Back pain made simple: an approach based on principles and evidence.
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In cases of low back pain, the goal is to detect serious problems and to prevent the pain from becoming chronic by promptly detecting risk factors. The authors lay out a simple, evidence-based approach to low back pain.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
دوره 76 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009