre type, maximum oxygen consumption etc.) and sports injury.

Team Leader

Naoki Kikuchi, Ph.D., CSCS

Associate professor, Nippon Sport Science University
Ph.D. (Health and Sport Science)
Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)

Education;
2013 March, Ph.D. in Health and Sport Science, Graduate School of Health and Sport Science, Nippon Sport Science University.

Academic experience;
2016 April- Assistant professor, Faculty of Sport Science, Nippon Sports Science University.
2019 April- Associate professor, Faculty of Sport Science, Nippon Sports Science University.

Research Gate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naoki_Kikuchi

Research Topics(Publication List)

1.

Association between genetics and athletic performance and sports injury

2.

Association between genetics and physiological phenotypes in genetically modified animals

3.

Effects of physical training on athletic performance, strength and muscle adaptations in athletes and general population.

4.

Education of strength and conditioning coach

5.

Collaboration study with engineering

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