Beauséjour, Marie
Vaillancourt, François
Akoume, Marie-Yvonne
Franco, Anita
Parent, Stefan
Labelle, Hubert
Joncas, Julie
Desbiens-Blais, Frédérique
Mac-Thiong, Jean-Marc
Roy-Beaudry, Marjolaine
Aubin, Carl-Éric
Moreau, Alain
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Chair in Movement Sciences of the University of Montreal
La Fondation Yves Cotrel de l’Institut de France
Paradigm Spine LLC/Fourth Dimension Spine LLC
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (PP2-99466)
Depuy Spine Canada Inc. Academic Research Chair in Spinal Deformities
Article History
Received: 17 August 2020
Revised: 17 August 2020
Accepted: 20 August 2020
First Online: 29 August 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This work led to 10 patents (EC1478928, HK1071601, US7989175, US8652791, TW1443337, EC2331962, AU2009301605, ZL200980148704.0, HK1157012, and JP5419986) while other applications are pending on behalf of Sainte-Justine University Hospital (CHU Sainte-Justine). The funding organizations had no role in the design or conduct of the study; in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data; nor in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. No other potential conflict of interest relevant to this article. Authors have full control of all primary data and agree to allow for review of data if requested.
: Informed written consent was obtained from the parents or the legal guardians of all participants, and minors gave their assent. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Sainte-Justine University Hospital. All aspects of this research were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: All participants signed informed consent or gave assent regarding publishing their data.
: Not applicable.