About the Authors

Naoki Mugii

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Minoru Hasegawa

minoruha@u-fukui.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Division of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan

Takashi Matsushita

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Yasuhito Hamaguchi

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Sacihe Oohata

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Hirokazu Okita

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Tetsutarou Yahata

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Fujiko Someya

Affiliation Division of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Katsumi Inoue

Affiliation Division of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Shigeyuki Murono

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Manabu Fujimoto

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Kazuhiko Takehara

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM MH. Performed the experiments: NM MH TM YH SO HO TY FS SM MF KT. Analyzed the data: NM MH KI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM MH TM YH SO HO TY FS SM MF KT. Wrote the paper: NM MH.