Michio Ikai

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 910 citations indexed

About

Michio Ikai is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Michio Ikai has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 910 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Michio Ikai's work include Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (7 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (6 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (4 papers). Michio Ikai is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (7 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (6 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (4 papers). Michio Ikai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Ghana. Michio Ikai's co-authors include Tetsuo Fukunaga, Arthur H Steinhaus, Miharu Miyamura, Mitsumasa Miyashita, Kyonosuke Yabe, Kaoru Kitagawa, Munehiro Shindo, Sadayoshi Taguchi, Atsuko Kagaya and Akira Horii and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physiology, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and European Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Michio Ikai

22 papers receiving 818 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Calculation of muscle strength per unit cross-sectional area of human muscle by means of ultrasonic measurement

1968 441 citations Michio Ikai, Tetsuo Fukunaga European Journal of Applied Physiology profile →

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deVries Ha United States

Benjamin H. Massey United States

Flemming Bonde‐Petersen Denmark

M. J. N. McDonagh United Kingdom

Dean P. Currier United States

J. J. Perrine United States

Jennifer Watson United Kingdom

N. J. Lambert United States

B. Hather United States

Diane M.M. St-Pierre Canada

deVries Ha United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michio Ikai

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ikai, Michio, et al.. (1973). A STUDY ON THE ANAEROBIC WORK BY MEANS OF MECHANICAL POWER, BLOOD LACTATE, AND OXYGEN DEBT. Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine. 22(1). 1–8. 1 indexed citations

Ikai, Michio & Kaoru Kitagawa. (1972). Maximum oxygen uptake of Japanese related to sex and age. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 4(3). 127???131–127???131. 10 indexed citations

Ikai, Michio, et al.. (1972). The development of the mechanical power and the force-velocity-relation on the human leg extensor. Taiikugaku kenkyu (Japan Journal of Physical Education Health and Sport Sciences). 16(4). 223–232. 1 indexed citations

Kitagawa, Kaoru & Michio Ikai. (1972). Interrelationship Between Maximum 0xygen Intake and Physique in childhood through Early Adulthood. Taiikugaku kenkyu (Japan Journal of Physical Education Health and Sport Sciences). 17(3). 159–166. 1 indexed citations

Horii, Akira & Michio Ikai. (1972). A Significance of Total Amount of Hemoglobin Contributing to Human Aerobic Capacity. Taiikugaku kenkyu (Japan Journal of Physical Education Health and Sport Sciences). 16(4). 215–222. 1 indexed citations

Ikai, Michio, et al.. (1972). The Development of the Mechanical Power and the Force-Velocity Relation on Human Leg Extensor (II). Taiikugaku kenkyu (Japan Journal of Physical Education Health and Sport Sciences). 17(1). 17–24. 1 indexed citations

Ikai, Michio, et al.. (1971). Study on body composition of Japanese boys and girls : by means of ultrasonic photography and deusitometry. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 11. 1–29. 1 indexed citations

Ikai, Michio. (1971). Physiology of Exercise Test : Symposium on Physology and Pathology of Hemodynamic Responses to Exercise in Circulatory System. Japanese Circulation Journal. 35(1). 23–26. 2 indexed citations

Ikai, Michio & Miharu Miyamura. (1970). Maximum Cardiac output in ordinary Japanese related to sex and age. Taiikugaku kenkyu (Japan Journal of Physical Education Health and Sport Sciences). 14(4). 175–183. 3 indexed citations

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Ikai, Michio & Tetsuo Fukunaga. (1970). A study on training effect on strength per unit cross-sectional area of muscle by means of ultrasonic measurement. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 28(3). 173–180. 170 indexed citations

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Kagaya, Atsuko & Michio Ikai. (1970). TRAINING EFFECTS ON MUSCULAR ENDURANCE WITH RESPECT TO BLOOD FLOW IN MALES AND FEMALES OF DIFFERENT AGES.. Taiikugaku kenkyu (Japan Journal of Physical Education Health and Sport Sciences). 14(3). 129–136. 4 indexed citations

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Ikai, Michio & Kyonosuke Yabe. (1969). Training effect of muscular endurance by means of voluntary and electrical stimulation. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 28(1). 55–60. 12 indexed citations

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Ikai, Michio & Sadayoshi Taguchi. (1969). A STUDY ON MUSCLE OXYGEN INTAKE FOLLOWING EXHAUSTIVE EXERCISE IN THE HUMAN FOREARM. Taiikugaku kenkyu (Japan Journal of Physical Education Health and Sport Sciences). 13(4). 251–259. 3 indexed citations

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Ikai, Michio. (1968). Physiology of Muscular Fatigue. The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 5(3). 157–164.

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Ikai, Michio & Tetsuo Fukunaga. (1968). Calculation of muscle strength per unit cross-sectional area of human muscle by means of ultrasonic measurement. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 26(1). 26–32. 441 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ikai, Michio, et al.. (1967). ACCLIMATIZATION TO MEDIUM ALTITUDE AND ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE IN MEXICO CITY : Report from the Research Committee for Altitude Training, the Japan Amateur Sports Association. Taiikugaku kenkyu (Japan Journal of Physical Education Health and Sport Sciences). 11(3). 117–126.

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Karpovich, Peter V., et al.. (1964). Study of Endurance of Various Muscle Groups. Research Quarterly American Association for Health Physical Education and Recreation. 35(3). 393–397. 2 indexed citations

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Ikai, Michio, et al.. (1964). AN ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC STUDY OF SWIMMING. Taiikugaku kenkyu (Japan Journal of Physical Education Health and Sport Sciences). 7(4). 47–54. 24 indexed citations

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Ikai, Michio. (1962). PHYSICAL FITNESS STUDIES IN JAPAN. Taiikugaku kenkyu (Japan Journal of Physical Education Health and Sport Sciences). 6(3-4). 1–14. 4 indexed citations

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Ikai, Michio & Arthur H Steinhaus. (1961). Some factors modifying the expression of human strength. Journal of Applied Physiology. 16(1). 157–163. 194 indexed citations

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