About the Authors

Lisa Conboy

Lisa_conboy@hms.harvard.edu

Affiliation New England School of Acupuncture, Newton, MA, United States of America

Travis Gerke

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Medicine and College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Kai-Yin Hsu

Affiliation New England School of Acupuncture, Newton, MA, United States of America

Meredith St John

Affiliation New England School of Acupuncture, Newton, MA, United States of America

Marc Goldstein

Affiliation Boston Veterans Healthcare System/Jamaica Plain Campus, Boston, MA, United States of America

Rosa Schnyer

Affiliation University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC MS RS. Performed the experiments: MG KH LC. Analyzed the data: LC TG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC TG. Wrote the paper: LC TG RS MS KH.