Bregenhof, Bo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4363-5335
Jørgensen, Uffe
Aagaard, Per
Nissen, Nis
Creaby, Mark W.
Thorlund, Jonas Bloch
Jensen, Carsten
Torfing, Trine
Holsgaard-Larsen, Anders
Funding for this research was provided by:
Syddansk Universitet (none)
Region of southern Denmark (15/23733)
Department of orthopedic surgery, Kolding Hospital (none)
Gigtforeningen (A2794)
Odense Universitetshospital (7-A271)
Article History
Received: 11 September 2017
Accepted: 3 January 2018
First Online: 26 January 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
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