About the Authors

Bruno Roza da Costa

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Anne Wilhelmina Saskia Rutjes

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Angelico Mendy

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Robert Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Rosalie Freund-Heritage

Affiliation Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Edgar Ramos Vieira

evieira@fiu.edu

Affiliations Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Physical Therapy, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BRdC AWSR RFH ERV. Performed the experiments: BRdC AWSR AM ERV. Analyzed the data: BRdC AWSR. Wrote the paper: BRdC AWSR AM RFH ERV.