Effects of Exercise on Pain and Disability After Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery: A Systematic Review and

Hyungsub Jin1, JangWon Kwon, Jeongmin Lee

  • 1From the Department of Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (HSJ, JWK); Department of Sport Industry Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (JL, DJL, DHL, JYJ); Department of Physical Therapy, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea (DJL); Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts (DHL); Exercise Medicine Center for Diabetes and Cancer Patients, ICONS, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (JYJ); and Cancer Prevention Center, Yonsei Cancer Center, Shinchon Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (JYJ).

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