About the Authors

Nicola Middlebrook

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom, NIHR Surgical Reconstruction & Microbiology Research Centre, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Nicola R. Heneghan

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

David W. Evans

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Alison Rushton

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom, NIHR Surgical Reconstruction & Microbiology Research Centre, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Deborah Falla

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

d.falla@bham.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom, NIHR Surgical Reconstruction & Microbiology Research Centre, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.