Bouqartacha, Salma
Conconi, Danja
Schwendenmann, Yves
Piché, Mathieu
Schweinhardt, Petra
Descarreaux, Martin
Gorrell, Lindsay M
Funding for this research was provided by:
Chaire de recherche internationale en santé neuromusculosquelettique
Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation
Balgrist Stiftung
Article History
Received: 11 April 2026
Accepted: 5 August 2026
First Online: 7 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, the principles of Good Clinical Practice, the Human Research Act and the Human Research Ordinance. Ethical approval for the project was obtained from the Cantonal Ethics Committee of Zurich (BASEC no. 2023-00997) and from the Research Ethics Board for human research at UQTR (CER-23-302-10.01). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to enrollment at both sites.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.