McCaughey, Euan J. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6596-110X
Jonkman, Annemijn H.
Boswell-Ruys, Claire L.
McBain, Rachel A.
Bye, Elizabeth A.
Hudson, Anna L.
Collins, David W.
Heunks, Leo M. A.
McLachlan, Angus J.
Gandevia, Simon C.
Butler, Jane E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Liberate Medical (N/A)
National Science Foundation (N/A)
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development (N/A)
The Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation (RSPN4)
The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (324159107)
National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1122932)
Article History
Received: 1 November 2018
Accepted: 16 July 2019
First Online: 24 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee (Local Code: 17/050). As most participants were lacking the capacity to give consent, approval was granted by the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal to take consent from the ‘Person Responsible’ for each patient (Case Number: 2017/00237843).
: Not applicable.
: AJM is employed by Liberate Medical LLC, a medical device company that is developing an abdominal muscle stimulator. EJM has previously received financial support from Liberate Medical LLC to conduct a systematic review [CitationRef removed].