Musculoskeletal (non-specific) lower back pain: diagnosis and treatment

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Olga V. Kotova

People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University); International Society “Stress under Control”

Author for correspondence.
Email: ol_kotova@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3908-0381

Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Pathology, Faculty of Continuous Medical Education, Medical Institute; Vice President

Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow

Aleksandra A. Belyaeva

People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)

Email: ol_kotova@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0002-1047-7788

Student of the Medical Institute

Russian Federation, Moscow

Dzhinna I. Lebedeva

Regional Treatment and Rehabilitation Center; Tyumen State Medical University

Email: ol_kotova@mail.ru

Dr. Sci. (Med.), Neurologist, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, Chief Physician; Associate Professor of the Department of Medical Prevention and Rehabilitation, Institute of Public Health and Digital Medicine

Russian Federation, Tyumen; Tyumen

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