Ziwen Yuan: Department of Rehabilitation, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 277 Yanta West Road, Xi'an, China. ORCID
Lulu Cao: Department of Rehabilitation, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 277 Yanta West Road, Xi'an, China.
Jing Liu: Department of Rehabilitation, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 277 Yanta West Road, Xi'an, China.
Wenying Wang: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, No.48 Fenghao West Road, Xi'an, China.
Xiaoyong Liu: Department of Rehabilitation, Mian County Hospital, Hanzhong, China.
Yun Li: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fifth Hospital of Yulin, Yulin, China.
Zhenjin Kang: Department of Rehabilitation, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 277 Yanta West Road, Xi'an, China.
Jin Qiao: Department of Rehabilitation, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 277 Yanta West Road, Xi'an, China. qiaojn123@163.com. ORCID
Lixia Luan: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, No.48 Fenghao West Road, Xi'an, China. luanlixia1987@163.com. ORCID
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Grants
2018MSZC-05/Xi'an Jiaotong University
2022D067/Shaanxi Provincial Health Commission
2022SF-408/Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province
