Rodney Imamura

1.4k total citations
28 papers, 759 citations indexed

About

Rodney Imamura is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Rodney Imamura has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 759 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 8 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Rodney Imamura's work include Sports injuries and prevention (19 papers), Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies (10 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (9 papers). Rodney Imamura is often cited by papers focused on Sports injuries and prevention (19 papers), Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies (10 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (9 papers). Rodney Imamura collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Brazil. Rodney Imamura's co-authors include Rafael F. Escamilla, Alan Hreljac, W. Brent Edwards, James R. Andrews, Glenn S. Fleisig, Claude T. Moorman, Toran D. MacLeod, Kevin E. Wilk, Naiquan Zheng and Coop DeRenne and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and Physical Therapy.

In The Last Decade

Rodney Imamura

27 papers receiving 686 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rodney Imamura United States 18 504 451 244 102 101 28 759
Dario Cazzola United Kingdom 13 319 0.6× 236 0.5× 122 0.5× 79 0.8× 77 0.8× 58 567
Phillip B. Watts United States 12 728 1.4× 209 0.5× 220 0.9× 93 0.9× 51 0.5× 47 950
José Luis López Elvira Spain 18 697 1.4× 313 0.7× 167 0.7× 195 1.9× 103 1.0× 56 917
Allan T. Wrigley Canada 7 331 0.7× 202 0.4× 118 0.5× 254 2.5× 75 0.7× 7 599
Daniel Jandačka Czechia 16 447 0.9× 281 0.6× 147 0.6× 11 0.1× 57 0.6× 72 600
Norihisa Fujii Japan 13 310 0.6× 313 0.7× 89 0.4× 26 0.3× 65 0.6× 97 513
Simon Coleman United Kingdom 15 610 1.2× 311 0.7× 194 0.8× 75 0.7× 64 0.6× 37 852
Juliano Dal Pupo Brazil 21 1.0k 2.0× 377 0.8× 65 0.3× 30 0.3× 116 1.1× 82 1.1k
Krzysztof Maćkała Poland 17 601 1.2× 351 0.8× 69 0.3× 25 0.2× 145 1.4× 51 820
Sean P. Flanagan United States 14 512 1.0× 369 0.8× 138 0.6× 133 1.3× 95 0.9× 35 741

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rodney Imamura

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Escamilla, Rafael F., Naiquan Zheng, Toran D. MacLeod, et al.. (2023). Patellofemoral Joint Loading during the Performance of the Wall Squat and Ball Squat with Heel-to-Wall-Distance Variations. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 55(9). 1592–1600. 2 indexed citations
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Escamilla, Rafael F., Naiquan Zheng, Toran D. MacLeod, et al.. (2022). Patellofemoral Joint Loading in Forward Lunge With Step Length and Height Variations. Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 38(4). 210–220. 1 indexed citations
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Escamilla, Rafael F., et al.. (2015). Muscle Activation Among Supine, Prone and Side Position Exercises With and Without a Swiss Ball. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 47(5S). 470–470. 5 indexed citations
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Escamilla, Rafael F., Naiquan Zheng, Toran D. MacLeod, et al.. (2010). Cruciate Ligament Forces between Short-Step and Long-Step Forward Lunge. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 42(10). 1932–1942. 24 indexed citations
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Escamilla, Rafael F., Naiquan Zheng, Toran D. MacLeod, et al.. (2009). Cruciate ligament tensile forces during the forward and side lunge. Clinical Biomechanics. 25(3). 213–221. 26 indexed citations
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Escamilla, Rafael F., Naiquan Zheng, Toran D. MacLeod, et al.. (2009). Patellofemoral Joint Force and Stress during the Wall Squat and One-Leg Squat. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 41(4). 879–888. 71 indexed citations
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Escamilla, Rafael F., Naiquan Zheng, Rodney Imamura, et al.. (2009). Cruciate Ligament Force during the Wall Squat and the One-Leg Squat. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 41(2). 408–417. 38 indexed citations
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Escamilla, Rafael F., Glenn S. Fleisig, Coop DeRenne, et al.. (2009). Effects of Bat Grip on Baseball Hitting Kinematics. Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 25(3). 203–209. 36 indexed citations
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Escamilla, Rafael F., Naiquan Zheng, Toran D. MacLeod, et al.. (2008). Patellofemoral compressive force and stress during the forward and side lunges with and without a stride. Clinical Biomechanics. 23(8). 1026–1037. 40 indexed citations
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Escamilla, Rafael F., Naiquan Zheng, Toran D. MacLeod, et al.. (2008). Patellofemoral Joint Force and Stress Between a Short- and Long-Step Forward Lunge. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy. 38(11). 681–690. 40 indexed citations
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Escamilla, Rafael F., Naiquan Zheng, Toran D. MacLeod, et al.. (2008). Patellofemoral Compressive Force and Stress During the Forward and Side Lunge With and Without a Stride. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 40(5). S79–S79. 1 indexed citations
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Franchini, Émerson, et al.. (2008). A comparative study of speed expressed by the number of throws between heavier and lighter categories in judo. Science & Sports. 23(3-4). 186–188. 20 indexed citations
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Imamura, Rodney, et al.. (2007). A Kinematic Comparison of the Judo Throw Harai-Goshi during Competitive and Non-Competitive Conditions.. PubMed. 6(CSSI-2). 15–22. 22 indexed citations
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Hreljac, Alan, Rodney Imamura, Rafael F. Escamilla, & W. Brent Edwards. (2007). When does a gait transition occur during human locomotion?. PubMed. 6(1). 36–43. 20 indexed citations
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Imamura, Rodney, Alan Hreljac, Rafael F. Escamilla, & W. Brent Edwards. (2006). A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE CENTER OF MASS FOR THREE DIFFERENT JUDO THROWING TECHNIQUES. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21 indexed citations
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Hreljac, Alan, Rodney Imamura, Rafael F. Escamilla, & W. Brent Edwards. (2006). Effects of changing protocol, grade, and direction on the preferred gait transition speed during human locomotion. Gait & Posture. 25(3). 419–424. 39 indexed citations
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Escamilla, Rafael F., et al.. (2006). Electromyographic analysis of traditional and nontraditional abdominal exercises: implications for rehabilitation and training. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 16(4). 295–295. 12 indexed citations
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Hreljac, Alan, et al.. (2005). Preferred and energetically optimal transition speeds during backward human locomotion.. PubMed. 4(4). 446–54. 9 indexed citations
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Imamura, Rodney & Benjamin F. Johnson. (2003). Judo. Sports Biomechanics. 2(2). 191–201. 20 indexed citations
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Imamura, Rodney. (1996). A kinematic comparison of two styles of judo leg sweep in the major outer leg reap : osotogari. UMI eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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