Mechanical Low Back Pain: Multimedia

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Further Reading

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Keywords

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Everett C Hills, MD, MS, Medical Director, Penn State Hershey Rehabilitation Hospital, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State University College of Medicine
Everett C Hills, MD, MS is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American College of Physician Executives, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, American Medical Association, American Society of Neurorehabilitation, Association of Academic Physiatrists, and Pennsylvania Medical Society
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J Michael Wieting, DO, MEd, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Professor of Osteopathic Principles and Practices, Director of Sports Medicine, Associate Director of Physician Assistant Training Program, Department of Osteopathic Principles and Practice, Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
J Michael Wieting, DO, MEd is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Osteopathy, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, American College of Forensic Examiners, American College of Sports Medicine, American Osteopathic Association, American Osteopathic College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Association of Academic Physiatrists, and International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
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