About the Authors

Kohei Nishitani

nkohei@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Masahiko Kobayashi

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroshi Kuroki

Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Koji Mori

Affiliation Department of Applied Medical Engineering Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan

Takaaki Shirai

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Tsuyoshi Satake

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Shinnichiro Nakamura

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Ryuzo Arai

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Yasuaki Nakagawa

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Orthopaedic surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan

Takashi Nakamura

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Orthopaedic surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan

Shuichi Matsuda

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KN MK YN. Performed the experiments: KN T. Shirai T. Satake. Analyzed the data: KN MK HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HK KM SN RA TN SM. Wrote the paper: KN MK.