TO THE EDITOR

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
² Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
³ Department of Orthopedics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
⁴ Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Orthopoaedics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
⁵ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

Byron J Schneider et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2020.

. 2020 Apr 1;45(7):E412-E413.

doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003388.

¹ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
² Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
³ Department of Orthopedics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
⁴ Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Orthopoaedics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
⁵ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

No abstract available

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