A Pain in the back

Canada, 1984

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Episode of Series “The Nature of things”.
A documentary about the causes of back pain in humans and the ways that different people cope with it. The methods, used for the treatment of back pain, that are looked at in the program are exercise, acupuncture and surgical intervention.

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Credits

production company

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Duration

00:29:00:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1984

Appears in

The Nature of things

Group of items

The Nature of things

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016982

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Backache

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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