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Weinschenk, Stefan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8658-7329
Strowitzki, Thomas
Topbas Selcuki, Nura Fitnat
Zivanovic, Oliver
Gerhardt, Axel
Feisst, Manuel
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Received: 30 April 2025
Accepted: 9 June 2025
First Online: 10 July 2025
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: Stefan Weinschenk, Thomas Strowitzki and Manuel Feisst are employees of the University Hospital Heidelberg, Justus Benrath is an employee of the BG Hospital, Tübingen, Germany, and Nura Fitnat Topbas Selcuki is an employee of the Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Stefan Weinschenk is a member of the scientific board of the German Society of Acupuncture and Neural Therapy (DGfAN e. V.). Axel Gerhardt and Oliver Zivanovic have nothing to disclose.
: This study was approved by the Heidelberg University Ethics Committee (approval no. S-487/ 2011 on September 6, 2011). The authors confirm that the study was performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964, and its later amendments. The authors also confirm that all subjects provided informed consent to participate in the study; and all participants provided consent for publication if any identifying information is included in the manuscript.
