Hidetoshi Nakao

NAKAO Hidetoshi

Associate Professor

area of expertise: sports rehabilitation, musculoskeletal disorders

Research Themes and Keywords

Physical therapy for low back pain in baseball players, alignment evaluation for athletes, and foot and ankle joint movement function

Final academic background/degree

Tokushima University Graduate School/Doctor

licence · Qualification

Physiotherapist, Musculoskeletal certified physiotherapist, NSCA-CSCS

Affiliated academic society

Japanese Association of Physical Therapists, Japanese Society of Clinical Sports Medicine, Athlete Care

Major achievements

“Determination of individual factors associated with hallux valgus using SVM-RFE” (BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2023)
“Factors affecting chronic low back pain among high school baseball players in Japan: A pilot study” (PloS one.2023), “Correlation of Medial Longitudinal Arch Morphology with Body Characteristics and Locomotive Function in Community-Dwelling Older Women: A Cross-Sectional Study． ” (Journal of orthopedic and surgery. 2021)

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Social contribution activities

(Public corporation) Osaka Prefectural Physical Therapist Association General Affairs Department Member (2019-2021), (General Incorporated Association) Osaka Prefectural Physical Therapist Lifelong Learning Center Member (2021-2022)

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