Vlaeyen, Johan W. S.
Maher, Chris G.
Wiech, Katja
Van Zundert, Jan
Meloto, Carolina Beraldo
Diatchenko, Luda
Battié, Michele C.
Goossens, Marielle
Koes, Bart
Linton, Steven J.
Article History
First Online: 13 December 2018
Competing interests
: J.W.S.V. is chief investigator or associate investigator on multiple previous and current research grants from Belgium, including the Flemish Government, Research Foundation Flanders (FWO Vlaanderen) and the National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (NIHDI). He has received travel expenses for speaking at conferences from the professional associations hosting the conferences and has received honoraria for reviewing grants from government grant agencies and honoraria for marking theses from universities. C.G.M. is chief investigator or associate investigator on multiple previous and current research grants from government research agencies from Australia (for example, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia), Brazil (for example, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)) and the Netherlands (for example, the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)). For the past 12 years, his salary has been covered by research fellowships from Australia’s NHMRC or the Australian Research Council. His research has also received funding from philanthropic (for example, Arthritis Australia) and government agencies (for example, NSW WorkCover). He has received travel expenses for speaking at conferences from the professional associations hosting the conferences and has received honoraria for talks from professional associations and the industry hosting the talks, honoraria for reviewing grants from government grant agencies and honoraria for marking theses from the relevant university. C.G.M. received supplementary industry funding for two investigator-initiated NHMRC-funded trials. The first trial (PACE) had co-funding from GlaxoSmithKline. Pfizer provided the study medicine for the second trial, PRECISE, at no cost, but provided no other funding. J.V.Z. is a member of the Executive Board of the World Institute of Pain (WIP). M.G. declares that she is bound by confidentiality agreements that prevent her from disclosing her competing interests in this work. S.J.L. is chief investigator or associate investigator on multiple previous and current research grants from Sweden, including Vetenskapsrådet, FORTE, Riksbankensjubileumsfond, REHSAM and Örebro University. He has received travel expenses for speaking at conferences from the professional associations hosting the conferences and has received honoraria for reviewing grants and giving educational lectures. All other authors declare no competing interests.