Aasdahl, Lene
Gismervik, Sigmund Østgård
Johnsen, Roar
Vasseljen, Ottar
Bjørnelv, Gudrun M. W.
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon
Fimland, Marius Steiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Helse Midt-Norge
Norges Forskningsråd (238015, 295989)
NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Article History
Accepted: 30 March 2024
First Online: 28 April 2024
Declarations
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: MSF previously worked at Hysnes Rehabilitation Center, St. Olavs Hospital. MSF and LA were previously affiliated with, and SØG is currently employed, at the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St. Olavs Hospital. Other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. All participants provided informed written consent. The study was approved by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics in Central Norway (No: 2012/1241) and included approval for linkage to registry data and seven years of follow-up. The study is registered in clinicaltrials.gov (No: NCT01926574).