About the Authors

Young-Hyeon Bae

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Joon-Shik Shin

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Jinho Lee

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Me-riong Kim

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Ki Byung Park

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Jae-Heung Cho

Affiliation Department of Korean Rehabilitation Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

In-Hyuk Ha

hanihata@gmail.com

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YHB IHH. Performed the experiments: YHB KBP IHH. Analyzed the data: KBP. Wrote the paper: YHB MRK IHH. Contributed to the study design: JSS JHL JHC. Made critical revisions: JSS JHL JHC.