Yamakuni, Ryo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0265-5636
Ishikawa, Hironobu
Ishii, Shiro
Hiruta, Ryo
Yamada, Shoki
Seino, Shinya
Kakamu, Takeyasu
Tomura, Noriaki
Fukushima, Kenji
Ito, Hiroshi
Article History
Received: 1 June 2025
Accepted: 16 January 2026
First Online: 17 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors did not receive support from any organization for the submitted work.
: This study combined a retrospective observational study component and a single-case experimental study component. The study protocol was approved by the appropriate institutional ethics committee (file numbers REC2024-072 [retrospective observational study] and REC2024-071 [single-case experimental study]) and conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments, or comparable ethical standards.
: For the retrospective study component, the requirement for written informed consent was waived due to data anonymization and the retrospective study design. Opt-out methods for participants were provided by publishing a summary of this study on our institutional websites. Written informed consent was obtained from the volunteer for the single-case experimental study component.