Bai, Cheng-Rui
Li, Xiang
Wang, Jing-Shi
Li, Jin-Jun
Liu, Ning
Fei, Qi
Li, Dong
Yang, Yong
Article History
Received: 20 May 2020
Accepted: 9 February 2021
First Online: 24 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by our institution’s ethics committee (Bioethics Committee of Beijing Friendship Hospital,Capital Medical University), and written informed consent was obtained from all participating patients. There are no ethical/legal conflicts involved in the article.
: This paper has not been published elsewhere in whole or in part, or submitted elsewhere for review. All authors have read and approved the content and are accountable for all aspects of the accuracy and integrity of the manuscript in accordance with ICMJE criteria, and agree to submit it for consideration for publication in the Journal of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. The written consent to publish this information was obtained from study participants, and the proof of consent to publish from study participants can be requested at any time.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.