∗Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center and Division of Rehabilitation Care Services, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA
†Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
‡Department of Orthopaedics, Geisel School of Medicine, The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover/Lebanon, NH
§Department of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover/Lebanon, NH
¶The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine, The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover/Lebanon, NH.
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Received 01 July, 2016
Accepted 19 August, 2016
The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s).
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (U01-AR45444) and the Office of Research on Women's Health, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funds were received in support of this work. The Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Musculoskeletal Diseases is funded by NIAMS (P60--AR048094 and P60-AR062799). Dr. Suri's participation in this study was funded by VA Puget Sound Health Care System.
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