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Affiliations

• ¹ I-CHER, Interuniversity Center for Health Economics Research, Belgium; Pain in Motion International Research Group, www.paininmotion.be; Department of Public Health (GEWE), Faculty ofMedicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education & Physiotherapy (KIMA), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; Department of Physical Medicine and Physiotherapy, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ² Pain in Motion International Research Group, www.paininmotion.be; Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education & Physiotherapy (KIMA), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; Department of Neurosurgery, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
• ³ I-CHER, Interuniversity Center for Health Economics Research, Belgium; Department of Public Health (GEWE), Faculty ofMedicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
• ⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
• ⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; Center for Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine & Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; Department of Manual Therapy (MANU), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
• ⁶ Pain in Motion International Research Group, www.paininmotion.be; Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education & Physiotherapy (KIMA), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; Department of Physical Medicine and Physiotherapy, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
• ⁷ Department of Public Health (GEWE), Faculty ofMedicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
• ⁸ Interface Demography, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; Health Inequalities Research Group (GREDS),Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.