About the Authors

Takefumi Moriuchi

Affiliations Unit of Rehabilitation Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, Medical Corporation Tojinkai Miharadai Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan

Naoki Iso

Affiliations Unit of Rehabilitation Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, Medical Corporation Tojinkai Miharadai Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan

Akira Sagari

Affiliations Unit of Rehabilitation Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, Japanese Red Cross Society Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan

Kakuya Ogahara

Affiliation Faculty of Health and Social Work, School of Rehabilitation, Kanagawa University of Human Services, Kanagawa, Japan

Eiji Kitajima

Affiliation Center for Industry, University and Government Cooperation, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Koji Tanaka

Affiliation Unit of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

Takayuki Tabira

Affiliation Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Nishikyushu University, Saga, Japan

Toshio Higashi

higashi-t@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Unit of Rehabilitation Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TM KO TH. Performed the experiments: TM NI AS TH. Analyzed the data: TM EK KT TT TH. Wrote the paper: TM TH.