Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 32, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages S70-S86 , February 2009

The Burden and Determinants of Neck Pain in Workers: Results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000–2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders

  • Pierre Côté, DC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Research Expertise in Improved Disability Outcomes (CREIDO), University Health Network Rehabilitation Solutions, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Division of Health Care and Outcomes Research, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; Departments of Public Health Sciences and Health Policy, University of Toronto, Canada; Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Pierre Côté, DC, PhD, Toronto Western Hospital, Fell Pavilion 4-124, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8
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  • Gabrielle van der Velde, DC

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Canada; Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Division of Health Care and Outcomes Research, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; Centre of Research Excellence in Improved Disability Outcomes (CREIDO), University Health Network Rehabilitation Solutions, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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  • J. David Cassidy, DC, PhD, DrMedSc

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Research Expertise in Improved Disability Outcomes (CREIDO), University Health Network Rehabilitation Solutions, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Division of Health Care and Outcomes Research, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; Departments of Public Health Sciences and Health Policy, University of Toronto, Canada; Department of Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada
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  • Linda J. Carroll, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, and the Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Canada
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  • Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Canada; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
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  • Lena W. Holm, DrMedSc

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Eugene J. Carragee, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA; Orthopaedic Spine Center and Spinal Surgery Service, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, USA
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  • Scott Haldeman, DC, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, USA; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Margareta Nordin, PT, DrMedSc

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Orthopaedics and Environmental Medicine and Program of Ergonomics and Biomechanics, School of Medicine and Graduate School of Arts and Science, NY University, NY; Occupational and Industrial Orthopaedic Center (OIOC), NY University Medical Center, NY, USA
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  • Eric L. Hurwitz, DC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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  • Jaime Guzman, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia,Canada; Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in BC, Canada
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  • Paul M. Peloso, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology, Analgesia and Inflammation, Merck & Co. Rahway, NJ, USA

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 No funds were received in support of this work. No benefits in any form have been or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript.

 Reprinted from Côté et al. The burden and determinants of neck pain in workers. Results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000–2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine 2008;33:S60-S74. Reprinted with permission from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.11.012

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 32, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages S70-S86 , February 2009

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