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LJM Blikman, J van Meeteren et al.
obtaining funding, TREFAMS-ACE programme coordination, revising article critically for important intellectual content and final approval of the version to be
published. H.J.S. contributed to conception and design
of the study, revising article critically for important
intellectual content and final approval of the version to
be published. J.B.J.B. contributed to conception and
design of the study, interpretation of data, co-writing
and final approval of the version to be published.

publication of this article: This study was part of the
Dutch TREFAMS-ACE research programme and
was financially supported by Fonds NutsOhra grant
number (ZonMw 89000005). The funder of the study
had no role in design and conduct of the study, data
collection, data management, data analysis, data
interpretation, preparation and writing of the manuscript, nor in the approval of the manuscript and the
decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

The study was performed on behalf of the Treating
Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis: Aerobic Training,
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Energy Conservation
management (TREFAMS-ACE) Study Group: V de
Groot and H Beckerman (programme coordination), A
Malekzadeh, LE van den Akker, M Looijmans (until
September 2013), SA Sanches (until February 2012), J
Dekker, EH Collette, BW van Oosten, CE Teunissen,
MA Blankenstein, ICJM Eijssen and M Rietberg: VU
University Medical Center, Amsterdam; M Heine, O
Verschuren, G Kwakkel, JMA Visser-Meily, IGL van de
Port (until February 2012) and E Lindeman (until
September 2012): Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation
Medicine, University Medical Centre Utrecht and
Rehabilitation Centre, De Hoogstraat, Utrecht; LJM
Blikman, J van Meeteren, JBJ Bussmann, HJ Stam and
RQ Hintzen: Erasmus MC, University Medical Center,
Rotterdam; HGA Hacking, EL Hoogervorst and STFM
Frequin: St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein; H Knoop,
BA de Jong (until January 2014) and G Bleijenberg
(until April 2012): University Medical Center St
Radboud, Nijmegen; FAJ de Laat: Libra Rehabilitation
Medicine & Audiology, Tilburg; MC Verhulsdonck:
Rehabilitation Center, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen;
EThL van Munster: Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Den Bosch;
CJ Oosterwijk and GJ Aarts (until March 2013): Dutch
patient organization, Multiple Sclerosis Vereniging
Nederland (MSVN), The Hague.

Information on author access to data
Lyan JM Blikman had full access to all the data in the
study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the
data and the accuracy of the data analysis. For access to
the data used in this paper, please contact the principal
investigators Heleen Beckerman or Vincent de Groot.

Trial registration: ISRCTN registry with registration
number ISRCTN82353628 (http://www.isrctn.com/
ISRCTN82353628).
Declaration of Conflicting Interests
The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: We certify that
no party having a direct interest in the results of the
research supporting this article has or will confer a
benefit on us or on any organization with which we
are associated.
Funding
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following
financial support for the research, authorship and/or
journals.sagepub.com/home/msj

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