About the Authors

Eric C. Sayre

esayre@arthritisresearch.ca

Affiliations Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Linda C. Li

Affiliations Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jacek A. Kopec

Affiliations Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

John M. Esdaile

Affiliations Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sherry Bar

Affiliation Primary Health Care, British Columbia Ministry of Health Services, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Jolanda Cibere

Affiliations Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LCL JAK JE SB JC. Performed the experiments: LCL JAK SB. Analyzed the data: ECS. Wrote the paper: ECS LCL JAK JE SB JC.