Wang, Qiong
Wang, Yi-Ru
Jia, Qing-Yun
Liu, Li
Xu, Chong-Qing
Wang, Xiao-Yun
Yao, Min
Cui, Xue-Jun
Shi, Qi
Wang, Yong-Jun
Liang, Qian-Qian http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-7778
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81330085)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81220108027, 81673990)
Special funding for the National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation (201276)
Key Laboratory of theory and therapy of muscles and bones, Ministry of Educatio
Article History
Received: 6 January 2017
Accepted: 15 December 2017
First Online: 20 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The trial will be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and Ethical Guidelines for Clinical Research, and the trial protocol has been approved by the Research Ethical Committee of Longhua hospital, affiliated with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China (approval number 2016LCSY033), Yueyang Integrated Medicine Hospital affiliated with Shanghai university of Traditional Chinese Medicine (number 2017–001), and Shanghai Guanghua Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine. Ethics approval is not required, as the central ethics committee has provided approval for all three centers (number 2016-K-35). All adult participants will provide written informed consent before participating.
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