Published on in Vol 7, No 2 (2021): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/25484, first published .
Distance Management of Spinal Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Evidence-Based Patient and Clinician Guides From the Global Spine Care Initiative

Distance Management of Spinal Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Evidence-Based Patient and Clinician Guides From the Global Spine Care Initiative

Distance Management of Spinal Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Evidence-Based Patient and Clinician Guides From the Global Spine Care Initiative

Scott Haldeman   1, 2, 3 , MD, PhD, DC ;   Margareta Nordin   4, 5 , DrMedSci, PT ;   Patricia Tavares   6 , BSc, DC ;   Rajani Mullerpatan   7 , PT, MSc, PhD ;   Deborah Kopansky-Giles   8, 9 , DC, MSc ;   Vincent Setlhare   10 , MD, MBA, MFamMed ;   Roger Chou   11, 12 , MD ;   Eric Hurwitz   13 , DC, PhD ;   Caroline Treanor   14, 15 , PT, MSc ;   Jan Hartvigsen   16, 17 , DC, PhD ;   Michael Schneider   18, 19 , DC, PhD ;   Ralph Gay   20 , MD, DC ;   Jean Moss   21 , DC, MBA ;   Joan Haldeman   1 , PT ;   David Gryfe   21 , BSc, DC ;   Adam Wilkey   22 , DC, MSc ;   Richard Brown   23 , DC, LLM ;   Geoff Outerbridge   24 , MSc, DC ;   Stefan Eberspaecher   24 , DC ;   Linda Carroll   25 , PhD ;   Reginald Engelbrecht   26 , DC ;   Kait Graham   27 , BHSc, DC ;   Nathan Cashion   28 , MS, DC ;   Stefanie Ince   29 ;   Erin Moon   30

1 World Spine Care, Santa Ana, CA, United States

2 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada

3 Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States

4 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, New York University, New York, NY, United States

5 Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, United States

6 Department of Clinical Education, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, ON, Canada

7 MGM School of Physiotherapy, MGM Institute of Health Sciences, Navi, Mumbai, India

8 Department of Research, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, ON, Canada

9 Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

10 Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

11 Department of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States

12 Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States

13 Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawaii, Manoa, HI, United States

14 Department of Physiotherapy, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

15 Department of Neurosurgery, National Neurosurgical Spinal Service, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

16 Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

17 Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics, Odense, Norway

18 School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

19 Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

20 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, MN, United States

21 Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, ON, Canada

22 World Spine Care Europe, Holmfirth, United Kingdom

23 World Federation of Chiropractic, Toronto, ON, Canada

24 World Spine Care, Ottawa, ON, Canada

25 School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

26 World Spine Care, South Africa, Bethlehem, South Africa

27 Volunteer Programs and Operations, World Spine Care, Ottawa, ON, Canada

28 Digital Communications, World Spine Care, Oregon City, OR, United States

29 World Spine Care, Toronto, ON, Canada

30 World Spine Care Yoga Project, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Corresponding Author:

  • Scott Haldeman, MD, PhD, DC
  • World Spine Care
  • 10131 Brier Lane
  • Santa Ana, CA, 92705
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 714-651-2949
  • Fax: 1 714-838-5947
  • Email: shaldema@uci.edu