Funding for this research was provided by:
Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences (Grant for Graduate PhD Student Project Research in FY2023)
Article History
Received: 26 February 2024
Accepted: 12 August 2024
First Online: 8 November 2024
Declarations
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: None.
: The study was conducted following the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of the School of Allied Health Sciences at Kitasato University (2022–004). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants in accordance with our Institutional Review Board protocol.