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Affiliations

¹ Pain in Motion Research Group (PAIN), Department of Physical therapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education & Physical therapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium; Chronic pain rehabilitation, Department of Physical Medicine and Physical therapy, University Hospital Brussels, Belgium; Department of Health and Rehabilitation, Unit of Physical therapy, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Electronic address: jo.nijs@vub.be.
² Pain in Motion Research Group (PAIN), Department of Physical therapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education & Physical therapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium; Chronic pain rehabilitation, Department of Physical Medicine and Physical therapy, University Hospital Brussels, Belgium; Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), Brussels, Belgium.

Editorial

Jo Nijs et al. Braz J Phys Ther. 2023 Mar-Apr.

. 2023 Mar-Apr;27(2):100506.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2023.100506. Epub 2023 Apr 26.

¹ Pain in Motion Research Group (PAIN), Department of Physical therapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education & Physical therapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium; Chronic pain rehabilitation, Department of Physical Medicine and Physical therapy, University Hospital Brussels, Belgium; Department of Health and Rehabilitation, Unit of Physical therapy, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Electronic address: jo.nijs@vub.be.
² Pain in Motion Research Group (PAIN), Department of Physical therapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education & Physical therapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium; Chronic pain rehabilitation, Department of Physical Medicine and Physical therapy, University Hospital Brussels, Belgium; Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), Brussels, Belgium.

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