Ren, Guomin
Lutz, Ian
Railton, Pamela
Wiley, J. Preston
McAllister, Jenelle
Powell, James
Krawetz, Roman J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Calgary Foundation
Canada Excellence Research Chairs, Government of Canada
Arthritis Society
Article History
Received: 29 September 2017
Accepted: 25 January 2018
First Online: 5 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study protocol was approved by the University of Calgary Human Research Ethics Board (REB15–0880). Participants provided written consent. All research was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki
: All patient information has been de-identified.
: Roman Krawetz is a member of the editorial board of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. The authors have no further conflicts of interest to disclose regarding the present study.
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