Rantonen, J.
Karppinen, J.
Vehtari, A.
Luoto, S.
Viikari-Juntura, E.
Hupli, M.
Malmivaara, A.
Taimela, S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Työsuojelurahasto (114047)
Article History
Received: 30 September 2017
Accepted: 17 April 2018
First Online: 8 May 2018
Authors’ information
: The corresponding author, Dr. Jarmo Rantonen is working as an occupational health physician in Finland and concurrently finishing his thesis about secondary prevention of low back pain.
: The South Karelian Central Hospital Research Ethics Board approved the study on 13.09.2001. All participants received written information regarding the study, in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Only the participants who gave their signed informed consent were included in the study. The documents above are stored with the other study material.
: JR, SL, AV, JK, and AM have no competing interests to declare. During Rehab and Physio interventions. MH was the head physician of the physical medicine unit and ST was the Medical Director of DBC International. There are no other competing interests to declare.
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