Xu, Xingquan
Yao, Chen
Wu, Rui
Yan, Wenjin
Yao, Yao
Song, Kai
Jiang, Qing
Shi, Dongquan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of China (81420108021)
National Key Technology Support Program of China (2015BAI08B02)
Excellent Young Scholars NSFC (81622033)
NSFC (81572129)
Social Development Project of Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Department of China (BE2016609)
Jiangsu Provincial Key Medical Center Foundation
Jiangsu Provincial Medical Talent Foundation
Jiangsu Provincial Medical Outstanding Talent Foundation
Article History
Received: 4 January 2018
Accepted: 8 May 2018
First Online: 24 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Ethics Committee of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital approved the survey. All subjects signed informed consents by marking a checkbox. The study was conducted according to the Helsinki Declaration (Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects).
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. QJ is a member of the editorial board of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.
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