Yazdi, MohammadJavad Safaie
Nazary-Moghadam, Salman
Soleimani, Bagher
Ahmadi, Seyyed Parham
Sadabadi, Fatemeh
Sheikhi, Zhila https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7627-4380
Article History
Received: 14 December 2025
Accepted: 8 June 2026
First Online: 17 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics Committee of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (IR.MUMS.MEDICAL.REC.1402.128) and registered in the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (Code: IRCT20190618043934N25). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to enrollment.
Consent for publication: Not applicable. No individual patient data or identifiable images are included in this manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.