Development of a core measurement set for research in degenerative cervical myelopathy: a study protocol (AO Spine RECODE-DCM CMS)

• Robert Chen,
• Angus G K McNair,
• Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar,
• Julio C Furlan,
• Benjamin M Davies,
• Oliver D Mowforth,
• Iwan Sadler,
• Bizhan Aarabi,
• Brian K Kwon,
• Michael G Fehlings,
• James S Harrop,
• Armin Curt,
• Ellen Sarewitz,
• Carl Moritz Zipser,
• Timothy F Boerger,
• Mark R N Kotter,
• James Milligan,
• Lindsay Tetreault,
• Danyal Khan,
• Keng Siang Lee,
• Alvaro Yanez Touzet,
• Ricardo Rodrigues-Pinto,
• James D Guest,
• Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan,
• Shirley Widdop

Affiliations

Robert Chen

Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Angus G K McNair

1 National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre Surgical Innovation Theme, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar

Academic Department of Neurological Surgery, Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Julio C Furlan

Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilita, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Benjamin M Davies

Addenbrooke`s Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

Oliver D Mowforth

Cambridge University Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Iwan Sadler

Myelopathy.org, Cambridge, UK

Bizhan Aarabi

Division of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Brian K Kwon

Cambridge University Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Michael G Fehlings

Division of Neurosurgery and Spinal Program, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

James S Harrop

Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Health System, St Louis, Philadelphia, USA

Armin Curt

Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

Ellen Sarewitz

Myelopathy.org, Cambridge, UK

Carl Moritz Zipser

Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

Timothy F Boerger

Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Mark R N Kotter

Addenbrooke`s Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

James Milligan

Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Lindsay Tetreault

Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Danyal Khan

1 Discipline of Paediatrics, Trinity College, the University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Keng Siang Lee

Bristol Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Alvaro Yanez Touzet

School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, Manchester, UK

Ricardo Rodrigues-Pinto

Spinal Unit (UVM), Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal

James D Guest

Department of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA

Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan

KITE Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Shirley Widdop

Myelopathy.org, Cambridge, UK