【2025】

Hara T, Hisano G, Kobayashi T, Pillet H, Morishima R, Mizuno Y, Hobara H. Relationship between gait asymmetry and time since amputation in individuals with unilateral transfemoral amputation. Journal of Biomechanics, 183, 112622, 2025.

Jor A, Lau NWK, He Y, Daryabor A, Lam W-K, Hobara H, Gao F, Kobayashi T. Effects of foot orthoses on lower extremity joint kinematics and kinetics in runners with asymptomatic flatfeet: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Gait and Posture, 121, 281-294, 2025.

He Y, Hu M, Lai ACH a, Koh MWP, Hobara H, Gao F, Kobayashi T. Gait classification in individuals with unilateral transfemoral amputation using random forest and k-means clustering. Journal of Biomechanics, 191, 11290, 2025.

Morishima R, Hara T, Mizuno Y, Hisano G, Pillet H, Kobayashi T, Hobara H. Associations between weight-bearing asymmetry and demographic factors during quiet standing in individuals with unilateral transfemoral amputation. Gait and Posture, in press.

Hobara H, Mizuno Y, Morishima R, Hara T, Kaneishi D, Komuta M, Sun X. Immediate effect of a powered prosthetic knee on loading asymmetry during sit-to-stand tasks in individuals with unilateral transfemoral amputation. Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, in press.

Book Chapter

Hobara H, and Hisano G. Chapter 8. Prosthetic developments in Sport; Biomechanics of Running-specific Prosthesis. In ‘The Routledge Handbook of Disability Sport Science.’ Edited By Katy Griggs, Ursina Arnet, Rienk van der Slikke, Joelle Leonie Flueck. Routledge, 2025.

【2024】

He Y, Hu M, Jor A, Hobara H, Gao F, Kobayashi T. Dynamics of Center of Pressure Trajectory in Gait: Unilateral Transfemoral Amputees versus Non-disabled Individuals, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, 32, 1416-1425, 2024.

Kobayashi T, Jor A, Hsieh HY, Koh MWP, Hisano G, Hara T, Hobara H. Transfemoral prosthetic simulators versus amputees: ground reaction forces and spatiotemporal parameters in gait. Royal Society Open Science, 11, 231854, 2024.

Toda H, Hobara H, Tada M. Sex differences in dynamic joint stiffness during walking in older adults. Gait and Posture, 108, 50-55, 2024.

Sakata H, Hashizume S, Amma R, Hisano G, Murata H, Takemura H, Usui F, Hobara H. Anterior-posterior ground reaction forces across a range of running speeds in unilateral transfemoral amputees. Sports Biomechanics, 23 (1), 69-80, 2024.

Jor A, Lau NWK, Darybor A, Koh MWP, Lam W-K, Hobara H, Kobayashi T. Effects of foot orthoses on running kinetics and kinematics: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Gait and Posture, 109, 240-258, 2024.

【2023】

Hu M, He Y, Hisano G, Hobara H, Kobayashi T. Coordination of lower limb during gait in individuals with unilateral transfemoral Amputation. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, 31, 3835-3843, 2023.

Hisano G, Murata H, Kobayashi T, Major MJ, Nakashima M, Hobara H. Dynamic balance during walking in transfemoral prosthesis users: step-to-step changes in whole-body and segment angular momenta. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, 31, 2893-2902, 2023.

Hobara H, Murata H, Hisano G, Hashizume S, Ichimura D, Cutti AG, Petrone N. Biomechanical determinants of top running speeds in para-athletes with unilateral transfemoral amputation. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 43, 253-257, 2023.