Vertebral artery testing - The Australian Physiotherapy Association protocol after 6 years

Manual Therapy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 149-153

  Grant, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0001275580     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/math.1996.0264     Document Type: Article

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