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Exercises for prevention of recurrences of low-back pain

  1. Brian KL Choi1,*,
  2. Jos H Verbeek2,
  3. Wilson Wai-San Tam3,
  4. Johnny Y Jiang4

Editorial Group: Cochrane Back Group

Published Online: 17 MAR 2010

Assessed as up-to-date: 23 JUL 2009

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006555.pub2

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Choi BKL, Verbeek JH, Tam WWS, Jiang JY. Exercises for prevention of recurrences of low-back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD006555. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006555.pub2.

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  1. 1

    Ministry of Health, Health Services Research and Evaluation Division, Singapore, Singapore

  2. 2

    Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Occupational Safety and Health Review Group, Kuopio, Finland

  3. 3

    The University of Hong Kong, Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Hong Kong SAR, China

  4. 4

    Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

*Brian KL Choi, Health Services Research and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Health, College of Medicine Building, 16 College Road, Singapore, 169854, Singapore. brian_choi@moh.gov.sg. kolongchoi@gmail.com.

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  1. Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 17 MAR 2010

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Alexandre 2001 {published data only}
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