From the *Department of Medicine, Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR; †Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA; §Stanford University, Stanford, CA; ¶Department of Anesthesiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; ∥Medical Services,General Medicine Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; **Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; ††Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; ‡‡Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Houston, TX; §§Department of Community Health, Rhode Island Spine Center, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Pawtucket, RI; ¶¶Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; ∥∥Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ***Department of Orthopaedics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; and †††Qualis Health, Seattle, WA.
Acknowledgment date: October 21, 2008. Revision date: December 19, 2008. Acceptance date: December 22, 2008.
The device(s)/drug(s) is/are FDA-approved or approved by corresponding national agency for this indication.
Professional Organizational funds were received in support of this work. No benefits in any form have been or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript.
Supported by the American Pain Society (APS).
This article is based on research conducted at the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center. The authors are solely responsible for the content of this article and the decision to submit for publication.
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