Ethics statement, informed consented and clinical trial registration
A total of 43 patients who met the diagnostic criteria for OP were enrolled in this study and randomly divided into two groups between June 2020 and December 2021 at the Department of Orthopedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University. The study was approved by the ethics committee of The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (approval No. ZSLL-KY-2021-017-01). Moreover, the study has been submitted for registration in the Chinese clinical trial registry using the following registration number: ChiCTR2200056265. All participants provided written informed consent before inclusion in the study.