About the Authors

Xinyue Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xinyue Zhang, Ziwen Wang, Mingsheng Sun

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations School of Acu-Mox and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China, Sichuan Provincial Acupuncture Clinical Medicine Research Center, Chengdu, China

Ziwen Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xinyue Zhang, Ziwen Wang, Mingsheng Sun

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations School of Acu-Mox and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China, Sichuan Provincial Acupuncture Clinical Medicine Research Center, Chengdu, China

Mingsheng Sun

Contributed equally to this work with: Xinyue Zhang, Ziwen Wang, Mingsheng Sun

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations School of Acu-Mox and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China, Sichuan Provincial Acupuncture Clinical Medicine Research Center, Chengdu, China

Qiongnan Bao

Roles Data curation

Affiliations School of Acu-Mox and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China, Sichuan Provincial Acupuncture Clinical Medicine Research Center, Chengdu, China

Ziwen Chen

Roles Data curation

Affiliations School of Acu-Mox and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China, Sichuan Provincial Acupuncture Clinical Medicine Research Center, Chengdu, China

Yiwei Liu

Roles Investigation

Affiliation The West China Hospital, Chengdu, China

Ziqi Wang

Roles Investigation

Affiliation The Fourth People’s Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, China

Fang Ye

Roles Investigation

Affiliation The Sichuan Province People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China

Zuoqin Yang

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Pidu district, Chengdu, China

Xiaoli Du

Roles Investigation

Affiliation The Nanchong Second People’s Hospital, Nanchong, China

Hong Zhang

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Meishan, Meishan, China

Xin Mou

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Chengdu First People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China

Xia He

Roles Investigation

Affiliation The Rehabilitation Hospital of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

Dehua Li

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China

Kexin Wu

Roles Data curation

Affiliations School of Acu-Mox and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China, Sichuan Provincial Acupuncture Clinical Medicine Research Center, Chengdu, China

Jin Yao

Roles Data curation

Affiliations School of Acu-Mox and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China, Sichuan Provincial Acupuncture Clinical Medicine Research Center, Chengdu, China

Wanqi Zhong

Roles Data curation

Affiliations School of Acu-Mox and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China, Sichuan Provincial Acupuncture Clinical Medicine Research Center, Chengdu, China

Ping Xu

Roles Data curation

Affiliations School of Acu-Mox and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China, Sichuan Provincial Acupuncture Clinical Medicine Research Center, Chengdu, China

Shiqi Yang

Roles Data curation

Affiliations School of Acu-Mox and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China, Sichuan Provincial Acupuncture Clinical Medicine Research Center, Chengdu, China

Ling Zhao

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

acuresearch@126.com (FL); yinzihan@stu.cdutcm.edu.cn (ZY); zhaoling@cdutcm.edu.cn (LZ)

Affiliations School of Acu-Mox and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China, Sichuan Provincial Acupuncture Clinical Medicine Research Center, Chengdu, China

Zihan Yin

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

acuresearch@126.com (FL); yinzihan@stu.cdutcm.edu.cn (ZY); zhaoling@cdutcm.edu.cn (LZ)

Affiliations School of Acu-Mox and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China, Sichuan Provincial Acupuncture Clinical Medicine Research Center, Chengdu, China

Fanrong Liang

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

acuresearch@126.com (FL); yinzihan@stu.cdutcm.edu.cn (ZY); zhaoling@cdutcm.edu.cn (LZ)

Affiliations School of Acu-Mox and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China, Sichuan Provincial Acupuncture Clinical Medicine Research Center, Chengdu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.