Thanks, Treefrog.
I should repeat, as I did in my orginal post, that I am not associated with the study, in fact not even participating. Nobody is "recruiting" on the internet. I was simply posting information I saw in an ad in the relatively legitimate New York Times. The illustration was not wierd in any way, just a mom & adughter if I recall correctly. (I'd be a lousy focus group participant.)
I know people have concerns about these issues, and should. Sometimes people are looking for resources. It's true that such studies are highly regulated and peer-reviewed, though they are necessarily experimental in anture (obviously!) and the process can be flawed, just like a too-early transition to pointe. No one, least of all me, is pressuring anyone to become involved: the purpose of the site & 800 number is exactly to do what Ballet Master suggests: provide accurate information on participation in the study to interested people. If that's not you, no harm done, I trust.
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