Can patient-reported profiles avoid unnecessary referral to a spine surgeon? An observational study to further develop the Nijmegen Decision Tool for Chronic Low Back Pain

• Miranda L. van Hooff ,

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

  * E-mail: m.vanhooff@maartenskliniek.nl

  Affiliations Department Research, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5313-6436

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• Johanna M. van Dongen,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences and the Amsterdam Public Health research institute, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Veerle M. Coupé,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Maarten Spruit,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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• Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo,

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

  Affiliations Department of Health Sciences and the Amsterdam Public Health research institute, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Marinus de Kleuver

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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