Takahashi, Makoto http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8406-2054
Iwamoto, Koji
Tomita, Kazuhide
Isho, Kazuyasu
Mikami, Hiroshi
Nakajima, Yuki
Article History
Received: 24 January 2022
Accepted: 28 April 2022
First Online: 17 June 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare no conflicts of interest associated with this study.
: We ensured that the rights of all participants were protected without engaging in this research, and obtained a statement indicating approval from the Ethics Committee. In all cases, the participants’ confidentiality was protected. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee at the Funabashi Orthopedic Hospital, with protocol number 2013020.
: We explained the purpose of this research study to each participant, informed every participant that data about them would be submitted for publication, and obtained informed consent.
: All procedures used in this research were approved by the Ethics Committee at the Funabashi Orthopedic Hospital.