Levasseur, Annie http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1199-4111
Mac-Thiong, Jean-Marc http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4524-3893
Richard-Denis, Andréane http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3638-4416
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé (35370)
Medtronic
Article History
Received: 25 November 2020
Revised: 20 June 2021
Accepted: 21 June 2021
First Online: 6 July 2021
Competing interests
: AR-D has received a scholarship and research grants from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé, an investigator-initiated research grant from Medline Industries, and a research grant from Praxis Spinal Cord Institute. J-MM-T is chairholder of the Medtronic research chair in spinal trauma at Université de Montréal, owns stocks and is a board member in Spinologics, and has received a scholarship and research grants from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé, an investigator-initiated research grant from Medline Industries, educational grants from Medtronic and Depuy-Synthes, as well as research grants from the U.S. Department of Defense – Congressionally directed medical research programs.
: We certify that all applicable institutional and governmental regulation concerning the ethical use of human volunteers were followed during the course of this research.