Naprapathy versus orthopaedic standard care for common musculoskeletal disorders: an 8-year follow-up of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial in Sweden.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAll participants gave written informed consents for their participation. The trial was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Lund University (Diary No. H4 514/2006). Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Ethical considerationsThe research in the submitted paper was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki declara-tion. All participants gave written informed consents for their participation and the trial was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Lund University (Diary No. H4 514/2006). Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding Open access funding provided by Karolinska Institute. The study was supported financially by grants from The Research Council of Blekinge County, Sweden (nr. 1606 3189), and scholarship for PhD studies from the Swedish Naprapathic Association. The funding had no influence on the study’s design, conducting or reporting of the study, therefore there are no conflicting interests."

"Trial registration : Not applicable, as per information given by ClinicalTrials.gov. "