Ueha, Takeshi
Oe, Keisuke
Miwa, Masahiko
Hasegawa, Takumi
Koh, Akihiro
Nishimoto, Hanako
Lee, Sang Yang
Niikura, Takahiro
Kurosaka, Masahiro
Kuroda, Ryosuke
Sakai, Yoshitada
Funding for this research was provided by:
Division of Rehabilitation Medicine and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (25350814)
Article History
Received: 16 December 2016
Accepted: 31 May 2017
First Online: 10 June 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The CO<sub>2</sub> hydro-gel used in this study was provided by NeoChemir Inc.; it is patented by NeoChemir Inc. (international publication number WO2004/002393; publication date, 8 January, 2004). In addition, the use of CO<sub>2</sub> delivery for muscle strengthening is patented by National University Corporation Kobe University and NeoChemir Inc. (international publication number WO2009/054501; date, 30 April 2009).
: This study was supported by grants from the Division of Rehabilitation Medicine and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (25350814 to YS).
: All procedures performed in studies involving animals were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institution or practice at which the studies were conducted.