About the Authors

Ko Matsudaira

kohart801@gmail.com

Affiliation Clinical Research Center for Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders, Kanto Rosai Hospital, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan

Akihito Shimazu

Affiliation Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Tomoko Fujii

Affiliation Clinical Research Center for Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders, Kanto Rosai Hospital, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan

Kazumi Kubota

Affiliation Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Takayuki Sawada

Affiliation CLINICAL STUDY SUPPORT, Inc., Nagoya City, Aichi, Japan

Norimasa Kikuchi

Affiliation CLINICAL STUDY SUPPORT, Inc., Nagoya City, Aichi, Japan

Masaya Takahashi

Affiliation National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

NK is a founder of CLINICAL STUDY SUPPORT, Inc. TS is an employee of CLINICAL STUDY SUPPORT, Inc. 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: KM AS TF MT. Analyzed the data: KM AS TF MT. Wrote the paper: KM AS TF KK TS NK MT. Provided final approval of the version to be published: KM.