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mHealth for Symptom and Disease Monitoring, Chronic Disease Management (1572) Back Pain (127) mHealth for Rehabilitation (306) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (3099) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (633) Artificial Intelligence (1739) Occupational Health and Ergonomics/Prevention at the Workplace (263) Innovations in Exercise Rehabilitation (243) Portable and Mobile Technologies for Rehabilitation (178)

Published on in Vol 9, No 9 (2021): September

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/27535, first published .
Effects of an Artificial Intelligence–Assisted Health Program on Workers With Neck/Shoulder Pain/Stiffness and Low Back Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial

Effects of an Artificial Intelligence–Assisted Health Program on Workers With Neck/Shoulder Pain/Stiffness and Low Back Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial

Effects of an Artificial Intelligence–Assisted Health Program on Workers With Neck/Shoulder Pain/Stiffness and Low Back Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors of this article:

Tomomi Anan1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Shigeyuki Kajiki1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Hiroyuki Oka4 Author Orcid Image ;   Tomoko Fujii4 Author Orcid Image ;   Kayo Kawamata4 Author Orcid Image ;   Koji Mori1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ko Matsudaira4 Author Orcid Image
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