Reply to Verbrugghe et al

Mats Kirkeby Fjeld^{1

2}, Anders Pedersen Årnes³, Bo Engdahl¹, Bente Morseth⁴, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock³, Alexander Horsch⁵, Audun Stubhaug^{2

6}, Bjørn Heine Strand^{1

7

8}, Anette Hylen Ranhoff¹, Dagfinn Matre⁹, Christopher Sivert Nielsen^{1

6}, Ólöf Anna Steingrímsdóttir^{1

10}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
² Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
³ Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
⁴ School of Sport Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
⁵ Department of Computer Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
⁶ Department of Pain Management and Research, Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
⁷ Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Ageing and Health, Tønsberg, Norway.
⁸ Department of Geriatric Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
⁹ National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway, Oslo, Norway.
¹⁰ Department of Research, Oral Health Centre of Expertise in Eastern Norway, Oslo, Norway.

Mats Kirkeby Fjeld et al. Pain. 2025.

. 2025 Oct 1;166(10):e488-e490.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003693. Epub 2025 Jul 15.

¹ Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
² Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
³ Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
⁴ School of Sport Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
⁵ Department of Computer Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
⁶ Department of Pain Management and Research, Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
⁷ Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Ageing and Health, Tønsberg, Norway.
⁸ Department of Geriatric Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
⁹ National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway, Oslo, Norway.
¹⁰ Department of Research, Oral Health Centre of Expertise in Eastern Norway, Oslo, Norway.

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