The Global Spine Care Initiative: methodology, contributors, and disclosures

Johnson CD 1 , Haldeman S 2 , Nordin M 3 , Chou R 4 , Côté P 5 , Hurwitz EL 6 Show all authors , Green BN 7 , Kopansky-Giles D 8 , Randhawa K 5 , Cedraschi C 9 , Ameis A 10 , Acaroğlu E 11 , Aartun E 12 , Adjei-Kwayisi A 13 , Ayhan S 14 , Aziz A 15 , Bas T 16 , Blyth F 17 , Borenstein D 18 , Brady O 19 , Brooks P 20 , Camilleri C 21 , Castellote JM 22 , Clay MB 23 , Davatchi F 24 , Dudler J 25 , Dunn R 26 , Eberspaecher S 27 , Emmerich J 28 , Farcy JP 29 , Fisher-Jeffes N 30 , Goertz C 31 , Grevitt M 32 , Griffith EA 33 , Hajjaj-Hassouni N 34 , Hartvigsen J 35 , Hondras M 36 , Kane EJ 37 , Laplante J 38 , Lemeunier N 39 , Mayer J 40 , Mior S 41 , Mmopelwa T 42 , Modic M 43 , Moss J 44 , Mullerpatan R 45 , Muteti E 46 , Mwaniki L 47 , Ngandeu-Singwe M 48 , Outerbridge G 49 , Rajasekaran S 50 , Shearer H 12 , Smuck M 51 , Sönmez E 52 , Tavares P 41 , Taylor-Vaisey A 12 , Torres C 53 , Torres P 54 , van der Horst A 55 , Verville L 5 , Vialle E 56 , Kumar GV 57 , Vlok A 58 , Watters W 59 , Wong CC 60 , Wong JJ 12 , Yu H 5 , Yüksel S 61

Affiliations 

  • 1 National University of Health Sciences, Lombard, IL, USA. globalspinecareinitiative@gmail.com
  • 2 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • 3 Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Environmental Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA
  • 4 Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
  • 5 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada
  • 6 Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawaii, Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
  • 7 National University of Health Sciences, Lombard, IL, USA
  • 8 Department of Research, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, North York, ON, Canada
  • 9 Division of General Medical Rehabilitation, Multidisciplinary Pain Centre, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 10 University of Montreal Faculty of Medicine Certification Program in Insurance Medicine and MedicoLegal Expertise, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 11 ARTES Spine Center, Ankara, Turkey
  • 12 UOIT-CMCC Centre for Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation, Toronto, Canada
  • 13 Ghana World Spine Care, Ridge Regional Hospital, Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
  • 14 ARTES Spine Center, Acibadem University, Ankara, Turkey
  • 15 Orthopaedics and Spine Department, Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital Lahore Pakistan, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
  • 16 Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitario and Politecnico La Fe, Valencia University, Valencia, Spain
  • 17 Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, Concord, NSW, Australia
  • 18 Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, The George Washington University Medical Center, Potomac, MD, USA
  • 19 World Spine Care, Tampa, FL, USA
  • 20 Centre for Health Policy, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Toorak, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • 21 St Michael's Hospital, North York, ON, Canada
  • 22 National School of Occupational Medicine, Carlos III Institute of Health and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain
  • 23 Rehabilitation Care Line, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  • 24 Rheumatology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • 25 Department of Rheumatology, HFR Fribourg - Hospital Cantonal, Fribourg, FR, Switzerland
  • 26 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  • 27 Department of Orthopedics, Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana
  • 28 University of La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 29 , Piermont, NY, USA
  • 30 Panorama Medi Clinic, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  • 31 Palmer College of Chiropractic and The Spine Institute for Quality, Davenport, IA, USA
  • 32 Nottingham University Hospitals, Edwalton, Nottingham, UK
  • 33 Emergency Medicine, Carlsbad, CA, USA
  • 34 Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences (UM6SS), Casablanca, Morocco
  • 35 Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
  • 36 Department of Anesthesiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
  • 37 College of Rehabilitative Sciences, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, San Marcos, CA, USA
  • 38 School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • 39 Institut Franco-Européen de Chiropraxie, Toulouse, France
  • 40 U.S. Spine and Sport Foundation, San Diego, CA, USA
  • 41 Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 42 ARTES Ankara Spine Centre, Life Gaborone Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana
  • 43 Cleveland Clinic, Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
  • 44 Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, President Emerita, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 45 MGM School of Physiotherapy, Mahatma Gandhi Mission Institute of Health Sciences, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • 46 Moi University/Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
  • 47 Law Society of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
  • 48 Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Yaoundé I, Yaounde, Center Region, Cameroon
  • 49 World Spine Care and Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Chelsea, QC, Canada
  • 50 Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
  • 51 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Redwood City, CA, USA
  • 52 Department of Neurological Surgery, Başkent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
  • 53 Department of Medical Imaging, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • 54 Exercise Science Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile
  • 55 Department of Surgery, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
  • 56 Catholic University of Parana, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
  • 57 Head of Neurosurgery, AMRI Hospitals, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • 58 Division of Neurosurgery, University of Stellenbosch, Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa
  • 59 Department of Orthopedic, Weill Cornell Medical School and Institute of Academic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
  • 60 Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • 61 Department of Biostatistics, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
Eur Spine J, 2018 09;27(Suppl 6):786-795.
PMID: 30151808 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5723-9

Abstract

PURPOSE: The purpose of this report is to describe the Global Spine Care Initiative (GSCI) contributors, disclosures, and methods for reporting transparency on the development of the recommendations.

METHODS: World Spine Care convened the GSCI to develop an evidence-based, practical, and sustainable healthcare model for spinal care. The initiative aims to improve the management, prevention, and public health for spine-related disorders worldwide; thus, global representation was essential. A series of meetings established the initiative's mission and goals. Electronic surveys collected contributorship and demographic information, and experiences with spinal conditions to better understand perceptions and potential biases that were contributing to the model of care.

RESULTS: Sixty-eight clinicians and scientists participated in the deliberations and are authors of one or more of the GSCI articles. Of these experts, 57 reported providing spine care in 34 countries, (i.e., low-, middle-, and high-income countries, as well as underserved communities in high-income countries.) The majority reported personally experiencing or having a close family member with one or more spinal concerns including: spine-related trauma or injury, spinal problems that required emergency or surgical intervention, spinal pain referred from non-spine sources, spinal deformity, spinal pathology or disease, neurological problems, and/or mild, moderate, or severe back or neck pain. There were no substantial reported conflicts of interest.

CONCLUSION: The GSCI participants have broad professional experience and wide international distribution with no discipline dominating the deliberations. The GSCI believes this set of papers has the potential to inform and improve spine care globally. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.

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