HUNGU JUNG

Last Updated :2025/06/04

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences(Health Sciences), Contributing Associate Professor
E-mail
junghiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
My research field is disability prevention. In Japan, which has a super-aging society, I am working on research to extend healthy life expectancy. Recently, I have been conducting research not only on physical function but also on dementia. By maintaining physical and mental health, I plan to contribute to developing a healthy local community. That is the very purpose of the Department of Medicine for Integrated Approach to Social Inclusion.

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Hiroshima University
  • Hiroshima University

Research Fields

  • Complex systems;Health / Sports science;Applied health science
  • Complex systems;Biomedical engineering;Rehabilitation science / Welfare engineering

Research Keywords

  • Rehabilitation

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Relationship between changes in activities to prevent disability due to the COVID-19 pandemic and mental status or life-related functions among community-dwelling older adults, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus, 20250322
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  2. ★, Rate of advance care planning practice during the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan: a cross-sectional survey study, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 20250407
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  3. ★, Trends in disability (2001-2019), chronic medical conditions (1996-2020), and mortality (1995-2020) in Japanese older adults: analyses based on national datasets, BMC GERIATRICS, 25(1), 20250306
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  4. Psychological Interventions to Improve Upper Limb Motor Dysfunction Post-stroke: A Scoping Review, Cureus, 1(17), 20250102
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  5. Temporal validation of a clinical prediction rule for distinguishing locomotive syndromes in community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional study from the DETECt-L study, OSTEOPOROSIS AND SARCOPENIA, 10(1), 40-44, 202403
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  6. Prevalence and associated factors of work impairment among geriatricians during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, 24 Suppl 1, 215-220, 20231222
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  7. ★, Estimation of reference values of gait spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters in the lower extremities and trunk using a markerless motion capture system for healthy older Japanese adults, Physical Therapy Research, in press(3), 106-113, 202307
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  8. ★, Association of sarcopenia, pre-sarcopenia, and dynapenia with the onset and progression of locomotive syndrome in Japanese older adults: A cross-sectional study, Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 42(1), 16-16, 202307
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  9. Effects of Combined Exercise and Psychological Interventions on Psychological Factors After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY, 17(2), 82-88, 202304
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  10. Estimation of reference intervals for physical fitness indicators in healthy community-dwelling older adults, Gazzetta Medica Italiana - Archivio per le Scienze Mediche, in press(10), 620-627, 202212
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  11. Effects of age and gender on spatiotemporal and kinematic gait parameters in older adults., Acta of bioengineering and biomechanics, 24(4), 2022
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  12. Diagnostic Accuracy of Physical Examination Tests for Suspected Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 17(5), 742-752, 20220101
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  13. ★, A cutoff value for body composition on the severity of locomotive syndrome in Japanese older women: A cross-sectional study, Health Care for Women International, 20220101
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  14. Clinical Prediction Rule for Identifying the Stroke Patients who will Obtain Clinically Important Improvement of Upper Limb Motor Function by Robot-Assisted Upper Limb, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 31(7), 20220701
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  15. ★, Body Composition Characteristics of Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Dynapenia or Sarcopenia., Frontiers in nutrition, 9, 2022
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  16. Clinical prediction rule for locomotive syndrome in older adults: A decision tree model, Journal of Orthopaedic Science, 20220101
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  17. Diagnostic Test Accuracy of Physical Examination Tests in Suspected Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review, International Journal of Gerontology, 16(2), 83-88, 20220401
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  18. Does frequent use of an exoskeletal upper limb robot improve motor function in stroke patients?, Disability and rehabilitation, 45(7), 2023
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  19. Effects of an Adapted Sports Intervention on Elderly Women in Need of Long-Term Care: A Pilot Study, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 12(6), 20220301
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  20. Identifying Target Values of Body Composition for Preventing Frailty: A Descriptive Study in Older Adults, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 8, 20220103
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  21. ★, Reductions in Muscle Strength and Range of Motion Cause Locomotion Disability via Locomotion-Related Functional Limitation in Japanese Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study., Journal of aging research, 2021, 2021
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  22. ★, Relationship between Mobility-Related Activities of Daily Living and Health-Related Quality of Life among Healthy Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Structural Equation Modeling., Gerontology & geriatric medicine, 7, 2021
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  23. The Effects of a Multi-component Lower Extremity Training Technique on Physical Function in Healthy Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 7, 20210101
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  24. ★, A model used to consider lower extremity range of motion to identify fall experience in community-dwelling older women: A retrospective study, International Journal of Gerontology, 14(4), 304-309, 20201101
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  25. ★, The Effects of a Multicomponent Lower Extremity Training Technique on Physical Function in Healthy Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial., Gerontology & geriatric medicine, 6, 2020
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  26. Effects of Household Composition on Health-Related Quality of Life among the Japanese Middle-Aged and Elderly: Analysis from a Gender Perspective, Japanese Journal of Social Welfare, 60(5), 1-12, 2020
  27. ★, Association of lower extremity range of motion and muscle strength with physical performance of community-dwelling older women, Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 35(1), 20161208
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Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Relationship Between Lower Extremity Range of Motion and Muscle Strength and Physical Performance in Elderly Individuals, 21th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science Crossing Borders Through Sport Science, Vienna, Austria, 2016/07, Without Invitation
  2. Physical Activity in Older Adults: It's Association with Lower Extremity Joint Range of Motion and Muscle Force, 20th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science Sustainable Sport, Malmö, Sweden, 2015/06, Without Invitation
  3. Participation of the sympathetic nervous system for the diet-induced thermogenesis of the spinal cord injury injured, The Journal of Rehabilitation Sport 34(1): 12-12, 2015, 2023/11, Without Invitation
  4. Effects of Range of Motion and Physical Performance on Quality of Life among People Aged 65 Years or Older, 10th International Sports Science Conference, Kota Bharu, Malaysia, 2014/08, Without Invitation
  5. Range of Motion and Physical Fitness Relative to Activity of Daily Living in Elderly Individuals, The 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Exercise and Sports Science, Taipei, 2013/11, Without Invitation

Social Activities

History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers

  1. 2024, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
  2. 2024, BMC Geriatrics
  3. 2023, Scientific Reports
  4. 2023, GeroScience
  5. 2022, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
  6. 2021, Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics
  7. 2021, Frontiers in Public Health
  8. 2020, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine