About the Authors

Shotaro Otsuka

Contributed equally to this work with: Shotaro Otsuka, Ryoma Matsuzaki

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

maruyama-i@eva.hi-ho.ne.jp (IM); k3360022@kadai.jp, otsuka-shotaro@oita-u.ac.jp (SO)

Affiliation Faculty of Welfare and Health Science, Oita University, Oita, Japan

Ryoma Matsuzaki

Contributed equally to this work with: Shotaro Otsuka, Ryoma Matsuzaki

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Shogo Kakimoto

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Yuta Tachibe

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Takuya Kawatani

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Seiya Takada

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Akira Tani

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Kazuki Nakanishi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Teruki Matsuoka

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Yuki Kato

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Masaki Inadome

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Nao Nojima

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Harutoshi Sakakima

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Keita Mizuno

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation Kampo Research & Development Division, Tsumura Kampo Research Laboratories, Tsumura & Co., Ibaraki, Japan

Yosuke Matsubara

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation Kampo Research & Development Division, Tsumura Kampo Research Laboratories, Tsumura & Co., Ibaraki, Japan

Ikuro Maruyama

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

maruyama-i@eva.hi-ho.ne.jp (IM); k3360022@kadai.jp, otsuka-shotaro@oita-u.ac.jp (SO)

Affiliation Department of Laboratory and Vascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: KM and YM are company employees of the funding partner, Tsumura & Co. However, they have only funded the study and have no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.