Funding for this research was provided by:
State Bureau of Medical Research (23333)
Article History
Received: 10 December 2018
Accepted: 13 March 2019
First Online: 22 March 2019
Authors’ information
: Dr. SM is orthopedic Spinal surgeon at Government Medical College, Trivandrum. Dr. ATS runs community intervention programmes for chronic ailments. AS and AMS are physiotherapists with focus on musculoskeletal pathologies
: Ethics clearance was obtained from the institutional human ethics committee. Due consent was obtained from the participants enrolled in the study.
: Consent for publication has been obtained from the participants of the study.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests
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