Ishimoto, Yuyu
Cooper, Cyrus
Ntani, Georgia
Yamada, Hiroshi
Hashizume, Hiroshi
Nagata, Keiji
Muraki, Shigeyuki
Tanaka, Sakae
Yoshida, Munehito
Yoshimura, Noriko
Walker-Bone, Karen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant-in-Aid for the Promotion of joint International Research from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. (15KK0316)
Article History
Received: 14 June 2019
Accepted: 9 December 2019
First Online: 26 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the ethics committees of the University of Tokyo and the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology. All participants provided their written, informed consent for joining the study and the MRI examination.
: All participants also provided their written, informed consent for consent for publication.
: Shigeyuki Muraki who is our co-author is a member of the editorial board (Associate Editor) of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.