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Article Domain Category [CHOOSE ONE]: Behavioral Health, Cardiopulmonary Medicine, General, Innovations,
Medical Education, Musculoskeletal Medicine, Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/ Osteopathic Manipulative
Treatment (OMT), Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Public Health and Primary Care
Article Type: Case Report
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Article Title
• Each word capitalized, except prepositions
(Running Title)
• In parentheses and italicized under the main title
• A shortened version of your title that would appear in the header on a published manuscript
• No more than 50 words
o eg, (Running Title: ….)
Author Bylines
• Periods after middle initials, comma before degrees, each author separated by semicolon
• No Fellowship credentials are permitted.
• Authors should be listed with the credentials that were valid at the time the study was completed, even if
they have graduated.
o eg, Jane A. Johnson, MA; Janet B. Jones, DO
Author Affiliations
• Each author should be listed with her/his affiliations on a separate line.
• The listing should include division, department, institution, city, and state where applicable.
o eg, Dr. Janet B. Jones, DO, A.T. Still Research Institute and the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative
Medicine at the A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Missouri.
• Please add the ORCID ID for each author to her/his affiliation line and provide the Twitter handle of any
authors/institutions who would like to be tagged in social media efforts to promote your work.
Financial Disclosures
• List “None reported.” or detail those of each individual author.
• Payment alone is not a criterion for disclosure, nor is relevance to the study subject. All affiliations outside
of regular employment disclosed in the affiliations section listed above must be disclosed here. We follow
AMA guidelines for this category, which state:
“Authors are expected to provide detailed information about all relevant financial interests, activities,
relationships, and affiliations (other than those affiliations listed in the title page of the manuscript)
including, but not limited to, employment, affiliation, funding and grants received or pending, consultancies,
honoraria or payment, speakers' bureaus, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, royalties, donation
of medical equipment, or patents planned, pending, or issued. Following the guidelines of the ICMJE, the
definitions and terms of such disclosures include: (1) Any potential conflicts of interest ‘involving the work
under consideration for publication’ (during the time involving the work, from initial conception and
planning to present); (2) Any ‘relevant financial activities outside the submitted work’ (over the 3 years prior
to submission); and (3) Any ‘other relationships or activities that readers could perceive to have influenced,
or that give the appearance of potentially influencing’ what is written in the submitted work (based on all
relationships that were present during the 3 years prior to submission).”
Support
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• Support includes both grants and provision of any material used in the study.