About the Authors

Tae-Hun Kim

Affiliations Acupuncture, Moxibustion & Meridian Research Centre, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea, Department of Cardiovascular and Neurologic Diseases, College of Oriental Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Jung Won Kang

Affiliations Acupuncture, Moxibustion & Meridian Research Centre, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Kun Hyung Kim

Affiliations Acupuncture, Moxibustion & Meridian Research Centre, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea, Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

Kyung-Won Kang

Affiliation Acupuncture, Moxibustion & Meridian Research Centre, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea

Mi-Suk Shin

Affiliation Acupuncture, Moxibustion & Meridian Research Centre, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea

So-Young Jung

Affiliation Acupuncture, Moxibustion & Meridian Research Centre, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea

Ae-Ran Kim

Affiliation Acupuncture, Moxibustion & Meridian Research Centre, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea

Hee-Jung Jung

Affiliation Acupuncture, Moxibustion & Meridian Research Centre, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea

Jin-Bong Choi

Affiliation Department of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Dongshin University, Gwangju, South Korea

Kwon Eui Hong

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Daejeon University, Daejeon, South Korea

Seung-Deok Lee

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Dongguk University, Goyang, South Korea

Sun-Mi Choi

smchoi@kiom.re.kr

Affiliation Acupuncture, Moxibustion & Meridian Research Centre, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: THK. Performed the experiments: THK JWK KHK JBC KEH SDL SMC. Analyzed the data: KWK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KWK. Wrote the paper: THK. Revised the design of this trial and revised the paper: MSS. Revised the paper: SYJ ARK. Monitored data collection: HJJ.