Laird, Robert A. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2983-1775
Keating, Jennifer L.
Ussing, Kasper
Li, Paoline
Kent, Peter
Article History
Received: 5 January 2018
Accepted: 19 December 2018
First Online: 18 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This research project was performed in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki with approval obtained from Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee (approval number CF12/1995–2,012,001,090, 2016–1100) and The Regional Committees on Health Research Ethics for Southern Denmark (approval number S-20110071). All participants gave written informed consent for testing and use of de-identified data, through the use of an ethics committee approved patient information and consent form.
: All participants were provided with a Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee approved patient information and consent form, which included consent for publication. All participants provided signed consent forms before being admitted into the study.
: No benefits in any form have been, or will be, received for this study from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this paper. This paper does not contain information about drugs. The authors do not hold stocks or shares in any company that might be directly or indirectly affected by this study. No patents have been applied for or received due to the content of this paper and there are no non-financial competing interests associated with this paper. The lead author (RL) has been engaged as a consultant by DorsaVi for training clinicians in how to use the ViMove device but otherwise has no financial interest in the company, DorsaVi, nor has received any funding for this study. DorsaVi has a 25% ownership in a private physiotherapy clinic that RL is a director of. PK has received a market-rate consulting fee from DorsaVi for clinical trial design advice unrelated to the current study but otherwise has no financial interest in the company, DorsaVi.
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