Yoga and Low Back Pain: No Fool's Tool.

Ann Intern Med

From University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama.

Published: July 2017

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