Takahashi, Hiroshi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3497-4802
Aoki, Yasuchika
Saito, Junya
Nakajima, Arata
Sonobe, Masato
Akatsu, Yorikazu
Inoue, Masahiro
Taniguchi, Shinji
Yamada, Manabu
Koyama, Keita
Yamamoto, Keiichiro
Shiga, Yasuhiro
Inage, Kazuhide
Orita, Sumihisa
Maki, Satoshi
Furuya, Takeo
Koda, Masao
Yamazaki, Masashi
Ohtori, Seiji
Nakagawa, Koichi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16K20072)
Article History
Received: 31 December 2018
Accepted: 21 February 2019
First Online: 4 March 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the ethical committee of Toho University Sakura Medical Center. Verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants because the investigation of VAS and ODI are noninvasive and beneficial for all the patients to know their real condition. The ethical committee approved this procedure.
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