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Body sway during quiet standing post-stroke: effects of individual and interpersonal light touch

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Dario Pittera for assistance in data collection and Philip Hodgson for his involvement in data processing. This study was funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC; BBM0278801) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF; 01EO1401).

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  1. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Queens Building, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK

    Leif Johannsen

  2. Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany

    Leif Johannsen

  3. School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

    Rachel Lindsey Wright & Alan Miles Wing

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The study accorded to the ethical principles laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments and was approved by the University of Birmingham Research Ethics Committee. All participants gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study.

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This manuscript is part of a supplement sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the funding initiative for integrated research and treatment centers.

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Johannsen, L., Wright, R.L. & Wing, A.M. Body sway during quiet standing post-stroke: effects of individual and interpersonal light touch. J Neurol 265 (Suppl 1), 77–79 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-018-8877-9

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