1The First Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
2Graduate School of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
3Department of Orthopedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
4Department of Orthopedics, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
Q. Zhang, Department of Orthopedics, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, 261 Longxi Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong Province, China, Email: [email protected]
The institution of one or more of the authors (QZ) has received, during the study period, funding from the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong (2015A030313353). The institution of one or more of the authors (CZ) has received, during the study period, funding from the Research Project of Innovating to Strengthen the First Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (2019IIT06).
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This work was performed at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.