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  1. Factors affecting the onset and progression of rotator cuff tears in the general population

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hitoshi Shitara

  2. High baseball loads induce shoulder and elbow injuries among high school baseball pitchers: a prospective study

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hitoshi Shitara

  3. The Association Between the Rotator Cuff Status and the Severity and Recovery of Weakness in the Shoulder Abductor Strength in a Case of Proximal Type Cervical Spondylotic Amyotrophy

    Article • Global Spine Journal, December 2020, SAGE Publications

    Hitoshi Shitara

  4. A small number of daily pitches induces shoulder and elbow injuries among high school baseball pitchers: a prospective study

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hitoshi Shitara

  5. Relationship between tightness of the hip joint and shoulder/elbow injury in high school baseball pitchers: a prospective study

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hitoshi Shitara

  6. Reliability of shoulder muscle stiffness measurement using strain ultrasound elastography and an acoustic coupler

    Article • Journal of Medical Ultrasonics, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hitoshi Shitara

  7. Shoulder tenderness was associated with the inflammatory changes on magnetic resonance imaging in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hitoshi Shitara

  8. Intraoperative neuromonitoring during reverse shoulder arthroplasty

    Article • Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, August 2019, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  9. Reciprocal cortical activation patterns during incisal and molar biting correlated with bite force levels: an fMRI study

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hitoshi Shitara

  10. Modulation of Resting Connectivity Between the Mesial Frontal Cortex and Basal Ganglia

    Article • Frontiers in Neurology, June 2019, Frontiers

    Hitoshi Shitara

  11. Relationship Between Lower Limb Tightness and Practice Time Among Adolescent Baseball Players With Symptomatic Osgood-Schlatter Disease

    Article • Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, May 2019, SAGE Publications

    Hitoshi Shitara

  12. What Is the Appropriate Reference for Evaluating the Recovery of Supraspinatus Muscle Atrophy After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair? The Occupation Ratio of the Supraspinatus May Change After Rotator Cuff Repair Without Volumetric Improvement

    Article • The American Journal of Sports Medicine, March 2018, SAGE Publications

    Hitoshi Shitara

  13. Toe Gap Force is Related to Ultrasonic Parameter of Calcaneus Bone Status in General Population

    Article • The Open Orthopaedics Journal, January 2018, Bentham Science Publishers

    Hitoshi Shitara

  14. Clinical Outcome of Arthroscopic Remplissage as Augmentation During Arthroscopic Bankart Repair for Recurrent Anterior Shoulder Instability

    Article • The Open Orthopaedics Journal, November 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Hitoshi Shitara

  15. Osteopenia and the physical function in Japanese patients with schizophrenia

    Article • Archives of Osteoporosis, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hitoshi Shitara

  16. Shear wave velocity measurement of upper trapezius muscle by color Doppler shear wave imaging

    Article • Journal of Medical Ultrasonics, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hitoshi Shitara

  17. Does successful rotator cuff repair improve muscle atrophy and fatty infiltration of the rotator cuff? A retrospective magnetic resonance imaging study performed shortly after surgery as a reference

    Article • Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, June 2017, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  18. Shoulder Stretching Intervention Reduces the Incidence of Shoulder and Elbow Injuries in High School Baseball Players: a Time-to-Event Analysis

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hitoshi Shitara

  19. Association between Scale-Free Brain Dynamics and Behavioral Performance: Functional MRI Study in Resting State and Face Processing Task

    Article • Behavioural Neurology, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Hitoshi Shitara, Hirotaka Kosaka, georg Northoff

  20. Dissociable roles of preSMA in motor sequence chunking and hand switching—a TMS study

    Article • Journal of Neurophysiology, December 2016, American Physiological Society

    Hitoshi Shitara

  21. Bone turnover markers and the factors associated with atypical femur fractures among Japanese patients

    Article • Injury, November 2016, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  22. The morphologic change of the ulnar collateral ligament of elbow in high school baseball pitchers, with and without symptoms, by sonography

    Article • Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, August 2016, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  23. A Clinical and Ultrasonographic Study of Risk Factors for Elbow Injury in Young Baseball Players

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, April 2016, SAGE Publications

    Hitoshi Shitara

  24. Compensatory hypertrophy of the teres minor muscle after large rotator cuff tear model in adult male rat

    Article • Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, February 2016, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  25. Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hitoshi Shitara

  26. The Neural Correlates of Shoulder Apprehension: A Functional MRI Study

    Article • PLOS One, September 2015, PLOS

    Hitoshi Shitara

  27. Prospective multifactorial analysis of preseason risk factors for shoulder and elbow injuries in high school baseball pitchers

    Article • Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hitoshi Shitara

  28. Relationship between humeral torsion angle and shoulder range of motion among juvenile baseball players

    Article • Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology, August 2015, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  29. Shoulder pain and intra-articular interleukin-8 levels in patients with rotator cuff tears

    Article • International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, April 2015, Wiley

    Hitoshi Shitara

  30. Relationship Between Grip, Pinch Strengths and Anthropometric Variables, Types of Pitch Throwing Among Japanese High School Baseball Pitchers

    Article • Asian Journal of Sports Medicine, March 2015, Kowsar Medical Institute

    Hitoshi Shitara

  31. The impact of faulty posture on rotator cuff tears with and without symptoms

    Article • Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, March 2015, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  32. Characteristics of neck and shoulder pain in the Japanese general population

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Science, January 2015, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  33. Population-based study of the relationship between medial meniscus radial displacement, determined by use of ultrasound screening, and knee pain

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Science, November 2014, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  34. Prevalence of and risk factors for shoulder osteoarthritis in Japanese middle-aged and elderly populations

    Article • Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, May 2014, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  35. Possible involvement of IGF-1 signaling on compensatory growth of the infraspinatus muscle induced by the supraspinatus tendon detachment of rat shoulder

    Article • Physiological Reports, January 2014, Wiley

    Hitoshi Shitara

  36. Movement and afferent representations in human motor areas: a simultaneous neuroimaging and transcranial magnetic/peripheral nerve-stimulation study

    Article • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, January 2013, Frontiers

    Hitoshi Shitara

  37. The compensatory change in the brain in rotator cuff tear: a preliminary fMRI study

    Article • Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, December 2012, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  38. The prevalence of shoulder osteoarthritis in middle and old age: association with risk factors and shoulder function

    Article • Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, December 2012, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  39. The effects of rotator cuff tears, including shoulders without pain, on activities of daily living in the general population

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Science, January 2012, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  40. Factors involved in the presence of symptoms associated with rotator cuff tears: a comparison of asymptomatic and symptomatic rotator cuff tears in the general population

    Article • Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, October 2011, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  41. Time course and spatial distribution of fMRI signal changes during single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation to the primary motor cortex

    Article • NeuroImage, June 2011, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  42. Evoked activity in the cortical and subcortical motor network during transcranial magnetic stimulation to the primary motor cortex

    Article • Neuroscience Research, January 2010, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara

  43. Prevalence and risk factors of a rotator cuff tear in the general population

    Article • Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, January 2010, Elsevier

    Hitoshi Shitara