Evensen, Karen Brastad
Eide, Per Kristian http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6881-9280
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health South East of Norway (2016032)
Article History
Received: 16 March 2020
Accepted: 19 May 2020
First Online: 12 June 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The sponsor had no role in the design or conduct of this research.
: PKE has a financial interest in the software company (dPCom AS, Oslo) manufacturing the software (Sensometrics Software) used for analysis of the pressure recordings. KBE and PKE certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: The pressure recordings used in this study were retrieved from a study approved by the Regional Ethical Committee of Health Region South-East in Norway (S-07362b) and by Rikshospitalet (07/5870). Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee (name of institute/committee) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.