About the Authors

Tomoyuki Koya

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Sono Nishizawa

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Yoshitaka Ohno

Affiliation Laboratory of Physiology, School of Health Science, Toyohashi SOZO University, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan

Ayumi Goto

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Health Science, Toyohashi SOZO University, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan

Akihiro Ikuta

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Health Science, Toyohashi SOZO University, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan

Miho Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Health Science, Toyohashi SOZO University, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan

Tomotaka Ohira

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Health Science, Toyohashi SOZO University, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan

Tatsuro Egawa

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Health Science, Toyohashi SOZO University, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan

Akira Nakai

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Takao Sugiura

Affiliation Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi, Japan

Yoshinobu Ohira

Affiliation Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan

Toshitada Yoshioka

Affiliation Hirosaki Gakuin University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

Moroe Beppu

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Katsumasa Goto

gotok@sepia.ocn.ne.jp

Affiliations Laboratory of Physiology, School of Health Science, Toyohashi SOZO University, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Health Science, Toyohashi SOZO University, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK TS Y. Ohira TY MB KG. Performed the experiments: TK SN Y. Ohno AG AI MS TO TE KG. Analyzed the data: TK SN Y. Ohno KG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AN TS Y. Ohira. Wrote the paper: TK Y. Ohira KG.