About the Authors

Satoshi Kato

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

skato323@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Satoru Demura

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Kazuya Shinmura

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Noriaki Yokogawa

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Tamon Kabata

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Hidenori Matsubara

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Yoshitomo Kajino

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Kentaro Igarashi

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Daisuke Inoue

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Yuki Kurokawa

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Norihiro Oku

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Competing Interests

Nippon Sigmax Co., Ltd. provided the exercise device used in this clinical study. The company did not have any control over the content of this article or the decision to approve or submit the manuscript for publication. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.