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Financial support and sponsorship
The study was funded by the Transport Accident Commission (Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative), and the
University of Melbourne.

Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
The study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Commitees of Austin Health and the University of
Melbourne.

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