About the Authors

Ryan E. Stafford

Affiliation The University of Queensland, Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Brisbane, Australia

Geoff Coughlin

Affiliation Department of Urology, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

Nicholas J Lutton

Affiliation Department of Colorectal Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

Paul W. Hodges

p.hodges@uq.edu.au

Affiliation The University of Queensland, Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Brisbane, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS PH. Performed the experiments: RS GC NL PH. Analyzed the data: RS PH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PH. Wrote the paper: RS GC NL PH.