A comparison of manual diagnosis with a diagnosis established by a uni-level lumbar spinal block procedure

Manual Therapy

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 82-87

  Phillips, D R ^a   Twomey, L T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0002074645     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/math.1996.0254     Document Type: Article

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