Curriculum Vitae
Name in Full: Yuyu Ishimoto
Sex: Male
Birth Date: August 1st, 1975
Birth Place: Kochi, Japan
Citizenship: Japan
Marital Status: Married, 2005; three children
Home Address: 1734-1, Nogawa, Wakayama-city, Wakayama, 640-8481, Japan
Home Phone: +81-90-9110-8992
Business Address: 219, Myoji, Katsuragicho, Ito Gun, Wakayama-city, Wakayama, 649-7113
Japan
Business Phone: +81-736-22-0066
Fax:+81-736-22-2579
E-mail: yuyu.ishimoto@hotmail.co.jp
School Attended:
April 1988-March 1991; Kochi Gakugei Middle School
April 1991-March 1994; Kochi Gakugei High School
April 1997-March 2003; Wakayama Medical University
April 2008-March 2012; Graduate Course of Wakayama Medical University
Education and Licensure:
April 2003 --- M.D. Wakayama Medical University
June 2003 --- Medical License No. 438066, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
March 2010 --- Board-certified Orthopaedics No. 119321, Japanese Orthopaedic
Association
July 2012 --- Ph.D. (Dr. of Medical Science), Wakayama Medical University (Thesis:
Prevalence of cervical cord compression and its association with physical
performance in a population-based cohort in Japan: the Wakayama Spine
Study.)
March 2012 --- Board-certified Spine Surgeon No. 4868, Japanese Orthopaedic
Association
Professional Training and Employment:
April 2003-March 2005; 2year -postgraduate program
April 2005-March 2007;Medical staff of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Hashimoto Municipal Hospital, Wakayama
April 2007-March 2008; Medical staff of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Hannan Municipal Hospital, Osaka
August 2008-March 2013; Clinical Research Fellow, Department of
Orthopaedic Surgery, Wakayama Medical University
March 2013-June 2013; Medical staff of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Wakayama Rosai Hospital, Wakayama
July 2013-present Assistant professor of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital
Specialty: Orthopedic surgery, Spinal surgery (Adult and Pediatric)
Professional membership: Japanese Orthopaedic Association
Japanese Spine Research Society
Central Japan of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology
Wakayama Medical Society
Particular interests:
Spine surgery for degenerative spinal disorders
Minimally invasive spine surgery for spinal stenosis and lumbar disc herniation
Epidemiology of degenerative spinal disorders
Original articles (First author)
Prevalence of symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis and its association with
physical performance in a population-based cohort in Japan: the Wakayama
Spine Study.
Ishimoto Yuyu, Yoshimura Noriko, Muraki Shigeyuki, Yamada Hiroshi, Nagata Keiji,
Hashizume Hiroshi, Takiguchi Noboru, Minamide Akihito, Oka Hiroyuki,
Kawaguchi Hiroshi, Nakamura Kozo, Akune Toru, Yoshida Munehito
OAC. 2012 20(10): 1103-8.
Associations between radiographic lumbar spinal stenosis and clinical symptoms
in the general population: the Wakayama Spine Study
Ishimoto Yuyu, Yoshimura Noriko, Muraki Shigeyuki, Yamada Hiroshi, Nagata Keiji,
Hashizume Hiroshi, Takiguchi Noboru, Minamide Akihito, Oka Hiroyuki,
Kawaguchi Hiroshi, Nakamura Kozo, Akune Toru, Yoshida Munehito
OAC.2012 21(6): 783–8.
Consuming breakfast and exercising longer during high school increases bone
mineral density in young adult men
Ishimoto Yuyu, Yoshida Munehito, Nagata Keiji, Yamada Hiroshi, Hashizume
Hiroshi, Yoshimura Noriko
JBMM, 2013 31(3): 329–36.
Original articles
The association of combination of disc degeneration, endplate signal change, and
Schmorl's node with low back pain in a large population study: the Wakayama
Spine Study.
Teraguchi Masatosh, Yoshimura Noriko, Hashizume Hiroshi, Muraki Shigeyuki,
Yamada Hiroshi, Oka Hiroyuki, Minamide Akihito, Nakagawa
Yukihiro, Ishimoto Yuyu, Nagata Keiji, Kagotani Ryohei, Tanaka Sakae, Kawaguchi
Hiroshi, Nakamura Kozo, Akune Toru, Yoshida Munehito.
Spine J. 2014 Nov 26. Epub ahead of print
Does osteophytosis at the knee predict health-related quality of life decline? A
3-year follow-up of the ROAD study.
Muraki Shigeyuki, Akune Toru, Nagata Keiji, Ishimoto Yuyu, Yoshida Munehito,
Tokimura F, Tanaka Sakae, Kawaguchi Hiroshi, Nakamura Kozo, Oka
Hiroyuki, Yoshimura Noriko.
Clin Rheumatol. 2014 May 30. [Epub ahead of print]
The prevalence of cervical myelopathy among subjects with narrow cervical
spinal canal in a population-based magnetic resonance imaging study: the
Wakayama Spine Study.
Nagata Keiji, Yoshimura Noriko, Hashizume Hiroshi, Muraki
Shigeyuki, Ishimoto Yuyu, Yamada Hiroshi, Takiguchi Noboru, Nakagawa Yukihiro,
Minamide Akihito, Oka Hiroyuki, Kawaguchi Hiroshi, Nakamura Kozo, Akune
Toru, Yoshida Munehito.
Spine J. 2014 ;1;14(12):2811-7
Prevalence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) of the whole spine
and its association with lumbar spondylosis and knee osteoarthritis: the ROAD
study.
Kagotani Ryohei, Yoshida Munehito, Muraki Shigeyuki, Oka Hiroyuki, Hashizume
Hiroshi, Yamada Hiroshi, Enyo Yoshio, Nagata Keiji, Ishimoto Yuyu, Teraguchi
Masatoshi, Tanaka Sakae, Nakamura Kozo, Kawaguchi H, Akune
Toru, Yoshimura Noriko.
J BMM. 2014 Mar 13. [Epub ahead of print]
Development and evaluation of a video exercise program for locomotive
syndrome in the elderly.
Hashizume Hiroshi, Yoshimura Noriko, Nagata Keiji, Miyazaki
Nobuyuki, Ishimoto Yuyu, Nishiyama Ryoko, Oka Hiroyuki, Yamada
Hiroshi, Yoshida Munehito.
Mod Rheumatol. 2014;24(2):250-7.
Association of knee osteoarthritis with onset and resolution of pain and physical
functional disability: the ROAD study.
Muraki Shigeyuki, Akune Toru, Nagata Keiji, Ishimoto Yuyu, Yoshida Munehito,
Tokimura F, Tanaka Sakae, Oka Hiroyuki, Kawaguchi Hiroshi, Nakamura
Kozo, Yoshimura Noriko.
Mod Rheumatol. 2014;24(6):966-73.
Prevalence and distribution of intervertebral disc degeneration over the entire
spine in a population-based cohort: the Wakayama Spine Study.
Teraguchi Masatosh, Yoshimura Noriko, Hashizume Hiroshi, Muraki Shigeyuki,
Yamada Hiroshi, Oka Hiroyuki, Minamide Akihito, Nakagawa
Yukihiro, Ishimoto Yuyu, Nagata Keiji, Kagotani Ryohei, Tanaka Sakae, Kawaguchi
Hiroshi, Nakamura Kozo, Akune Toru, Yoshida Munehito.
Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2014;22(1):104-10.
Skipping breakfast and less exercise are risk factors for bone loss in young
Japanese adults: a 3-year follow-up study.
Nagata Keiji, Yoshida Munehito, Ishimoto Yuyu, Hashizume Hiroshi, Yamada
Hiroshi,Yoshimura Noriko.
J Bone Miner Metab. 2014;32(4):420-7.
Prevalence and progression of radiographic ossification of the posterior
longitudinal ligament and associated factors in the Japanese population: a
3-year follow-up of the ROAD study.
Yoshimura Noriko, Nagata Keiji, Muraki Shigeyuki, Oka
Hiroyuki, Yoshida Munehito, Enyo Yoshio, Kagotani Ryohei, Hashizume Hiroshi,
Yamada Hiroshi, Ishimoto Yuyu, Teraguchi Masatoshi, Tanaka Sakae, Kawaguchi
Hiroshi, Toyama Y, Nakamura Kozo, Akune Toru.
Osteoporos Int. 2014;25(3):1089-98.
Development and evaluation of a video exercise program for locomotive
syndrome in the elderly.
Hashizume Hiroshi, Yoshimura Noriko, Nagata Keiji, Miyazaki
Nobuyuki, Ishimoto Yuyu, Nishiyama Ryoko, Oka Hiroyuki, Yamada
Hiroshi, Yoshida Munehito.
Mod Rheumatol. 2013 Mar 30. [Epub ahead of print]
Risk factors for falls in a longitudinal population-based cohort study of
Japanese men and women: the ROAD Study.
Muraki Shigeyuki, Akune Toru, Ishimoto Yuyu, Nagata Keiji, Yoshida Munehito,
Tokimura F, Tanaka Sakae, Oka Hiroyuki, Kawaguchi Hiroshi, Nakamura
Kozo, Yoshimura Noriko.
Bone. 2013 Jan;52(1):516-23.
Prevalence of cervical cord compression and its association with physical
performance in a population-based cohort in Japan: the Wakayama Spine
Study.
Nagata Keiji, Yoshimura Noriko, Hashizume Hiroshi, Muraki
Shigeyuki, Ishimoto Yuyu, Yamada Hiroshi, Takiguchi Noboru, Nakagawa Yukihiro,
Minamide Akihito, Oka Hiroyuki, Kawaguchi Hiroshi, Nakamura Kozo, Akune
Toru, Yoshida Munehito.
Spine. 2012;15;37(22):1892-8.
Incidence and risk factors for radiographic lumbar spondylosis and lower back
pain in Japanese men and women: the ROAD study.
Muraki Shigeyuki, Akune Toru, Ishimoto Yuyu, Nagata Keiji, Yoshida Munehito,
Tokimura F, Tanaka Sakae, Oka Hiroyuki, Kawaguchi Hiroshi, Nakamura
Kozo, Yoshimura Noriko.
OAC. 2012;20(7):712-8.
Physical performance, bone and joint diseases, and incidence of falls in Japanese
men and women: a longitudinal cohort study.
Muraki Shigeyuki, Akune Toru, Ishimoto Yuyu, Nagata Keiji, Yoshida Munehito,
Tokimura F, Tanaka Sakae, Oka Hiroyuki, Kawaguchi Hiroshi, Nakamura
Kozo, Yoshimura Noriko.
Osteoporos Int. 2013;24(2):459-66.
Incidence and risk factors for radiographic knee osteoarthritis and knee pain in
Japanese men and women: a longitudinal population-based cohort study.
Muraki Shigeyuki, Akune Toru, Ishimoto Yuyu, Nagata Keiji, Yoshida Munehito,
Tokimura F, Tanaka Sakae, Oka Hiroyuki, Kawaguchi Hiroshi, Nakamura
Kozo, Yoshimura Noriko.
Arthritis Rheum. 2012;64(5):1447-56.
Reference values for hand grip strength, muscle mass, walking time, and one-leg
standing time as indices for locomotive syndrome and associated disability: the
second survey of the ROAD study.
Yoshimura Noriko, Oka Hiroyuki, Muraki Shigeyuki, Akune Toru, Hirabayashi N,
Matsuda S, Nojiri T, Hatanaka K, Ishimoto Yuyu, Nagata Keiji, Yoshida Munehito,
Tokimura F, Kawaguchi Hiroshi, Nakamura Kozo.
J Orthop Sci. 2011;16(6):768-77.
Presentations
Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (ORAL)
In India 2012 10/5
The relation between radiographic lumbar spinal stenosis and symptomatic
persons in the general population -The Wakayama Spine StudyIshimoto Yuyu, Yoshimura Noriko, Muraki Shigeyuki, Yamada Hiroshi, Nagata Keiji,
Hashizume Hiroshi, Takiguchi Noboru, Minamide Akihito, Oka Hiroyuki,
Kawaguchi Hiroshi, Nakamura Kozo, Akune Toru, Yoshida Munehito
Japan-Korean Combined Orthopaedic Symposium (ORAL)
In Japan 2012 7/8
The association between radiographic lumbar spinal stenosis and symptom in
the general population -The Wakayama Spine StudyIshimoto Yuyu, Yoshimura Noriko, Muraki Shigeyuki, Yamada Hiroshi, Nagata Keiji,
Hashizume Hiroshi, Takiguchi Noboru, Minamide Akihito, Oka Hiroyuki,
Kawaguchi Hiroshi, Nakamura Kozo, Akune Toru, Yoshida Munehito
Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (ORAL)
In Japan 2011 7/2
The prevalence of lumbar spinal stenosis using MRI in a local cohort: The
ROAD-MRI study
Ishimoto Yuyu, Yoshimura Noriko, Muraki Shigeyuki, Yamada Hiroshi, Nagata Keiji,
Hashizume Hiroshi, Takiguchi Noboru, Minamide Akihito, Oka Hiroyuki,
Kawaguchi Hiroshi, Nakamura Kozo, Akune Toru, Yoshida Munehito
International Osteoporosis Foundation (Poster)
In Italy 2010 5/6
Factors associated with bone mineral density in male adolescents - A survey of
male medical students, 1993-2002 Ishimoto Yuyu, Yoshida Munehito, Nagata Keiji, Yamada Hiroshi, Hashizume
Hiroshi, Yoshimura Noriko