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Article History

Received: 5 March 2025

Revised: 5 March 2025

Accepted: 24 April 2025

First Online: 30 April 2025

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: Author Charl Els (CE) is funded by the Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence (CoRE), has received funding from Workers’ Compensation Board of Alberta, and was previously employed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. Author Barry Gelinas (BG) is an AMA Guides® Editorial Panel’s advisory committee member, BG reports an honorarium from the AMA. Author Sebastian Straube (SS) reports grants from the Workers’ Compensation Board of Alberta, the Government of Alberta, and the Alberta Medical Association. SS also reports honoraria from the Occupational Medicine Specialist of Canada, the M.S.I. Foundation, the Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence, and The Policy Works. Author Douglas Martin (DM) is an unpaid ACOEM Practice Guidelines advisory committee member. DM is the Co-Chair of the AMA Guides Editorial Panel and receives an honorarium from the AMA. DM receives royalties for the book Independent Medical Evaluation – A Practical Guide, published by Springer.