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Original Articles

A proposed set of metrics for standardized outcome reporting in the management of low back pain

R Carter ClementDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Adina WelanderBoston Consulting Group, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Caleb StowellInternational Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Thomas D ChaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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John L ChenDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
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Michelle DaviesPatient representative, Brisbane, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jeremy C FairbankNuffield Orthopaedic Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kevin T FoleyDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Martin GehrchenDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine Section, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Olle HaggSpine Center Göteborg, Gothenburg, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Wilco C JacobsDepartment of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Richard KahlerBrizBrain and Spine, Brisbane, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Safdar N KhanDepartment of Orthopaedics, Division of Spine, Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Isador H LiebermanTexas Back Institute, Plano, TX, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Beth MorissonNewro Foundation, Brisbane, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Donna D OhnmeissTexas Back Institute, Plano, TX, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Wilco C PeulDepartment of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center and Medical Center Haaglanden, Leiden and The Hague, the NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Neal H ShonnardDirector, Spine SCOAP Collaborative, Rainier Orthopedic Institute, Puyallup, WA, USCorrespondence[email protected]
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Matthew W SmuckDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, PM&R Section, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Tore K SolbergDepartment of Ophthalmology and Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway;The Norwegian Registry for Spine Surgery (NORspine), Northern Norway Regional Health Authority, Tromsø, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Bjorn H StromqvistDepartment of Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University Hospital, Lund, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Miranda L Van HooffSint Maartenskliniek, Research, Nijmegen, the NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ajay D WasanDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Paul C WillemsMaastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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William YeoOrthopaedic Diagnostic Centre, Singapore General Hospital, SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
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Peter FRitzellDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ryhov Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden;Registry Manager, SwespineCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 523-533 | Received 13 Oct 2014, Accepted 17 Feb 2015, Published online: 01 Sep 2015

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