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Qualitative Research Reports

“Finding a new normal: the lived experience of persons’ journey towards coping with persistent low back pain”

, MSc, BSc, PTORCID Icon & , PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), PTORCID Icon
Pages 983-998 | Received 29 Jun 2022, Accepted 01 Nov 2022, Published online: 13 Nov 2022

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