About the Authors

Jack Cheng

Contributed equally to this work with: Jack Cheng, Lee-Fen Hsu, Ying-Hsu Juan

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Lee-Fen Hsu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jack Cheng, Lee-Fen Hsu, Ying-Hsu Juan

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Care, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Puzi City, Chiayi County, Taiwan, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Puzi City, Chiayi County, Taiwan, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion Research Center, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Puzi City, Chiayi County, Taiwan

Ying-Hsu Juan

Contributed equally to this work with: Jack Cheng, Lee-Fen Hsu, Ying-Hsu Juan

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Hsin-Ping Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

hpliu@mail.cmu.edu.tw (HPL); linwy@mail.cmu.edu.tw (WYL)

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Wei-Yong Lin

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

hpliu@mail.cmu.edu.tw (HPL); linwy@mail.cmu.edu.tw (WYL)

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Brain Diseases Research Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.