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Retraction: The effect of a sports chiropractic manual therapy intervention on the prevention of back pain, hamstring and lower limb injuries in semi-elite Australian Rules footballers: A randomized controlled trial

Wayne Hoskins* and Henry Pollard

Author Affiliations

Department of Chiropractic, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2011, 12:200 doi:10.1186/1471-2474-12-200

Published: 13 September 2011

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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 As the study was conducted without institutional ethics committee oversight, this article has been retracted.