About the Authors

Shuji Sawada

Contributed equally to this work with: Shuji Sawada, Michihiro Kon

Affiliation Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Cooperative Major in Advanced Health Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology/Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

Michihiro Kon

Contributed equally to this work with: Shuji Sawada, Michihiro Kon

Affiliation Department of Sports Sciences, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, Nishigaoka, Tokyo, Japan

Shogo Wada

Affiliation Division of Regenerative Medical Engineering, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Ushida

Affiliation Division of Regenerative Medical Engineering, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan

Katsuhiko Suzuki

Affiliation Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Cooperative Major in Advanced Health Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology/Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

Takayuki Akimoto

akimoto@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Regenerative Medical Engineering, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TA. Performed the experiments: SS MK SW. Analyzed the data: SS MK TA. Wrote the paper: TA. Supervision: TU KS.