Taguchi, Akira https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2620-1487
Ikegami, Shota
Tokida, Ryosuke
Kamimura, Mikio
Sakai, Noriko
Horiuchi, Hiroshi
Takahashi, Jun
Kato, Hiroyuki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP18K09758)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP18K09611)
Japanese Orthopaedic Association (none)
Japanese Society for Musculoskeletal Medicine (none)
Nakatomi Foundation (none)
Article History
Received: 3 September 2019
Accepted: 30 October 2019
First Online: 2 January 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: AT has received consulting fees and lecture fees from Asahi-Kasei Pharma, Daiichi-Sankyo, Teijin Pharma, Astellas Pharma, Taisho Pharma, and Chugai Pharmaceutical. MK received lecture fees from Asahi-Kasei Pharma, Teijin Pharma, Ono Pharmaceutical, Pfizer, and Eli Lilly Japan. SI, RT, NS, HH, JT, and HK declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.