Richard-Denis, Andréane http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3638-4416
Gravel, Louis-Félix
Dionne, Antoine
Bourassa-Moreau, Étienne
Maurais, Gilles
Khoueir, Paul
Mac-Thiong, Jean-Marc http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4524-3893
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé
Article History
Received: 7 November 2020
Revised: 5 February 2021
Accepted: 9 February 2021
First Online: 7 April 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: 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, as well as research grants from Praxis Spinal Cord Institute, Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. L-FG has received a scholarship from the Medtronic Research Chair in Spinal Trauma at Université de Montréal. AD has received a scholarship from the PREMIER summer student program at Universtié de Montréal. ÉB-M has received educational grants from Medtronic and Depuy-Synthes. GM has received educational grants from Medtronic and Depuy-Synthes. PK has received educational grants from Medtronic and Depuy-Synthes. J-MM-T is chairholder of 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 US Department of Defense – Congressionally directed medical research programs, Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada foundation for innovation, Praxis Spinal Cord Institute, Fondation de recherche et d’Éducation en Orthopédie de Montréal, and Vertex Pharmaceutical.
: This study was approved by the “Comité d’éthique de la recherche du CIUSSS du Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal” at Hôpital Sacré-Cœur de Montréal. We certify that all applicable institutional and governmental regulations concerning the ethical use of human volunteers were followed during the course of this research.