Surgery versus intensive rehabilitation programmes for chronic low back pain
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Surgery versus intensive rehabilitation programmes for chronic low back pain
Comment in
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Vitamin D deficiency may have role in chronic low back pain.BMJ. 2005 Jul 9;331(7508):109. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.109-a. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 16002895 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Comment on
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Randomised controlled trial to compare surgical stabilisation of the lumbar spine with an intensive rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic low back pain: the MRC spine stabilisation trial.BMJ. 2005 May 28;330(7502):1233. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38441.620417.8F. Epub 2005 May 23. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 15911537 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
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