About the Authors

Xiaoling Zhong

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaoling Zhong, Yihan Yang

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Yihan Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaoling Zhong, Yihan Yang

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation The Institution of Rehabilitation Industry, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China

Sheng Wei

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of General Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China

Yuchen Liu

Roles Writing – review & editing

1109996928@qq.com

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shenzhen Luohu District Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China,

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.