Ayako Tamura is professor Department of Nursing, Institute of Health
Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Japan; Takako Ichihara is
associate professor Department of Nursing, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University
of Tokushima Graduate School, Japan; Takako Minagawa is assistant professor
Department of Nursing, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima
Graduate School, Japan; Yumi Kuwamura is assistant professor Department of Nursing,
Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Japan,
Hiroko Kondo is professor Department of Nursing, Hiroshima International University,
Japan; Shinjiro Takata is associate professor Department of Orthopedics, Institute of
Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Japan; Natuo Yasui is
professor Department of Orthopedics, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of
Tokushima Graduate School, Japan; and Shinji Nagahirois professor Department of
Neurosurgery, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate
School, Japan