Rotational instability of the mid-thoracic spine: Assessment and management

Manual Therapy

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 234-241

  Lee, Diane G ^a  

^a Delta Orthoped Physiotherapy Clinic   (Canada)

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EID: 0001450773     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/math.1996.0273     Document Type: Article

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