Kyo Goto

Nagasaki University — Japan

Medicine · Health Sciences

10h-index352citations20works1.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation(8), Hip and Femur Fractures(4), Exercise and Physiological Responses(4), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments(3), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders(3)

Publications20 total

Usefulness of Muscle Stiffness Evaluated by Ultrasonography for Detecting Muscle Change Related to Contracture in Frail Older Adults
Canadian Geriatrics Journal·2025Open Access
Identifying early risk factors for chronic pain development following vertebral fractures: a single-center prospective cohort study
Asian Spine Journal·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Persistent postsurgical pain in hip fracture patients. A prospective longitudinal study with multifaceted assessment
British Journal of Pain·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Limited Range of Motion in the Older Bedridden Patients
Canadian Geriatrics Journal·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Effects of a Rehabilitation Program Combined with Pain Management That Targets Pain Perception and Activity Avoidance in Older Patients with Acute Vertebral Compression Fracture: a Randomised Controlled Trial
Pain Research and Management·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Effect of exercise and/or educational interventions on physical activity and pain in patients with hip/knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review with meta-analysis
PLoS ONE·2022· 40 citedOpen Access
Relationship Between Muscle Quality or Stiffness Measured by Ultrasonography and Range of Motion in Hospitalized Older Adults
Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology·2022· 7 cited
Depression, catastrophizing, and poor performance in women with persistent acute low back pain from vertebral compression fractures: A prospective study
Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation·2022· 4 cited
Voluntary Forelimbs Exercise Reduces Immobilization-Induced Mechanical Hyperalgesia in the Rat Hind Paw
Pain Research and Management·2021· 7 citedOpen Access
Factors Affecting Persistent Postoperative Pain in Patients with Hip Fractures
Pain Research and Management·2020· 21 citedOpen Access
Mechanisms underlying immobilization‐induced muscle pain in rats
Muscle & Nerve·2020· 15 cited
Low-intensity muscle contraction exercise following the onset of arthritis improves hyperalgesia via reduction of joint inflammation and central sensitization in the spinal cord in a rat model
Neuroscience Letters·2019· 21 cited
Electrical Stimulation in Addition to Passive Exercise Has a Small Effect on Spasticity and Range of Motion in Bedridden Elderly Patients: A Pilot Randomized Crossover Study
Health·2019· 6 citedOpen Access
Effects of Physical-Agent Pain Relief Modalities for Fibromyalgia Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Pain Research and Management·2018· 46 citedOpen Access
Relationship between extensibility and collagen expression in immobilized rat skeletal muscle
Muscle & Nerve·2017· 45 cited
Association of early physical activity time with pain, activities of daily living, and progression of vertebral body collapse in patients with vertebral compression fractures
European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine·2017· 12 cited
Development and progression of immobilization-induced skin fibrosis through overexpression of transforming growth factor-ß1 and hypoxic conditions in a rat knee joint contracture model
Connective Tissue Research·2017· 10 citedOpen Access
Effects of joint immobilization on changes in myofibroblasts and collagen in the rat knee contracture model
Journal of Orthopaedic Research®·2016· 58 citedOpen Access
IL-1β/TGF-β1 up-regulation and hypoxia induced in immobilization are related to the molecular mechanisms governing muscle contracture
Japanese Physical Therapy Association·2015
Upregulation of interleukin‐1β/transforming growth factor‐β1 and hypoxia relate to molecular mechanisms underlying immobilization‐induced muscle contracture
Muscle & Nerve·2014· 53 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Hideki Kataoka(20), Junya Sakamoto(19), Minoru Okita(13), Yuichiro Honda(9), Jiro Nakano(8), Koichi Nakagawa(8), Y. Honda(7), Junichiro Yamashita(7), Ryo Sasabe(6), Tomoki Origuchi(6), Ryo Sasaki(5), Minoru Okita(5), Kaoru Morita(5), Satoshi Oga(4), Yutaro Kondo(4), Tatsuya Hirase(4), Miho Tanaka(3), Yasutaka Kondo(3), Natsumi Tanaka(3), Kumiko Ishikawa(3)