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Authors
Fuchs, Bertram
Ejtehadi, Mehdi
Cisnal, Ana
Pannek, Jürgen
Scheel-Sailer, Anke
Riener, Robert
Eriks-Hoogland, Inge
Paez-Granados, Diego
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
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Article History
Received: 20 October 2025
Accepted: 22 December 2025
First Online: 24 February 2026
Declarations
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: All procedures involving human participants were conducted in compliance with relevant Swiss laws, institutional guidelines, and the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Northwestern and Central Switzerland (EKNZ), under the following reference numbers: EKNZ-2023-00400 (approved on 25.04.2023), EKNZ-2023-01050 (approved on 31.08.2023) and EKNZ-2024-01254 (approved on 15.08.2024). All participants provided written informed consent prior to participation, in accordance with Swiss Human Research Ordinance (HRO Art. 7, Risk Category A). Participant privacy rights were strictly observed, and all data were anonymized prior to analysis.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
