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Qualitative Research Reports

“It made you feel like you’ve still got it”: experiences of people with chronic low back pain undertaking a single session of body image training in virtual reality

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Pages 2651-2661 | Received 14 Oct 2021, Accepted 22 Jun 2022, Published online: 21 Jul 2022

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