Yuto Kobayashi, Koji Tamai, Masayoshi Iwamae, Minori Kato, Hiromitsu Toyoda, Akinobu Suzuki, Yuta Sawada, Yuki Okamura, Masato Uematsu, Hiroshi Taniwaki, Yuki Kinoshita, Hiroaki Nakamura, Hidetomi Terai

Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine

Go Goto1, Kai Mizukami1, Hayato Takei1, Nobuki Tanaka1, Kotaro Oda1, Marina Katsu1, Tetsuro Ohba1, Hirotaka Haro1 and Tadao Ooka2

1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Yamanashi 2Department of Social Medicine, University of Yamanashi

Karthik Ramachandran, Dr.Gowdaman Vasudevan, Dr.Chitraa Tangavel, Prof.Rajasekaran

Ganga Hospital,Coimbatore,India

Ryo Mizukoshi1,2, Mitsuru Yagi1,2, Yoshitake Yamada3, Yoichi Yokoyama3, Minoru Yamada3, Kota Watanabe1, Masaya Nakamura1, Takeo Nagura1, Masahiro Jinzaki1,3

1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan 2Department of Orthopedic Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare, School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan 3Department of Radiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Jong-Beom Park, Young-Yul Kim

The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine

Rajasekaran Shanmuganathan1, Chitra Thangavel, PhD2, Divya Arunachalam, PhD2, Sri Vijay Anand, M.S Ortho, Gnanaprakash, M.S Ortho-1

1Ganga Hospital; 2Ganga Research Centre

Young-Yul Kim, Jong-Beom Park

Catholic University of Korea

Toshiki Okubo1, Narihito Nagoshi1,2, Junichi Yamane2,3, Hitoshi Kono2,4, Yoshiomi Kobayashi2,5, Reo Shibata2,5, Takahiro Kitagawa2,5, Kanehiro Fujiyoshi2,5, Kazuya Kitamura2,6, Takahito Iga1,2, Kazuki Takeda1,2, Masahiro Ozaki12, Satoshi Suzuki1,2, Morio Matsumoto1,2, Masaya Nakamura1,2, Kota Watanabe1,2 

1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 2Keio Spine Research Group (KSRG), 3Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keiyu Hospital, 4Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keiyu Orthopedic Hospital, 5Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Murayama Medical Center, 6Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College

Saturveithan Chandirasegaran, Ong Jia Sheng, Ong Yu Yi, Chiu Chee Kidd, Chan Chris Yin Wei, Kwan Mun Keong

Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hiroki Ushirozako, M.D., Ph.D.1,Go Yoshida, M.D., Ph.D.1, Shiro Imagama, M.D., Ph.D.2, Naoki Segi, M.D., Ph.D.2, Muneharu Ando, M.D., Ph.D.3, Shinichirou Taniguchi, M.D., Ph.D.3, Shigenori Kawabata, M.D., Ph.D.4, Jun Hashimoto, M.D., Ph.D.4, Kei Yamada, M.D., Ph.D.5, Shinji Morito, M.D.5, Tsukasa Kanchiku, M.D., Ph.D.6, Yasushi Fujiwara, M.D., Ph.D.7, Hiroshi Iwasaki, M.D., Ph.D.8, Hideki Shigematsu, M.D., Ph.D.9, Nobuaki Tadokoro, M.D., Ph.D.10, Masahito Takahashi, M.D., Ph.D.11, Kanichiro Wada, M.D., Ph.D.12, Naoya Yamamoto, M.D., Ph.D.13, Masahiro Funaba, M.D., Ph.D.14, Akimasa Yasuda, M.D., Ph.D.15, Tsunenori Takatani, Ph.D.16, Kazuyoshi Kobayashi, M.D., Ph.D.17, Kazuyoshi Nakanishi, M.D., Ph.D.18, Shoji Seki, M.D., Ph.D.19,Yukihiro Matsuyama, M.D., Ph.D.

1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan 3Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan 4Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan 5Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan 6Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yamaguchi Rosai Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan 7Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hiroshima City Asa Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan 8Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan 9Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan 10Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan 11Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan 12Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan 13Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Medical Center East, Tokyo, Japan 14Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan 15Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College Hospital, Saitama, Japan 16Division of Central Clinical Laboratory, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan 17Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan 18 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan 19 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Toyama University, Toyama, Japan

Woon Theng Heng1, Wen Po1, Jiong Hao Jonathan Tan5, James Thomas Patrick Decourcy Hallinan2, Li Feng Tan3; Liang Shen4, Kumar Satyanarayan Naresh5, Jiong Hao5

1Department of Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery, National University Health System, Singapore; 2Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, Singapore; 3Healthy Ageing Programme, Alexandra Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore; 4Medicine Biostatistics Unit, National University of Singapore, Singapore; 5National University Spine Institute, National University Health System, Singapore, University Spine Centre, National University Hospital, Singapore

Jiahui He1, Zhihai Su1, Shumao Pang2, Bin Xie2 Xiaobing Jiang1

1The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, 2Guangzhou Medical University

Masayoshi Iwamae, MD, PhD1, Shinji Takahashi, MD, PhD1*, Yuta Sawada, MD, PhD1, Shoichiro Ohyama, MD, PhD2, Yoshifumi Takahashi, MD3, Hiroyuki Yasuda, MD, PhD4, Takamitsu Haku, MD5, Yusuke Hori, MD, PhD6, Akito Yabu, MD, PhD6, Masatoshi Hoshino, MD, PhD5, Masaki Terakawa, MD6, Ryo Sasaki, MD1 4, Hiroshi Kono, MD, PhD3, Tadao Tsujio, MD, PhD8, Sadahiko Konishi, MD, PhD4, Minori Kato, MD, PhD1, Hiromitsu Toyoda, MD, PhD1, Akinobu Suzuki, MD, PhD1, Koji Tamai, MD, PhD1, Yuki Okamura, MD1, Yuto Kobayashi, MD1, Masato Uematsu, MD1, Hiroshi Taniwaki, MD1, Yuki Kinoshita, MD1, Masashi Tsujino, MD1, Hiroaki Nakamura, MD, PhD1, Hidetomi Terai, MD, PhD1

1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nishinomiya Watanabe Hospital, Hyogo, Japan 3Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ishikiri Seiki Hospital, Osaka, Japan 4Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka General Hospital of West Japan Railway Company, Osaka, Japan 5Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital, Osaka, Japan 6Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan 7Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Osaka, Japan 8Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shiraniwa Hospital, Nara, Japan

Shin Oe 

Hamamatsu University School of Medicine