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Table 1 Eligibility criteria

From: A self-management program for employees with complaints of the arm, neck, or shoulder (CANS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Inclusion criteria:

1.

Participant is in his/her opinion limited in performing his/her work (related to CANS)

2.

Participant suffers from work-related complaints

3.

Complaints must have persisted for at least 12 weeks (either a continuous or intermittent course)

4.

Participant works for at least 12 h a week

Exclusion criteria:

1.

Red flags [36]a

2.

Complaints caused by a systemic disease [36]

3.

Complaints caused by traumatic injury [36]

4.

Suspicion of specific CANS [36]a

5.

Suspicion of mental pathology (>4 points on subscale depression, measured with the Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire) [54]

  1. aAn extended version of exclusion criteria 1 and 4 is provided in Additional file 1.