Tan, Jade M.
Crossley, Kay M.
Vicenzino, Bill
Menz, Hylton B. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2045-3846
Munteanu, Shannon E.
Collins, Natalie J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health and Medical Research Council (301037)
National Health and Medical Research Council (301037)
National Health and Medical Research Council (1135995)
National Health and Medical Research Council (628918)
Arthritis Foundation of Australia
Article History
Received: 29 November 2017
Accepted: 7 February 2018
First Online: 15 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for the RCT was provided by The University of Queensland’s Medical Research Ethics Committee (ID: 2,003,000,401). Ethical approval for the cohort study was provided by The University of Melbourne’s Human Research Ethics Committee (ID: 1,136,766). All participants provided written informed consent prior to study enrolment.
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