No relationship between low back pain and hamstring flexibility

Anthropologist

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-120

  Koley, Shyamal ^a   Likhi, Neha ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Disability; Low back pain; Severity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960235250     PISSN: 09720073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2011.11891186     Document Type: Article

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