Evaluating the integration of the reported treatment mechanisms and goal of treatment in randomized controlled trials for low back pain: protocol for a meta-epidemiological analysis
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- 17 May 2026
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- Vol. 196, 112332
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