About the Authors

Chi Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University Centre for Orthopaedics, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Shaolong Li

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University Centre for Orthopaedics, Advanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Ruizhi Jiang

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University Centre for Orthopaedics, Advanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Heng Duan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University Centre for Orthopaedics, Advanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Chuang Li

Roles Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University Centre for Orthopaedics, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Enlin Qi

Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University Centre for Orthopaedics, Advanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Mingxin Wu

Roles Methodology, Software

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Spinal Cord Injury, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord, Tianjin, China

Xueying Li

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

xueyingli@sdu.edu.cn (XL), shiqingfeng@sdu.edu.cn (SF), zhouhengxing@sdu.edu.cn (HL)

Affiliation Shandong University Centre for Orthopaedics, Advanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Shiqing Feng

Roles Project administration, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision

xueyingli@sdu.edu.cn (XL), shiqingfeng@sdu.edu.cn (SF), zhouhengxing@sdu.edu.cn (HL)

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University Centre for Orthopaedics, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China, Department of Orthopaedics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University Centre for Orthopaedics, Advanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China, Department of Orthopaedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Spinal Cord Injury, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord, Tianjin, China

Hengxing Zhou

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

xueyingli@sdu.edu.cn (XL), shiqingfeng@sdu.edu.cn (SF), zhouhengxing@sdu.edu.cn (HL)

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University Centre for Orthopaedics, Advanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have no competing interests. The authors declare that they have no financial competing interests, including but not limited to ownership of stocks or shares, paid employment or consultancy, board membership, patent applications (pending or actual), research grants beyond those disclosed in the Funding Statement, travel grants, honoraria, or gifts. The authors also declare that they have no non-financial competing interests, including but not limited to acting as expert witnesses, membership in governmental or advisory boards, relationships with organizations that may benefit from publication of this work, involvement in lobbying or advocacy organizations, writing or consulting for educational companies, personal relationships with individuals involved in the review process, or personal convictions that could influence the publication process.