Minoru "Shino" Shinohara, PhD, FACSM

Associate Professor

School of Applied Physiology Bioengineering Program Faculty Georgia Institute of Technology Research Physiologist Center of Excellence for Aging Veterans with Vision Loss Atlanta VA Medical Center Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Physiology Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Emory University School of Medicine Office: 1309C at 555 14th Street, NW Email to "Shino" Lab: Neuromuscular Physiology Lab

Education

• Ph.D., Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics, University of Tokyo, Japan
• M.Ed., Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics, University of Tokyo, Japan
• B.Ed., Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics, University of Tokyo, Japan

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder
• Research Associate, Pennsylvania State University
• Senior Research Associate, University of Colorado at Boulder

Research Interests

Shino's research interests include physiological and biomechanical mechanisms underlying fine motor skills and their adjustments and adaptations to heightened sympathetic nerve activity, aging or inactivity, space flight or microgravity, neuromuscular fatigue, divided attention, and practice in humans. He uses state-of-the-art techniques in neuroscience, physiology, and biomechanics (e.g., TMS, EEG, fMRI, single motor unit recordings, microneurography, mechanomyography, ultrasound elastography, and exoskeleton robot) in identifying these mechanisms.
Neuromuscular Physiology Lab web site

Courses

• APPH 6233 Aging Movement Control
• APPH 8802 Adaptations in Neuromuscular Control
• APPH 8803 Neuromuscular Physiology

Honors and Awards

• Vendor's Innovation in Research Award, American College of Sports Medicine Biomechanics Interest Group
• Visiting Scholar Award, American College of Sports Medicine
• Research Travel Award, American Society of Biomechanics
• Research Career Enhancement Award, American Physiological Society
• Fellow, American Collge of Sports Medicine
• New Investigator Award, Japanese Society for College Physical Education and Sports
• National Science Foundation (NSF): GRF Neurosciences & Physiology Panel
• Nederland Organization for Scientific Research (NOW): Grant Reviewer

Book Editor

• Shinohara M Ed. Advances in Neuromuscular Physiology of Motor Skills and Muscle Fatigue, Research Signpost, 2009.

Associate Editor

• Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Editorial Board Member

• Journal of Applied Physiology
• Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Regular Member

• American College of Sports Medicine (Fellow)
• American Physiological Society
• American Society of Biomechanics
• Society for Neuroscience

Guest Referee

• Acta Physiologica
• American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
• British Journal of Sports Medicine
• Clinical Neurophysiology
• European Journal of Applied Physiology
• Experimental Brain Research
• Human Movement Science
• IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
• IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics
• International Journal of Sport and Health Science
• International Journal of Sports Medicine
• Journal of Applied Physiology
• Journal of Biomechanics
• Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
• Journal of Gerontology
• Journal of Motor Behavior
• Journal of Neurophysiology
• Medical Engineering & Physics
• Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
• Motor Control
• Muscle & Nerve
• Neurorehabiliation and Neural Repair
• Neuroscience Letters
• Parkinsonism and Related Disorders
• PLoS ONE
• Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
• Somatosensory and Motor Research

Select Publications

• Johnson AN, Shinohara M. Corticomuscular coherence with and without additional task in the elderly. Journal of Applied Physiology, in press.
• Johnson AN, Huo X, Ghovanloo M, Shinohara M. Dual-task motor performance with a tongue-operated assistive technology compared with hand operations. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 9:1, 2012.
• Archer A, Atangcho P, Sabra KG, Shinohara M. Propagation direction of natural mechanical oscillations in the biceps brachii muscle during voluntary contraction. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 22: 51–59, 2012
• Johnson AN, Wheaton LA, Shinohara M. Attenuation of corticomuscular coherence with additional motor or non-motor task. Clinical Neurophysiology 122:356-363, 2011
• Shinohara M, Sabra K, Gennisson J-L, Fink M, Tanter M. Real-time visualization of muscle stiffness distribution with ultrasound shear wave imaging during muscle contraction. Muscle & Nerve 42: 438-441, 2010.
• Ueda J, Ming D, Krishnamoorthy V, Shinohara M, Ogasawara T. Individual muscle control using an exoskeleton robot for muscle function testing. IEEE Transactions on Neural and Rehabilitation Systems Engineering 18: 339-350, 2010.
• Kouzaki M, Shinohara M. Steadiness in plantar flexor muscles and its relation to postural sway in young and elderly adults. Muscle & Nerve 42:78-87, 2010.
• Kamibayashi K, Nakazawa K, Ogata H, Obata H, Akai M, Shinohara M. Invariable H-reflex and sustained facilitation of stretch reflex with heightened sympathetic outflow. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 19:1053-1060, 2009.
• Kouzaki M, Shinohara M. The frequency of alternate muscle activity is associated with the attenuation in muscle fatigue. Journal of Applied Physiology 101: 715-720, 2006.
• Shinohara M, Moritz CT, Pascoe MA, Enoka RM. Prolonged muscle vibration increases stretch reflex amplitude, motor unit discharge rate and force fluctuations in a hand muscle. Journal of Applied Physiology 99: 1835-1842, 2005.
• Shinohara M, Keenan KG, Enoka RM. Contralateral activity in a homologous hand muscle during voluntary contractions is greater in old adults. Journal of Applied Physiology 94: 966-974, 2003.
• Shinohara M, Latash ML, Zatsiorsky VM. Age effects on force production by the intrinsic and extrinsic hand muscles and finger interaction during maximal contraction tasks. Journal of Applied Physiology 95: 1361-1369, 2003.
• Shinohara M, Yoshitake Y, Kouzaki M, Fukuoka H, Fukunaga T. Strength training counteracts motor performance losses during bed rest. Journal of Applied Physiology 95: 1485-1492, 2003.

Reviews and Chapters

• Shinohara M. Adaptations in motor unit behavior in elderly adults. Current Aging Science 4: 200-208, 2011
• Aoki T, Shinohara M, Kinoshita H. Motor control of individual fingers. In: Shinohara M Ed, Advances in neuromuscular physiology of motor skills and muscle fatigue. Research Signpost, 1-24, 2009.
• Kouzaki M, Shinohara M. Alternation in muscle activity to reduce muscle fatigue. In: Shinohara M Ed, Advances in neuromuscular physiology of motor skills and muscle fatigue. Research Signpost, 351-367, 2009
• Yoshitake Y, Shinohara M. Steady force control in multiple muscle systems. In: Shinohara M Ed, Advances in neuromuscular physiology of motor skills and muscle fatigue. Research Signpost, 127-138, 2009.
• Shinohara M, Yoshitake Y, Kouzaki M. Alterations in synergistic muscle activation impact fluctuations in net force. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 41:191-197, 2009.
• Shinohara M, Sogaard K. Mechanomyography for studying force fluctuations and muscle fatigue. Exercise and Sport Science Reviews 34: 59-64, 2006.
• Latash ML, Shim JK, Shinohara M, Zatsiorsky VM. Changes in finger coordination with advanced age. Latash ML and Lestienne F, eds. Motor Control and Learning. New York: Springer, pp.141-160, 2006.
• Shinohara M. Effects of prolonged vibration on motor unit activity and motor performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 37: 2120-2125, 2005.

Conference Organizer

• Co-chair of Sensorimotor track in the XIXth Congress of the International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology, 2012.
• Co-organizer of "Noise, Time Delay and Balance Control" at Banff International Research Station, 2009 (5-day workshop).

Conference Presentations

• Takai Y, Yoshitake Y, Maeo J, Shinohara M, Fukunaga T, Kanehisa H (2011). Reproducibility of muscle stiffness measured with ultrasound shear-wave elastography. The 66th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine.
• Shinohara M, Archer AA, Grayson MM, Sabra KG (2011) Muscle stiffness quantification with novel ultrasound elastography imaging for detecting muscle damage after eccentric contractions. The 58th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine.
• Archer AA, Grayson MM, Sabra KG, Shinohara M (2011) Muscle stiffness quantification with novel ultrasound elastography imaging during fatiguing contraction. American College of Sports Medicine.
• Archer AA, Atangcho P, Shinohara M, Sabra K (2011). Two dimensional characterization of skeletal muscle’s natural vibrations during voluntary contractions.The 161st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
• Sensorimotor enhancer for a fingertip by using stochastic resonance effect. Kurita Y, Shinohara M, Ueda J (2011) IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
• Shinohara M, Vohra S, Buharin VE (2010). Effects of physiologically heightened sympathetic nerve activity on stretch and H-reflexes in a contracting hand muscle. The 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
• Johnson AN, Shinohara M (2010). Beta band corticomuscular coherence with an additional motor or non-motor task in healthy elderly adults. The 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
• Buharin VE, Rajendra J, Butler AJ, Shinohara M (2010). Effects of physiologically heightened sympathetic nerve activity on motor cortex excitability. The 39th Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience .
• Johnson AN, Vachtsevanos G, Shinohara M (2010). Feature Subset Selection for Age-Related Changes in EEG and EMG during Motor Tasks. The 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
• Johnson AN, Huo X, Cheng CW, Ghovanloo M, Shinohara M (2010). Effects of additional load on hand and tongue performance. The 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.