About the Authors

Tomoaki Fukui

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Takahiro Niikura

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

tniikura@med.kobe-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Takahiro Oda

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Yohei Kumabe

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Hiroyuki Ohashi

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Ushio Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Masahiro Sasaki

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Ushio Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Tatsushi Igarashi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliation Ushio Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Makoto Kunisada

Roles Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Related, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Nozomi Yamano

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Related, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Keisuke Oe

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Tomoyuki Matsumoto

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Takehiko Matsushita

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Shinya Hayashi

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Chikako Nishigori

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Related, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Ryosuke Kuroda

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Competing Interests

H.O., M.S. and T. I. have received support in the form of salaries from USHIO Inc., Tokyo, Japan. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.