About the Authors

Chiung-Chi Peng

misspeng@ms2.hinet.net

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Physical Therapy, Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Kuan-Chou Chen

Affiliations Department of Urology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Zhonghe, Taipei, Taiwan

Chiu-Lan Hsieh

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Changhua University of Education, 1, Changhua City, Taiwan

Robert Y. Peng

Affiliation Research Institute of Biotechnology, Hungkuang University, Shalu County, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: C-CP. Performed the experiments: C-CP. Analyzed the data: K-CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: C-LH. Wrote the paper: RYP.