Aurich, Matthias
Hofmann, Gunther O.
Gras, Florian
Rolauffs, Bernd
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (AU 156-6-1)
Deutsche Arthrosehilfe e. V.
Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research
Article History
Received: 4 December 2017
Accepted: 7 May 2018
First Online: 24 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study has been approved by the local ethics committee (approval #0981–10 / 02) of the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty at the University of Jena, Jena, Germany) and was performed in accordance with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and the German Data Protection Act. Before starting this investigation, written informed consent was obtained. At any time, the patients had the right to withdraw consent without giving reasons and without disadvantages regarding further medical treatment. Any patient had the right to have his / her data deleted. The legal requirements concerning confidential medical communication were fully met. Patient data were stored exclusively in the Hospital according to current data protection laws. Third persons were not provided insight into source data. The medical therapy of the patients during hospitalization was performed independently of this research project.
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