From the *EMGO Institute VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands; †Department of Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment, Institute of Health Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands; ‡The University of Sydney, Australia; §Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, Australia; and ¶Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Acknowledgment date: December 22, 2008.
The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s).
No 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 CAPES-Ministério da Educação-Brazil and Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais-Brazil (to L.C.); Chris Maher holds a research fellowship funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. This article is published with permission from John Wiley & Sons Ltd, on behalf of the Cochrane Collaboration. It is based on a Cochrane Review published in The Cochrane Library 2008, Issue 4 (available at: www.thecochranelibrary.com for information) Ostelo R. W. J. G., Costa L. O. P., Maher C. G., de Vet H. C. W., van Tulder M. W. Rehabilitation after lumbar disc surgery. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4. Cochrane Reviews are regularly updated as new evidence emerges and in response to feedback, and The Cochrane Library should be consulted for the most recent version of the review.
The results of a Cochrane review can be interpreted differently, depending on people’s perspectives and circumstances. Please consider the conclusions presented carefully. They are the opinions of review authors, and are not necessarily shared by The Cochrane Collaboration.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo, PhD, EMGO Institute, Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, VU University; VU University Medical Centre, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam, 1081 BT, the Netherlands; E-mail: [email protected]
