Yokoyama S, Arita K, Oshima S, Otsuka J, Okamoto Y, Kato H, Takada S, Tazawa S, Hirai S, Kajiwara Y, Kunimasa Y, Amano T (2024) Running economy with shoes that elicit an involuntary forefoot strike in the habitual rear- and non-rear-foot strike runners. Footwear Science. DOI: 10.1080/19424280.2024.2415049 (Journal site)

Macchi R, Kunimasa Y, Chavet P, Corcelle B, Pomportes L, Fazzari C, Hays A, Vercruyssen F, Rossi F, Bendahan D, Nicol C (2024) Effect of a graded running race on lower limb muscle damage, jump performance and muscle soreness in men and women. Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 34(5), e14643. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14643 (PDF)

Fazzari C, Macchi R, Kunimasa Y, Ressam C, Casanova R, Chavet P, Nicol C. (2024) Muscle synergies inherent in simulated hypogravity running reveal flexible but not unconstrained motor control. Scientific Report, 14(1):2707. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-50076-6 (PDF)

Kunimasa Y. Sano K, Nicol C, Barthèlemy J, Ishikawa M (2023) Is the muscle-tendon architecture of non-athletic Kenyans different from that of Japanese and French males? Journal of Physiological Anthropology, doi: 10.1186/s40101-023-00326-3. (PDF)

Piponnier E, Ishikawa M, Kunimasa Y, Sano K, Jagot K, Boisseau N, Kurihara T, Martin V (2023) Quantification of extramyocellular lipids and intramuscular fat from muscle echo intensity in lower limb muscles: a comparison of four ultrasound devices against magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Sensors, doi: 10.3390/s23115282. (Full-text)

Fazzari C, Macchi R, Ressam C, Kunimasa Y, Nicol C, Martha C, Bolmont B, Sainton P, Hays A, Vercrusyssen F, Lapole T, Bossard M, Casanova R, Bringoux L, Chavet P (2023) Neuromuscular adjustments to unweighted running: The increase in hamstring activity is sensitive to trait anxiety. Frontiers in Physiology, doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1212198. (Full-text)

Kunimasa Y, Sano K, Oda T, Nicol C, Komi PV, Ishikawa M (2022) Muscle-tendon architecture in Kenyans and Japanese: potential role of genetic endowment in the success of elite Kenyan endurance runners. Acta Physiologica, 235(2):e13821. DOI: 10.1111/apha.13821. (PDF)

Besson T, Macchi R, Rossi J, Morio C, Kunimasa Y, Nicol C, Vercruyssen F, Millet GY (2022). Sex differences in endurance running. Sports Medicine, (Review paper)

Macchi R, Vercruyssen F, Hays A, Aubert G, Exubis G, Chavet P, Goubert E, Souron R, Kunimasa Y, Nicol C (2021). Sex influence on the functional recovery pattern after a graded running race: original analysis to identify the recovery profiles. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, 311. DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.649396

Nobue A, Kunimasa Y, Tsuneishi H, Sano K, Oda H, Ishikawa M (2020) Limb-specific features and asymmetry of nerve conduction velocity and nerve trunk size in human. Frontiers Physiology, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.609006

Santuz A, Ekizos A, Kunimasa Y, Kijima K, Ishikawa M, Arampatzis A. (2020) Lower complexity of motor primitives ensures robust control of high-speed human locomotion. Heliyon, 6(10): DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05377

Kamino K, Maehama R, Kunimasa Y, Makino A, Sano K, Kijima K, Komi PV Ishikawa M. (2018) Specific distribution of cross-sectional area in each hamstring muscle of sprint runners and relationship between those and sprint performance. Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 67: 383-391. (In Japanese)

Kunimasa Y, Sano K, Hisano T, Makino A, Oda T, Nicol C, Komi PV. Ishikawa M (2017) Musculoskeletal characteristics for East-African elite distance runners. Osaka Research Journal of Physical education, 55: 1-9. (In Japanese)

Oda H, Sano K, Kunimasa Y, Komi PV, Ishikawa M. (2017) Neuromechanical modulation of Achilles tendon during bilateral hopping in unilateral Achilles tendon ruptured subject over 1 year after surgery. Sports Medicine. DOI: 10.1007/s40279-016-0629-3

Makino A, Iwasaki M, Kunimasa Y, Hisano T, Sano K, Muramoto T, Murakami R, Kanzaki K, Oda T, Ishikawa M. (2016) Japan Journal Physical Education Health and Sport Sciences. 61: 639-649. (In Japanese)

Sano K, Nicol C, Akiyama M, Kunimasa Y, Oda T, Ito A, Locatelli E, Komi PV, Ishikawa M. (2015) Can measures of muscle-tendon interaction improve our understanding of the superiority of Kenyan endurance runners? European Journal of Applied Physiology 115:849-859.

Arai A, Ishikawa M, Urata T, Kunimasa Y, Sano K, Tanaka H, Ito A. (2015) Mechanical and neural responses to impact of drop jump for sprint runners and swimmers. Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 64: 165-172. (In Japanese)

Kunimasa Y, Sano K, Oda T, Nicol C, Komi PV, Locatelli E, Ito A, Ishikawa M. (2014) Specific muscle-tendon architecture in elite Kenyan distance runners. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, Scand J Med Sci Sports 24: e269–e274.

Ishikawa M, Sano K, Kunimasa Y, Oda T, Nicol C, Ito A, Komi PV. (2013) Economical running strategy for East African distance runners. The Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine Short Review, 2: 361-363.