About the Authors

Masanori Hamada

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama City, Okayama, Japan

Eiji Nakata

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

eijinakata8522@yahoo.co.jp

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama City, Okayama, Japan

Ryuichi Nakahara

Roles Visualization

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama City, Okayama, Japan

Shinsuke Sugihara

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shikoku Cancer Center, Matsuyama City, Ehime, Japan

Haruyoshi Katayama

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama City, Okayama, Japan

Takuto Itano

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama City, Okayama, Japan

Tomohiro Inoue

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama City, Okayama, Japan

Shota Takihira

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama City, Okayama, Japan

Yoshiteru Akezaki

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Division of Physical Therapy, Kochi Professional University of Rehabilitation, Tosa, Kochi, Japan

Toshifumi Ozaki

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama City, Okayama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.