Cedraschi, Christine http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3743-5644
Nordin, Margareta http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0356-8665
Haldeman, Scott http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8688-9562
Randhawa, Kristi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6563-7203
Kopansky-Giles, Deborah http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4651-3499
Johnson, Claire D. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9616-6205
Chou, Roger http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9889-8610
Hurwitz, Eric L. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3641-0784
Côté, Pierre http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7227-6485
Article History
Received: 10 July 2017
Accepted: 16 December 2017
First Online: 27 January 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The Global Spine Care Initiative and this study were funded by Grants from the Skoll Foundation and NCMIC Foundation. World Spine Care provided financial management for this project. The funders had no role in study design, analysis, or preparation of this paper.
: CC declares no conflicts of interest. 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. 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. KR declares funding to UOIT from Skoll Foundation, NCMIC Foundation through World Spine Care. DKG declares travel expenses: CMCC to present at the WSC Spine Conference in Botswana. CDJ declares she is President of Brighthall Inc. 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 non-profit groups on topics related to low back pain (no industry sponsored talks). 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. 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.