Tomofumi Yamaguchi

Seawater sprinkling promotes swim bladder inflation and reduces lordosis during mass-scale seed production in the leopard coral grouper Plectropomus leopardus

Abstract Lordosis caused by failed swim bladder inflation (SBI) is a major constraint on the production of Plectropomus leopardus . During seed production, an oil film applied to prevent surface trapping impedes air gulping and hinders SBI. We developed a full-surface seawater sp...

Muscle mechanical properties during voluntary contraction with motor-threshold neuromuscular electrical stimulation

Abstract Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is often superimposed on voluntary contraction, but its effects on muscle mechanical properties remain unclear. We used shear wave elastography to assess the tibialis anterior at rest and during isometric ankle dorsiflexion wit...