An easy and safe training method for trunk function improves mobility in total knee arthroplasty patients: A quasi-randomized controlled trial

• Yuki Sano ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yuki Sano, Akira Iwata

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Comprehensive Rehabilitation, Osaka Prefecture University, Habikino, Osaka, Japan, Department of Rehabilitation, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

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• Akira Iwata ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yuki Sano, Akira Iwata

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: iwata@rehab.osakafu-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Comprehensive Rehabilitation, Osaka Prefecture University, Habikino, Osaka, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5002-2553

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• Hideyuki Wanaka,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Comprehensive Rehabilitation, Osaka Prefecture University, Habikino, Osaka, Japan, Department of Rehabilitation, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

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• Mina Matsui,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

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• Saki Yamamoto,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Comprehensive Rehabilitation, Osaka Prefecture University, Habikino, Osaka, Japan

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• Junichiro Koyanagi,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

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• Hiroshi Iwata

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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