You are an athletic trainer working in an orthopedic surgeon's office. You've noticed that some people recover more quickly after back surgery than others and have noticed what you think is a correlation between patients who don't follow up with instructions on rehabilitation exercises and a longer time after surgery before they return to work. You decide to do a study about this to determine if there is a relationship between their compliance with rehabilitation instructions and their return to work. You're most likely utilizing which subdiscipline of kinesiology to do this study?
A. Public health
B. Exercise psychology
C. Biomechanics
D. Exercise physiology
Answer: B
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