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Brady, O’Dane http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3143-0439
Brooks, Peter
Davatchi, Fereydoun http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0508-7013
Dunn, Robert http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3689-0346
Goertz, Christine http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4700-3669
Hajjaj-Hassouni, Najia http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0722-6822
Hartvigsen, Jan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5876-7410
Hondras, Maria http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1821-8206
Lemeunier, Nadège
Mayer, John
Mior, Silvano http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6575-2797
Moss, Jean
Mullerpatan, Rajani
Muteti, Elijah
Mwaniki, Lillian
Ngandeu-Singwe, Madeleine
Outerbridge, Geoff http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3290-5387
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Torres, Carlos
Torres, Paola
Vlok, Adriaan
Wong, Chung Chek
Funding for this research was provided by:
Skoll
NCMIC Foundation
Article History
Received: 12 April 2018
Accepted: 6 August 2018
First Online: 27 August 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: DKG declares travel expenses: CMCC to present at the WSC Spine Conference in Botswana. CDJ is president of Brighthall, Inc.; she is an NCMIC Board of Director; however, neither she nor NCMIC board make funding decisions for the NCMIC Foundation; the views in this article are those of the authors and not those of Stanford University, Stanford Health Care or Qualcomm. SH declares funding to UOIT from Skoll Foundation, NCMIC Foundation through World Spine Care; Clinical Policy Advisory Board and stock holder, Palladian Health; Advisory Board, SpineHealth.com; Book Royalties, McGraw Hill. Travel expense reimbursement—CMCC Board. RC declares funding from AHRQ to conduct systematic reviews on treatments for low back pain within last 2 years. Honoraria for speaking at numerous meetings of professional societies and nonprofit groups on topics related to low back pain (no industry sponsored talks). PC is funded by a Canada Research Chair in Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and declares funding to UOIT from Skoll Foundation, NCMIC Foundation through World Spine Care. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Canada. Research Chair Ontario Ministry of Finance. Financial Services Commission of Ontario. Ontario Trillium Foundation, ELIB Mitac. Fond de Recherche and Sante du Quebec. BNG receives speaker fees and travel reimbursement from NCMIC Speakers’ Bureau; he is secretary of Brighthall, Inc.; the views in this article are those of the authors and not those of Stanford University, Stanford Health Care or Qualcomm. MN declares funding from Skoll Foundation and NCMIC Foundation through World Spine Care. Co-Chair, World Spine Care Research Committee. Palladian Health, Clinical Policy Advisory Board member. Book Royalties Wolters Kluwer and Springer. Honoraria for speaking at research method courses. EAc declares grants: Depuy Synthes Spine, Medtronic; Speaker’s bureau: AOSpine, Zimmer Biomet. EH declares he is a consultant for: RAND Corporation; EBSCO Information Services; Southern California University of Health Sciences; Western University of Health Sciences Data and Safety Monitoring Committee. Chair, Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research. Research Committee Co-chair, World Spine Care. OB declares he is a consultant for: Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Palladian Health. Travel expenses: World Spine Care. Stipend: World Spine Care. PB declares contribution to salary for Global Musculoskeletal Alliance (G-MUSC), The Bone and Joint Decade work. CG declares travel expenses: Palmer College to GSCI meetings. Consultant: American Chiropractic Association, Spine IQ, Healthwise, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, RAND Co.; Prezacor, Inc. (Stock Options). PCORI (Board Member). Grants: Collaborative Care for Veterans with Spine pain and Mental Health Issues. NIH/Kiernan Chiropractic Care in Rehabilitation at Crotched Mountain: Crotched Mountain Private Sector Integrated Chiropractic Study N/A. NCMIC Foundation Chiropractic services, Assessment of Chiropractic Treatment for Low Back Pain; RAND Subcontract, Department of Defense Prime Award #W81XWH-11-2-017 Sub #9920110071. JH declares his research group has extensive funding from Danish public funding agencies, the European Union and Danish charities. MH declares travel support from World Spine Care. JM declares general research resources from USF Research Center. Research grants from funding agencies: FEMA, US Department of Homeland Security (EMW-2013-FP-00723). Palladian Health Advisory Board: Clinical Policy and Advisory Board. Intellectual property rights: Inventor of Web-based system to deliver exercise (Employer—USF: copyright holder). JM declares WSC Board Member. EM declares AO Spine Africa Faculty courses—honorarium. GO declares he is a consultant and receives travel support as Clinic Director, World Spine Care. KR declares funding to UOIT from Skoll Foundation, NCMIC Foundation through World Spine Care. Remaining authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.