About the Authors

Yoshiharu Kawaguchi

zenji@med.u-toyama.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Masato Nakano

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Taketoshi Yasuda

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Shoji Seki

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Kayo Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Yasuhito Yahara

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Hiroto Makino

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Isao Kitajima

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Tomoatsu Kimura

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: YK IK TK. Data curation: YK MN TY SS KS YY HM. Formal analysis: YK MN TY SS. Funding acquisition: YK TK. Investigation: YK MN TY SS KS YY HM. Methodology: YK MN TY SS KS YY HM IK. Project administration: YK IK TK. Resources: YK MN TY SS KS YY HM. Software: YK MN TY SS. Supervision: IK TK. Validation: KS YY HM. Visualization: YK MN TY SS. Writing – original draft: YK MN TY SS. Writing – review & editing: IK.