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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Eugene J. Carragee

  2. Orthopaedic Spine Center and Spinal Surgery Service, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, CA, USA

    Eugene J. Carragee

  3. Department of Public Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Mânoa, Hawaii, HI, USA

    E. L. Hurwitz

  4. Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Centre, Stanford, CA, USA

    I. Cheng

  5. Department of Public Health Sciences, Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Alberta, AB, Canada

    L. J. Carroll

  6. Departments of Orthopaedics and Environmental medicine and Program of Ergonomics and Biomechanics, School of Medicine and Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA

    M. Nordin

  7. Occupational and Industrial Orthopaedic Center (OIOC), New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    M. Nordin

  8. Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada

    J. Guzman

  9. Disability Prevention, Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in BC, Victoria, BC, Canada

    J. Guzman

  10. Endocrinology, Analgesia and Inflammation, Merck and Co., Rahway, New Jersey, NJ, USA

    P. Peloso

  11. Division of Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    L. W. Holm

  12. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    P. Côté

  13. University Health Network Rehabilitation Solutions, Toronto Western Hospital, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

    P. Côté

  14. Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

    S. Hogg-Johnson

  15. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    S. Hogg-Johnson

  16. Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    G. van der Velde

  17. Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

    G. van der Velde

  18. University Health Network Rehabilitation Solutions, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    G. van der Velde

  19. Division of Health Care Outcomes and Research, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

    G. van der Velde

  20. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    J. D. Cassidy

  21. Division of Health Care Outcomes and Research, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

    J. D. Cassidy

  22. Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, IR, USA

    S. Haldeman

  23. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    S. Haldeman

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This reply to the Letter to the Editor refers to the article doi:10.1007/s00586-008-702-1.

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Carragee, E.J., Hurwitz, E.L., Cheng, I. et al. The authors’ reply to the letter to the editor by Paul Dreyfuss et al.. Eur Spine J 17, 1273–1275 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-008-0704-z

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