Effects of a land and aquatic exercise-based program on pain, mobility and quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

• Joana Borges ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Joana Borges, Diogo Monteiro, Fernanda M. Silva, Miguel Jacinto, Tiago Pastilha, Pedro Duarte-Mendes

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: joanaccborges24@hotmail.com (JB); pedromendes@ipcb.pt (PD-M)

  Affiliations ESECS - Polytechnic University of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Unidade Local de Saúde do Baixo Mondego, Figueira da Foz, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2633-0743

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• Diogo Monteiro ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Joana Borges, Diogo Monteiro, Fernanda M. Silva, Miguel Jacinto, Tiago Pastilha, Pedro Duarte-Mendes

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations ESECS - Polytechnic University of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal, Research Center in Sport Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), Covilhã, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7179-6814

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• Fernanda M. Silva ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Joana Borges, Diogo Monteiro, Fernanda M. Silva, Miguel Jacinto, Tiago Pastilha, Pedro Duarte-Mendes

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Coimbra, CIPER, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, Coimbra, Portugal, School of Education and Communication, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8019-0729

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• Miguel Jacinto ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Joana Borges, Diogo Monteiro, Fernanda M. Silva, Miguel Jacinto, Tiago Pastilha, Pedro Duarte-Mendes

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations ESECS - Polytechnic University of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal, Research Center in Sport Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), Covilhã, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1727-3537

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• Tiago Pastilha ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Joana Borges, Diogo Monteiro, Fernanda M. Silva, Miguel Jacinto, Tiago Pastilha, Pedro Duarte-Mendes

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, Unidade Local de Saúde do Baixo Mondego, Figueira da Foz, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0666-4913

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• Pedro Duarte-Mendes

  Contributed equally to this work with: Joana Borges, Diogo Monteiro, Fernanda M. Silva, Miguel Jacinto, Tiago Pastilha, Pedro Duarte-Mendes

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: joanaccborges24@hotmail.com (JB); pedromendes@ipcb.pt (PD-M)

  Affiliations Department of Sports and Well-Being, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Sport Physical Activity and Health Research & INnovation CenTer (SPRINT), Santarém, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5055-2696

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