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Lower Back Injuries

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  1. New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Grant Cooper M.D

  2. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Interventional Spine & Sports Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

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  3. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Michael Dambeck D.O

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    Cooper, G., Herrera, J.E., Dambeck, M. (2008). Lower Back Injuries. In: Cooper, G., Herrera, J. (eds) Essential Sports Medicine. Musculoskeletal Medicine. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-414-8_8

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