An OMERACT Initiative Toward Consensus to Identify and Characterize Candidate Contextual Factors: Report from the

Monika E Finger1,2, Annelies Boonen1,2, Thasia G Woodworth1,2

  • 1From the Empowerment, Participation and Social Integration Unit, Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre; CAPHRI Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht; Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede; Department of Rheumatology, and Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands; Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles; Bone and Joint Decade, the Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health, and Healthy Motivation, Santa Barbara, California; Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol; Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa and Ottawa Hospital; Centre for Global Health, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa and Ottawa Hospital; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute for Work and Health, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, and Departments of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; University of Lorraine, EA 4360 APEMAC, Nancy, France; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, University of Sydney; Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Epidemiology, Sydney Medical School, Sydney; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia.

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