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Overview

Kunio Takaoka is affiliated with Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan and specializes in research within the field of Medicine, focusing primarily on Surgery alongside related subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Urology, and Rheumatology.

Their research interests concentrate on topics including Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Knee Injuries and Reconstruction Techniques, Orthopaedic Implants and Arthroplasty, Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments, and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Kunio Takaoka encompass the following:

  • The posterior tibial slope does not influence the flexion angle in posterior-stabilized mobile-bearing total knee arthroplasty, 2021, published in Arthroplasty
  • Topical co-administration of zoledronate with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 can induce and maintain bone formation in the bone marrow environment, 2021, published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Advanced Varus Deformity Associated With Medial Knee Osteoarthritis Is a Potential Predictor of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear and Risk for Suitable Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty, 2025, published in The Journal of Arthroplasty

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kunio Takaoka include:

  • Yukihide Minoda
  • Susumu Takemura
  • Tessyu Ikawa
  • Yohei Ohyama
  • Mitsunari Kim

Publication venues where Kunio Takaoka's work frequently appears include:

  • Arthroplasty
  • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • The Journal of Arthroplasty

Best Publications

  • Estrogen Prevents Bone Loss via Estrogen Receptor α and Induction of Fas Ligand in Osteoclasts

    Takashi Nakamura;Yuuki Imai;Yuuki Imai;Takahiro Matsumoto;Shingo Sato

  • Transient and localized expression of bone morphogenetic protein 4 messenger RNA during fracture healing

    Takanobu Nakase;Shintaro Nomura;Hideki Yoshikawa;Jun Hashimoto

  • The 2001 revised criteria for diagnosis, classification, and staging of idiopathic osteonecrosis of the femoral head

    Nobuhiko Sugano;Takashi Atsumi;Kenji Ohzono;Toshikazu Kubo

  • Natural history of nontraumatic avascular necrosis of the femoral head

    K Ohzono;M Saito;K Takaoka;K Ono

  • Cooperative Inhibition of Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling by Smurf1 and Inhibitory Smads

    Gyo Murakami;Tetsuro Watabe;Kunio Takaoka;Kohei Miyazono

  • Heparin potentiates the in vivo ectopic bone formation induced by bone morphogenetic protein-2

    Baohong Zhao;Takenobu Katagiri;Hiromitsu Toyoda;Takatora Takada

  • Natural history of scoliosis in spastic cerebral palsy

    Naoto Saito;Sohei Ebara;Kuniyoshi Ohotsuka;Hidemitsu Kumeta

  • Ectopic bone induction on and in porous hydroxyapatite combined with collagen and bone morphogenetic protein.

    Kunio Takaoka;Haruhiko Nakahara;Hideki Yoshikawa;Kensaku Masuhara

  • A biodegradable polymer as a cytokine delivery system for inducing bone formation

    Naoto Saito;Takao Okada;Hiroshi Horiuchi;Narumichi Murakami

  • The flexion gap in normal knees. An MRI study.

    Y Tokuhara;Y Kadoya;S Nakagawa;A Kobayashi

  • Potentiation of the activity of bone morphogenetic protein-2 in bone regeneration by a PLA–PEG/hydroxyapatite composite

    Takashi Kaito;Akira Myoui;Kunio Takaoka;Naoto Saito

  • Embryonic stem cells injected into the mouse knee joint form teratomas and subsequently destroy the joint

    S. Wakitani;K. Takaoka;T. Hattori;N. Miyazawa

  • Osteoprotegerin regulates bone formation through a coupling mechanism with bone resorption.

    Midori Nakamura;Nobuyuki Udagawa;Sachiko Matsuura;Makio Mogi

  • Association of the human NPPS gene with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine (OPLL).

    Isao Nakamura;Shiro Ikegawa;Akihiko Okawa;Shin'ya Okuda

  • Clinical outcome and survival after palliative surgery for spinal metastases: palliative surgery in spinal metastases.

    Hiroki Hirabayashi;Sohei Ebara;Tetsuya Kinoshita;Yohei Yuzawa

  • A new biotechnology for articular cartilage repair: subchondral implantation of a composite of interconnected porous hydroxyapatite, synthetic polymer (PLA-PEG), and bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2)

    Noriyuki Tamai;Akira Myoui;Makoto Hirao;Takashi Kaito

  • New synthetic biodegradable polymers as BMP carriers for bone tissue engineering.

    Naoto Saito;Kunio Takaoka

  • Telopeptide-depleted bovine skin collagen as a carrier for bone morphogenetic protein.

    Kunio Takaoka;Masahiro Koezuka;Haruhiko Nakahara

  • Polyethylene sockets and alumina ceramic heads in cemented total hip arthroplasty. A ten-year study

    N Sugano;T Nishii;K Nakata;K Masuhara

  • Characteristic radiographic or magnetic resonance images of fresh osteoporotic vertebral fractures predicting potential risk for nonunion: a prospective multicenter study.

    Tadao Tsujio;Hiroaki Nakamura;Hidetomi Terai;Masatoshi Hoshino

Frequent Co-Authors

Hideki Yoshikawa
Hideki Yoshikawa Osaka University
Shigeyuki Wakitani
Shigeyuki Wakitani Mukogawa Women's University
Yoshifumi Naka
Yoshifumi Naka Columbia University
Takahiro Ochi
Takahiro Ochi Osaka University
Shigeaki Kato
Shigeaki Kato University of Tokyo
Shintaro Nomura
Shintaro Nomura Nomura Holdings (Japan)
Yukihiko Kitamura
Yukihiko Kitamura Osaka University
Takayoshi Nakano
Takayoshi Nakano Osaka University
Yukichi Umakoshi
Yukichi Umakoshi Osaka University

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