About the Authors

Kayo Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Yoshito Matsui

m-yoshito@umin.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Mami Higashimoto

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Yoshiharu Kawaguchi

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Shoji Seki

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Hiraku Motomura

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Takeshi Hori

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Yasuhito Yahara

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Masahiko Kanamori

Affiliation Department of Human Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Tomoatsu Kimura

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YM TK. Performed the experiments: KS YM MH YK HM TH YY. Analyzed the data: KS YM SS TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TH MK. Wrote the paper: KS YM TK.