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. 2011 Jul 13;12:158. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-158

Low back pain status in elite and semi-elite Australian football codes: a cross-sectional survey of football (soccer), Australian-Rules, rugby league, rugby union and non-athletic controls

Wayne Hoskins 1, Henry Pollard 1,, Chris Daff 1, Andrew Odell 2, Peter Garbutt 3, Andrew McHardy 1, Kate Hardy 1, George Dragasevic 1
PMCID: PMC3161052  PMID: 21752242

The journal has been informed by the authors' institution that, contrary to the statement in this article [1], the Macquarie University Human Ethics Committee did not receive an application for ethics approval for this study. As the study was conducted without institutional ethics committee oversight, this article has been retracted.

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Contributor Information

Wayne Hoskins, Email: waynehoskins@iinet.net.au.

Henry Pollard, Email: hpollard@optushome.com.au.

Chris Daff, Email: chirodaff_013@hotmail.com.

Andrew Odell, Email: boubblytang@hotmail.com.

Peter Garbutt, Email: enhancehealthcare@iinet.net.au.

Andrew McHardy, Email: golfinjury@optusnet.com.au.

Kate Hardy, Email: katie.hardy@optusnet.com.au.

George Dragasevic, Email: dragasev@tpg.com.au.

References

  1. Hoskins Wayne, Pollard Henry, Daff Chris, Odell Andrew, Garbutt Peter, McHardy Andrew, Hardy Kate, Dragasevic George. Low back pain status in elite and semi-elite Australian football codes: a cross-sectional survey of football (soccer), Australian-Rules, rugby league, rugby union and non-athletic controls. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2009;10:38. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-38. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] [Retracted]

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