Sirkka, Jani https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0599-2614
Säisänen, Laura
Julkunen, Petro
Könönen, Mervi
Kallioniemi, Elisa
Leinonen, Ville
Danner, Nils
Funding for this research was provided by:
Suomen Aivosäätiö
Maire Taposen Säätiö
Pohjois-Savon Rahasto
Suomen Lääketieteen Säätiö
Article History
Received: 30 October 2019
Accepted: 3 January 2020
First Online: 17 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Northern Savo Hospital District, 274/2016. All participants gave written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: ND has attended a course sponsored by B Braun, distributor of Miethke shunt systems. PJ shared an unrelated patent pending with Nexstim Plc, manufacturer of nTMS systems. LS has received travel bursaries from Nexstim Plc. Other authors report no conflicts of interest.