Response to a letter to the editor regarding, "The impact of being overweight or obese on 12-months clinical recovery in patients following lumbar microdiscectomy for radiculopathy"
Spine J. 2024 Apr;24(4):738-739.
doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2024.01.002.
1 Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences - Program Musculoskeletal Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2 Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences - Program Musculoskeletal Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; School of Health Sciences and Social Work, and Menzies Health Institute Queensland Griffith University, Brisbane and Gold Coast, Australia.
3 Department of Neurosurgery, Kliniek ViaSana, Mill, The Netherlands; Department of Family Medicine and Population Health (FAMPOP), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
4 School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA; Physical Therapy Program, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
5 Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences research institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Location VUmc, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, program Musculoskeletal Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
6 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Center, location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Orthopaedics, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
7 Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences - Program Musculoskeletal Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: g.g.m.scholten-peeters@vu.nl.