Investigation of locomotive syndrome improvement by total hip arthroplasty in patients with hip osteoarthritis: A before-after comparative study focusing on 25-question geriatric locomotive function scale

• Shigeaki Miyazaki ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: 03-5-23@med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Rehabilitation Unit, University of Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6216-2000

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• Kurumi Tsuruta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Faculty of Human Health Sciences, Shunan University, Shunan, Yamaguchi, Japan

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• Saori Yoshinaga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Yoshinori Fujii,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics Education, Faculty of Education, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Amy Hombu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Center for Language and Cultural Studies, Lecturer, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Taro Funamoto,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Takero Sakamoto,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Takuya Tajima,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Yoshihiro Nakamura,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Hideki Arakawa,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rehabilitation Unit, University of Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Jun Nakatake,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rehabilitation Unit, University of Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3691-8609

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• Etsuo Chosa

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Community Medical Center, University of Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan

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