Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China.
• ² Department of Ultrasonography, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China.
• ³ Academic Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• ⁴ Pain Centre Versus Arthritis UK, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• ⁵ Health Management Center, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China.
• ⁶ Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
• ⁷ The Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
• ⁸ Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China.
• ⁹ Hunan Key Laboratory of Joint Degeneration and Injury, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China.
• ¹⁰ National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China.
• ¹¹ Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• ¹² Department of Health and Care Professions, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• ¹³ Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Central South University Xiangya School of Public Health, Changsha, China.