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Received: 5 August 2022

Accepted: 11 December 2023

First Online: 6 March 2024

Declarations

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: C.I. U. is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Physiotherapy, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interests are in the area of neuro-rehabilitation. R. R. is an associate professor of physiotherapy, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Her research area is cardiopulmonary physiotheray. V. N. is an associate professor of physiotherapy (neuro-rehabilitation) and the head, Department of Physiotherapy, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

: Ethical clearance was obtained from the University of the Witwatersrand Committee for Research on Human Subjects (Approval Number M180155). Also, permission to conduct this study was obtained from the National Research Ethics Committee of Nigeria (Approval Number NHREC/01/01/2007–30/07/2018) and the Medical Rehabilitation and Therapist Board of Nigeria.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.