Phone: (404) 894-1030
Fax: (404) 894-7593
Email: shinohara@gatech.edu

Background and Biography:
Minoru "Shino" Shinohara, PhD, FACSM, is a Research Physiologist at the Center and Associate Professor in the School of Applied Physiology at Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Shinohara received his Masters and PhD from University of Tokyo. He worked for University of Tokyo, Pennsylvania State University, and University of Colorado before he came to Atlanta. Dr. Shinohara has been studying the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying fine motor control and neuromuscular fatigue in young and elderly adults with a variety of techniques including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), single motor unit recordings, electromyography, mechanomyography, and microneurography (muscle sympathetic nerve activity). He is a Fellow member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a regular member of the American Physiological Society, American Society of Biomechanics, and Society for Neuroscience. He is an editorial board member of the Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, and Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.

Publications:

Shinohara M (2009). Muscle activation strategies in multiple muscle systems. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 41, 181-183.

Shinohara M, Yoshitake Y, Kouzaki M (2009). Alterations in synergistic muscle activation impact fluctuations in net force. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 41, 191-197.

Shinohara M, Keenan KG, Enoka RM (2008). Fluctuations in motor output of a hand muscle can be altered by the mechanical properties of the position sensor. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 168, 164-173.

Yoshitake Y, Masani K, Shinohara M (2008). Laser-detected lateral muscle displacement is correlated with force fluctuations during voluntary contractions in humans. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 173, 271-8.

Yoshitake Y, Kouzaki M, Fukuoka H, Fukunaga T, Shinohara M (2007). Modulation of muscle activity and force fluctuations in the plantarflexors after bedrest depends on the knee position. Muscle & Nerve, 35, 745-55.