From the *Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, The University of Queensland, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Brisbane, Australia; †Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; and ‡Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and School of Medical Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Acknowledgment date: June 9, 2008. Revision date: August 26, 2008. Acceptance date: September 8, 2008.
The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s).
Federal, institutional, and foundation funds were received in support of this work. No benefits in any form have been or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript.
Supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (to P.H.); The Nuffield Medical Research Fellowship from the University of Oxford (to G.L.M.). Reimbursement of study participants was funded by the The Dorothy Hopkins Award.
All procedures were approved by the University of Queensland Medical Research Ethics Committee, and written informed consent was obtained from all research subjects.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Andrew Claus, MPhty, Division of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia; E-mail: [email protected]
