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Breathing pattern disorders in females with nonspecific low back pain: a pilot study in Croatian primary care physiotherapy

Iva Lončarić Kelečić
1, 2
,
Elvir Gosić
3
,
Snježana Schuster
3, 4, 5

  1. Department for Physical Therapy, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
  2. Alma Mater Europea – AMEU, Maribor, Slovenia
  3. Health Center of Primorsko-Goranska County, Rijeka, Croatia
  4. Department of Physiotherapy, University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
  5. Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2024; 26(4): 485–489
Online publish date: 2024/12/29
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