Associations between cervical disc degeneration and muscle strength in a cross-sectional population-based study

Gentaro Kumagai; Kanichiro Wada; Hitoshi Kudo; Toru Asari; Daisuke Chiba; Seiya Ota; On Takeda; Kazushige Koyama; Shigeyuki Nakaji; Yasuyuki Ishibashi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0210802

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Associations between cervical disc degeneration and muscle strength in a cross-sectional population-based study

Gentaro Kumagai ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: gen722@hirosaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0597-6603

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Kanichiro Wada,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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Hitoshi Kudo,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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Toru Asari,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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Daisuke Chiba,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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Seiya Ota,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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On Takeda,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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Kazushige Koyama,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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Shigeyuki Nakaji,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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Yasuyuki Ishibashi

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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Associations between cervical disc degeneration and muscle strength in a cross-sectional population-based study

Gentaro Kumagai,
Kanichiro Wada,
Hitoshi Kudo,
Toru Asari,
Daisuke Chiba,
Seiya Ota,
On Takeda,
Kazushige Koyama,
Shigeyuki Nakaji,
Yasuyuki Ishibashi

Published: January 25, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210802

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