Appendix 2 Coinvestigators

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Appendix 2 Coinvestigators

Name Location Role Contribution

Setsuro Ibayashi, MD, PhD

Seiai Rehabilitation Hospital, Japan

Chair, Steering Committee

Led and coordinated communication among sites; critically reviewed the study

proposal Yasushi Okada, MD,

PhD

Kyushu Medical Center, Japan

Vice-Chair, Site PI, Steering Committee

Led and coordinated communication among sites; critically reviewed the study proposal;

collected data Tetsuhiko Nagao, MD,

PhD

Seiai Rehabilitation Hospital, Japan

Safety Monitoring Committee

Served as scientific advisor; monitored patient safety, critically reviewed the study protocol

Takao

Ishitsuka, MD, PhD

Fukuoka Mirai Hospital, Japan

Steering Committee Served as scientific advisor;

critically reviewed the study proposal Kenji Kusuda, MD, PhD Seiai Rehabilitation

Hospital, Japan

Steering Committee Served as scientific advisor; critically reviewed the study proposal

Kenichiro Fujii, MD, PhD Moji Ekisaikai Hospital, Japan

Steering Committee Served as scientific advisor; critically reviewed the study proposal; collected data Masahiro Yasaka, MD,

PhD

Kyushu Medical Center, Japan

Site Investigator, Steering Committee

Served as scientific advisor; critically reviewed the study proposal; collected data; provided and cared for study patients Hiroaki Ooboshi, MD,

PhD

Fukuoka Dental College, Japan

Katsumi Irie, MD, PhD Hakujyuji Hospital, Japan

Tsuyoshi Omae, MD, PhD

Imazu Red Cross Hospital, Japan

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Kazunori Toyoda, MD, PhD

National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan

Hiroshi Nakane, MD, PhD

Fukuoka-Higashi Medical Center, Japan

Site PI, Steering Committee

Served as scientific advisor; critically reviewed the study proposal; collected data; provided and cared for study patients

Hiroshi Sugimori, MD, PhD

Saga-Ken Medical Centre Koseikan, Japan

Served as scientific advisor; critically reviewed the study proposal collected data; provided and cared for study patients

Shuji Arakawa, MD, PhD

Steel Memorial Yawata Hospital, Japan

Kenji Fukuda, MD, PhD

St. Mary’s Hospital, Japan

Jiro Kitayama, MD, PhD

Fukuoka Red Cross Hospital, Japan

Shigeru Fujimoto, MD,

PhD Jichi Medical

University, Japan

Steering Committee Served as scientific advisor; critically reviewed the study proposal; collected data; provided and

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cared for study patients

Shoji Arihiro, MD Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Japan

Junya Kuroda, MD, PhD

Fukuoka-Higashi Medical Center, Japan

Yoshihisa Fukushima, MD

St. Mary’s Hospital, Japan

Jun Hata, MD, PhD Kyushu University, Japan

Event Adjudication Committee

Served as event adjudication

committee member;

collected data Yasuhiro Kumai, MD,

PhD

Hakujyuji Hospital, Japan

committee member;

collected data Noriko Makihara,

MD, PhD

Kyushu Central Hospital of the Mutual Aid

Association of Public School Teachers, Japan

committee member;

collected data

Junichi Takada, MD, PhD

Keisinkai Hospital, Japan

committee member;

collected data