The effects of whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) in comparison to a multimodal treatment concept in patients with non-specific chronic back pain—A prospective clinical intervention study

• Karl Lorenz Konrad,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilians- University Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4209-5613

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• Jean-Pierre Baeyens,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, Belgium

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• Christof Birkenmaier,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilians- University Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

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• Anna Helena Ranker,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilians- University Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

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• Jonas Widmann,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilians- University Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

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• Johannes Leukert,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilians- University Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

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• Lisa Wenisch,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilians- University Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

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• Eduard Kraft,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilians- University Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

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• Volkmar Jansson,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilians- University Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

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• Bernd Wegener

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bernd.wegener@med.uni-muenchen.de

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilians- University Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, Belgium

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