PAIN
Volume 143, Issue 1 , Pages 1-2 , May 2009

Activity and low back pain: A dubious correlation

Received 16 January 2009 ,Accepted 26 January 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00064-5

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.01.027

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Volume 143, Issue 1 , Pages 1-2 , May 2009

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