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Use of a modified treatment-based classification system for subgrouping patients with low back pain: Agreement between telerehabilitation and face-to-face assessments

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Pages 1078-1086 | Received 21 May 2017, Accepted 20 Dec 2017, Published online: 03 May 2018

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