About the Authors
- Adrian C. Traeger
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* E-mail: a.traeger@neura.edu.au (AT); m.huebscher@neura.edu.au (MH)
Affiliations Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Nicholas Henschke
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Affiliation Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Markus Hübscher
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* E-mail: a.traeger@neura.edu.au (AT); m.huebscher@neura.edu.au (MH)
Affiliations Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Christopher M. Williams
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Affiliation Hunter Medical Research Institute and School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
- Steven J. Kamper
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Affiliation The George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Christopher G. Maher
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Affiliation The George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- G. Lorimer Moseley
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Affiliations Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
- James H. McAuley
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Affiliations Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Competing Interests
We have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: GLM consults to Pfizer Australia, receives lecture fees from Pfizer Australia, NOIgroup Australasia, Kaiser Permanente California, and receives royalties from the following books: Explain Pain, Explain Pain Handbook - Protectometer, Painful Yarns - Metaphors and stories to help understand the biology of pain, and The Graded Motor Imagery Handbook. CW has received grants from government, industry and philanthropic agencies to fund his research. The money is paid to CW's institution. SK receives a research fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia that pays his salary and consultancy fees from AO Spine for methodological advice on unrelated projects.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AT JM NH MH CW SK GLM CM. Performed the experiments: AT NH CM CW JM. Analyzed the data: AT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: AT. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AT JM NH MH CW SK GLM CM. Enrolled patients: NH CM CW JM. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: AT JM NH MH CW SK GLM CM. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.