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Michele Battie
Back to facultyProfessor - Western Research Chair in Exercise, Mobility and HealthSchool of Physical TherapyWestern University
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Opportunities and challenges around adapting supported employment interventions for people with chronic low back pain: modified nominal group technique.
Disability and rehabilitation · 2021
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Opportunities and challenges around adapting supported employment interventions for people with chronic low back pain: modified nominal group technique.
Froud R, Amundsen PA, Bartys S, Battie M, Burton K, Foster NE, Johnsen TL, Pincus T, Reneman MF, Smeets RJEM, Sveinsdottir V, Wynne-Jones G, Underwood M
Disability and rehabilitation2021
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