About the Authors

Wonil Koh

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Kyungwon Kang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Yoon Jae Lee

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Me-riong Kim

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Joon-Shik Shin

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

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Jinho Lee

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Jun-Hwan Lee

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Clinical Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, University of Science & Technology (UST), Korean Medicine Life Science, Campus of Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Kyung-Min Shin

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

kyungmin7221@kiom.re.kr (KMS); hanihata@gmail.com (IHH)

Affiliation Clinical Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

In-Hyuk Ha

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

kyungmin7221@kiom.re.kr (KMS); hanihata@gmail.com (IHH)

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.