Pathogenesis of upper cervical instability

Manual Therapy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 127-132

  Swinkels, R ^a   Beeton, K ^b   Alltree, J ^c  

^a Royal Free Hospital ^*  (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000874805     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/math.1996.0260     Document Type: Review

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