About the Authors

Tomotaka Ito

s-ito@mw.kawasaki-m.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Okayama, Japan

Akio Tsubahara

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Okayama, Japan

Koichi Shinkoda

Affiliation Department of Biomechanics, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Yosuke Yoshimura

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Okayama, Japan

Kenichi Kobara

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Okayama, Japan

Hiroshi Osaka

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Okayama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TI AT KS. Performed the experiments: TI YY. Analyzed the data: TI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY KK HO. Wrote the paper: TI AT KS.