Treatment options for low back pain in athletes

Sports Health

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 550-555

  Petering, Ryan C ^a   Webb, Charles ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

athletes; low back pain; treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755185826     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738111416446     Document Type: Article

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