Prevention of chronic back pain. The orthopaedic challenge for the 80's.
The author was the 1983 Sir Robert Jones Lecturer of the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute. This article is a slightly edited version of the speech he delivered in that capacity on October 28, 1983, at the annual scientific program of the Alumni Association.
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