About the Authors
- Masahito Mihara
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* E-mail: m-mihara@omichikai.or.jp
Affiliation Neurorehabilitation Research Institute, Morinomiya Hospital, Osaka, Japan
- Ichiro Miyai
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Affiliation Neurorehabilitation Research Institute, Morinomiya Hospital, Osaka, Japan
- Noriaki Hattori
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Affiliations Neurorehabilitation Research Institute, Morinomiya Hospital, Osaka, Japan, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
- Megumi Hatakenaka
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Affiliation Neurorehabilitation Research Institute, Morinomiya Hospital, Osaka, Japan
- Hajime Yagura
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Affiliation Neurorehabilitation Research Institute, Morinomiya Hospital, Osaka, Japan
- Teiji Kawano
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Affiliation Neurorehabilitation Research Institute, Morinomiya Hospital, Osaka, Japan
- Masaki Okibayashi
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Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Morinomiya Hospital, Osaka, Japan
- Nobuyoshi Danjo
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Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Morinomiya Hospital, Osaka, Japan
- Akihiro Ishikawa
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Affiliation R&D Department, Medical Systems Division, Shimadzu Corp., Kyoto, Japan
- Yoshihiro Inoue
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Affiliation R&D Department, Medical Systems Division, Shimadzu Corp., Kyoto, Japan
- Kisou Kubota
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Affiliation Neurorehabilitation Research Institute, Morinomiya Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Competing Interests
Two authors (AI and YI) are working for the manufacturer of the NIRS system (Shimadzu Corp., Kyoto, Japan) used in this study. But no financial support was provided for this study from the company. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MM IM NH YI KK. Performed the experiments: MM IM MH HY TK MO ND. Analyzed the data: MM AI YI MO ND. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM AI YI. Wrote the paper: MM MI.