Applications, indications, and effects of passive hydrotherapy WATSU (WaterShiatsu)—A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Agnes M. Schitter ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: agnes.schitter@bluewin.ch

  Affiliations Institute of Complementary Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland, Institute of Sport Science, University of Hildesheim, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0181-4650

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• Johannes Fleckenstein,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Complementary Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland, Department of Sports Medicine, Institute of Sports Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

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• Peter Frei,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Sport Science, University of Hildesheim, Germany

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• Jan Taeymans,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Sports- and Rehabilitation Sciences, Laboratory of Biometry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, Department of Health Professions, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland

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• Nico Kurpiers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Sport Science, University of Hildesheim, Germany

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• Lorenz Radlinger

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Professions, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland

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