About the Authors
- Johannes Fleckenstein
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: johannes.fleckenstein@ikom.unibe.ch
Affiliations Department of TCM/Acupuncture, Institute of Complementary Medicine, University of Bern, Personalhaus 4 Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, Regensburg, Germany, Department of Sports Medicine, Institute of Sports Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Peter Krüger
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, Regensburg, Germany
- Karl-Peter Ittner
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, Regensburg, Germany
Competing Interests
Dr. Fleckenstein is the Deputy Head of the Scientific Chapter of the German Medical Acupuncture Society DAEGfA. He received honoraria for academic teaching and counselling. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.