Lateral wedges - a crossover study
was involved in study design, data analysis, and approval
of the manuscript.
ETHICS APPROVAL AND CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE:
This study was approved by the University of British
Columbia Clinical Research Ethics Board (approval
number: H14-01313).
AUTHOR DETAILS:
1) Department of Physical Therapy, University of British
Columbia, 212-2177 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z3, Canada. 2) Department of Physiotherapy,
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 3)
Human Performance Engineering Laboratory, Reebok
International, Canton, MA, USA.
COMPETING INTERESTS:
The authors declare that they have no competing
interests.
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