Acknowledgments
We want to thank Julie van der Hoop and Franziska Broell from the Motryx company for providing the VitalVialTM sensors and aiding in data evaluation.
Research funding: None declared.
Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.
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