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Article History

Received: 10 February 2024

Accepted: 19 February 2026

First Online: 28 February 2026

Declarations

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: The study is registered in the German Clinical Trial Register under DRKS00017010 and was conducted in accordance with principles enunciated in the current Declaration of Helsinki (DoH) and the guidelines of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) issued by the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH). Ethics approval has been obtained for the study, and any amendment was submitted for approval. Approved protocol amendments were forwarded to the therapists, and they were trained accordingly when it came to conducting the study. The trial registry and the Ethics Committee were informed accordingly. Participation in the study was voluntary, and the participants were informed of the study conditions in detail and an opportunity was given to discuss and clarify specific questions. An informed written consent was obtained from each participant. The study participants were informed that their disease- and personal data will be stored in pseudonymized form and used for scientific evaluation. (Ethics Approval 1 & 2).

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.