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Low back pain: Exercises to reduce pain


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Last Updated: February 6, 2008
Author:
Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH
Medical Review:
William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine

Robert B. Keller, MD - Orthopedics


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