About the Authors

Yumi Otaka

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Generalist Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Yukinori Harada

Roles Writing – review & editing

yharada@dokkyomed.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Generalist Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Kanako Shiroto

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Tsugaru Hoken Medical CO-OP Kensei Hospital, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

Yoshiaki Morinaga

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Tsugaru Hoken Medical CO-OP Kensei Hospital, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

Taro Shimizu

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Generalist Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.