Evaluation of low back pain in athletes

Sports Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 336-345

  Daniels, James M ^a   Pontius, Gina ^a   El Amin, Saadiq ^a   Gabriel, Keith ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Evaluation of lumbar back pain; Inflammatory back pain; Lumbar back pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051763708     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738111410861     Document Type: Article

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