1. First School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
2. The Laboratory of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of Lingnan Medical Research Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
3. Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
4. Foshan Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Eighth Clinical School, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Foshan, China
5. Department of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
6. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, 16 Jichang Road, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, 510405, China