Shimizu, Akio http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0244-1953
Fujishima, Ichiro
Maeda, Keisuke http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7132-7818
Murotani, Kenta
Ohno, Tomohisa
Nomoto, Akiko
Nagami, Shinsuke
Nagano, Ayano
Sato, Keisuke
Ueshima, Junko
Inoue, Tatsuro
Shimizu, Midori
Ishida, Yuria
Kayashita, Jun
Suenaga, Masaki
Mori, Naoharu
Funding for this research was provided by:
MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (21H03390)
Article History
Received: 9 December 2021
Revised: 10 March 2022
Accepted: 16 March 2022
First Online: 13 April 2022
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Hamamatsu City Rehabilitation Hospital (ID: 19-77). Owing to the retrospective design, it was not possible to obtain written informed consent; therefore, instead of exempting the requirement for written informed consent, participants were informed of their right to withdraw from the study via posts on the hospital website and bulletin board. This consent procedure was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Hamamatsu City Rehabilitation Hospital, approval number (ID: 19-77). The authors comply with the guidelines for human studies and conducted the study ethically in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.