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Published on in Vol 10, No 5 (2022): May

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/35867, first published .
Evaluation of the Effect of Patient Education and Strengthening Exercise Therapy Using a Mobile Messaging App on Work Productivity in Japanese Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: Open-Label, Randomized, Parallel-Group Trial

Evaluation of the Effect of Patient Education and Strengthening Exercise Therapy Using a Mobile Messaging App on Work Productivity in Japanese Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: Open-Label, Randomized, Parallel-Group Trial

Evaluation of the Effect of Patient Education and Strengthening Exercise Therapy Using a Mobile Messaging App on Work Productivity in Japanese Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: Open-Label, Randomized, Parallel-Group Trial

Authors of this article:

Naohiro Itoh1 Author Orcid Image ;   Hirokazu Mishima1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yuki Yoshida2 Author Orcid Image ;   Manami Yoshida1 Author Orcid Image ;   Hiroyuki Oka3 Author Orcid Image ;   Ko Matsudaira3 Author Orcid Image
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