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International Journal of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Volume 1 (2015), Article ID 1:IJPTR-101, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2015/101
Research Article
Physicians' Activities and Work Recommendations for Individuals with Chronic Low Back Pain: A comparison between Orthopedist and General Practitioners

Saud M Al-Obaidi* and Nowall Al-Sayegh

Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Prof. Saud M. Al-Obaidi, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, PO Box 31470, Sulaibikhat 90805, Kuwait, Tel: +965-24633-4880, Fax: +965-2463-3836; E-mail: dralobaidi@hsc.edu.kw
05 September 2014; 03 January 2015; 05 January 2015
Al-Obaidi SM, Al-Sayegh N (2015) Physicians' Activities and Work Recommendations for Individuals with Chronic Low Back Pain: A comparison between Orthopedist and General Practitioners. Int J Phys Ther Rehab 1: 101. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2015/101
This project was partially funded by Kuwait University Research Sector.
© 2015 Al-Obaidi et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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