Touhami, Dima http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4598-8932
Brach, Mirjam
Essig, Stefan
Ronca, Elias
Debecker, Isabelle
Eriks-Hoogland, Inge
Scheel-Sailer, Anke
Münzel, Nadja
Gemperli, Armin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Swiss Paraplegic Research
Article History
Received: 28 December 2020
Accepted: 22 September 2021
First Online: 2 October 2021
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for the survey was granted by the leading ethical institution Ethikkommision Nordwest-und Zentralschweiz (EKNZ, Project-ID: 11042 PB_2016-02608, approved Dec 2016). We certify that all applicable institutional and governmental regulations concerning the ethical use of human volunteers were followed during the course of this research. The study protocol has been approved by the Steering Committee of the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study. All study participants have signed a document to provide their written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: Seven of the authors (DT, MB, ER, IE, NM, AS and AG) are salaried employees of organizations financially supported by the Swiss Paraplegic Foundation.