*Division of Research, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA
†Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
‡Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
§VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
¶Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Pradeep Suri, MD, Division of Research, New England Baptist Hospital, 125 Parker Hill Ave Boston, MA 02130; E-mail: [email protected]
Acknowledgment date: August 21, 2009. First revision date: October 20, 2009. Second revision date: October 27, 2009. Acceptance date: November 3, 2009.
The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s).
Funds were received to support this work from NIH. 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 Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training Program (RMSTP) and the National Institutes of Health grant K12 HD 01097 (to P.S.), and, in part, by the grant NIH/NIAMS K24 AR 02123 (to J.N.K.).