About the Authors

Kosuke Nakano

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

k-nakano@uitec.ac.jp

Affiliations School of Information-Oriented Management, SANNO University, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan, Faculty of Human Life Design, Toyo University, Kita, Tokyo, Japan, Welfare Engineering Unit, The Polytechnic University of Japan, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuhiro Mine

Roles Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Faculty of Design for Welfare Society, Toyo University, Kita, Tokyo, Japan

Junji Katsuhira

Roles Resources, Validation

Affiliation Faculty of Design for Welfare Society, Toyo University, Kita, Tokyo, Japan

Kantaro Yamauchi

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Human Life Design, Toyo University, Kita, Tokyo, Japan

Masateru Kitashiro

Roles Resources

Affiliation Keiyu Orthopedic Group, Adachi, Tokyo, Japan

So Nomoto

Roles Resources

Affiliation Keiyu Orthopedic Group, Adachi, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

During the course of this study, a center bridge knee orthosis was provided to us by Sakima Prosthetics and Orthotics Co., Japan.