You, Gui Xuan
Li, Ming Hui
Huang, Lei
Zhou, Xin
Zhang, Lei
Funding for this research was provided by:
Yibin Science and Technology Plan Project (2021ZYY026)
Yibin Municipal Science and Technology Plan Project of Yibin Municipal Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2024 (24ZYY0010)
Scientific Research on Foot and Ankle Diseases of China Association of Chinese Medicine (CACM-2025-GSKY02-B12)
Health Research Project of Sichuan Province (Sichuan Health Research 2025-2001)
Integrated traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Special Project of Southwest Medical University (2023ZYYJ03)
Article History
Received: 4 September 2025
Accepted: 14 November 2025
First Online: 24 November 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Southwest Medical University Ethics Committee of our hospital (KY2021091-FS01). All procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Informed consent was obtained from all participants in this study.
: Study participants were not involved in the design, conduct, interpretation, or translation of the current research.
: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry: ChiCTR2200065582; Date of registration: November 09,2022.