About the Authors

Daisuke Kimura

kimura@seijoh-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Division of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Care and Rehabilitation, Seijoh University, Tokai, Aichi, Japan, Division of Health Science, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Tokai, Aichi, Japan

Ken Nakatani

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kansai University of Welfare Sciences, Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan

Tokunori Takeda

Affiliation Division of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Care and Rehabilitation, Seijoh University, Tokai, Aichi, Japan

Takashi Fujita

Affiliation Division of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Care and Rehabilitation, Seijoh University, Tokai, Aichi, Japan

Nobuyuki Sunahara

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, College of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Katsumi Inoue

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, College of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Masako Notoya

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, College of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DK KN TT TF NS KI MN. Performed the experiments: DK KN TT TF NS KI MN. Analyzed the data: DK KN TT TF NS KI MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DK KN TT TF NS KI MN. Wrote the paper: DK KN TT TF NS KI MN.