Tanabe, Hideki
Akai, Masami
Hayashi, Kunihiko
Yonemoto, Koji
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japanese Society for Musculoskeletal Medicine (2020 Special project (Recipient: Hideki Tanabe).)
Article History
Received: 29 November 2023
Accepted: 18 April 2024
First Online: 12 July 2024
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research regulations, and the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants, and the Institutional Review Board of the Japanese Clinical Orthopedic Association (#2021-01) approved all study protocols.
: Not applicable. The manuscript contains neither identifiable information nor images of participants. This paper has not been published elsewhere nor is under consideration for publication. All authors agree to submit the manuscript and to transfer copyright to the publisher, if the manuscript is accepted.
: The corresponding author (MA) is a member of the Editorial Board of BMC geriatrics. But we declare that the rest of the authors have no conflict of interest.
: The 3-axial accelerometer (Active style Pro HJA-750 C; OMRON Co., Kyoto, Japan) used is commonly available as a health-related device.