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Natural History of Back Pain in Older Adults over Five Years

Wendelien H. van der Gaag, Wendy T. M. Enthoven, Pim A. J. Luijsterburg, Jantine van Rijckevorsel-Scheele, Sita M.A. Bierma-Zeinstra, Arthur M. Bohnen, Maurits W. van Tulder and Bart W. Koes
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2019, 32 (6) 781-789; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.06.190041
Wendelien H. van der Gaag
From Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (WHvdG, WTME, PAJL, SMAB-Z, AMB, BWK); Research Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (JvR-S); Department of Orthopedics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (SMAB-Z); Department of Health Sciences & Amsterdam Movement Sciences Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands (MWvT); Department of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (MWvT); Center for Muscle and Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (BWK)
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Wendy T. M. Enthoven
From Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (WHvdG, WTME, PAJL, SMAB-Z, AMB, BWK); Research Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (JvR-S); Department of Orthopedics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (SMAB-Z); Department of Health Sciences & Amsterdam Movement Sciences Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands (MWvT); Department of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (MWvT); Center for Muscle and Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (BWK)
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Pim A. J. Luijsterburg
From Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (WHvdG, WTME, PAJL, SMAB-Z, AMB, BWK); Research Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (JvR-S); Department of Orthopedics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (SMAB-Z); Department of Health Sciences & Amsterdam Movement Sciences Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands (MWvT); Department of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (MWvT); Center for Muscle and Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (BWK)
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Jantine van Rijckevorsel-Scheele
From Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (WHvdG, WTME, PAJL, SMAB-Z, AMB, BWK); Research Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (JvR-S); Department of Orthopedics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (SMAB-Z); Department of Health Sciences & Amsterdam Movement Sciences Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands (MWvT); Department of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (MWvT); Center for Muscle and Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (BWK)
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Sita M.A. Bierma-Zeinstra
From Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (WHvdG, WTME, PAJL, SMAB-Z, AMB, BWK); Research Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (JvR-S); Department of Orthopedics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (SMAB-Z); Department of Health Sciences & Amsterdam Movement Sciences Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands (MWvT); Department of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (MWvT); Center for Muscle and Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (BWK)
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Arthur M. Bohnen
From Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (WHvdG, WTME, PAJL, SMAB-Z, AMB, BWK); Research Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (JvR-S); Department of Orthopedics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (SMAB-Z); Department of Health Sciences & Amsterdam Movement Sciences Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands (MWvT); Department of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (MWvT); Center for Muscle and Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (BWK)
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Maurits W. van Tulder
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Bart W. Koes
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vol. 32 no. 6 781-789
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.06.190041
PubMed 
31704746

Published By 
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication January 30, 2019
  • Revision received June 26, 2019
  • Accepted for publication June 28, 2019
  • Published online November 8, 2019.

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© Copyright 2019 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

Author Information

  1. Wendelien H. van der Gaag, MD,
  2. Wendy T. M. Enthoven, MD, PhD,
  3. Pim A. J. Luijsterburg, PhD,
  4. Jantine van Rijckevorsel-Scheele, PhD,
  5. Sita M.A. Bierma-Zeinstra, PhD,
  6. Arthur M. Bohnen, MD, PhD,
  7. Maurits W. van Tulder, PhD and
  8. Bart W. Koes, PhD
  1. From Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (WHvdG, WTME, PAJL, SMAB-Z, AMB, BWK); Research Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (JvR-S); Department of Orthopedics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (SMAB-Z); Department of Health Sciences & Amsterdam Movement Sciences Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands (MWvT); Department of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (MWvT); Center for Muscle and Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (BWK)
  1. Corresponding author: Wendelien H. van der Gaag, MD, Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands (E-mail: w.vandergaag{at}erasmusmc.nl).
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