Hiroshi Fukuyama is Graduate Student in Graduate School of Sports and Health Science，Ritsumeikan University, and his research manuscript was accepted and published in The JJBSE Journal, which collaborated with Associate Professor Toshiyuki Kurihara, Lecturer Atsuki Fukutani, Assistant Professor Takahiko Sato, and Professor Tadao Isaka. The study revealed that the junior female classic ballet dancers, which can spread the forefoot contact area, can control the posture on demi-pointe with one leg for a long time. In addition, the little toe abductor muscle strength would affect the larger forefoot contact area.

Fukuyama H, Kurihara T, Fukutani A, Sato T, Isaka T. (2021). Relationship between postural control ability on demi-pointe and toe muscular strength in junior female classic ballet dancers. JJBSE J, 25: 1-7.

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