Almasri, Mahmoud
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Simunovic, Nicole
Heels-Ansdell, Diane
Ayeni, Olufemi R. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4219-8564
Article History
Received: 26 October 2020
Accepted: 1 December 2020
First Online: 2 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Ayeni serves on the speakers bureau for ConMed and Stryker, and sits on the editorial boards for The American Journal of Sports Medicine, and BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.
: The FIRST trial was approved by the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board (12-396) before it started. All participating centres obtained their own site-specific ethics approval before starting the trial. All participants provided written informed consent.
: Written informed consent was obtained by study personnel from all patients enrolled in the FIRST trial.