Low back pain: Basic mechanisms, treatment, and management

Pain 2012 Refresher Courses: 14th World Congress on Pain

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Linton, Steven J ^a   Maher, Chris G ^b   Van Zundert, Jan ^c,d  

^a Örebro University   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Oost Limburg Hospital   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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