About the Authors

Akiko Yawata

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

Affiliation Division of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan

Takanori Tsujimura

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

tsujimura@dent.niigata-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan

Ryosuke Takeishi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan

Jin Magara

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan

Li Yu

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Makoto Inoue

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.