Low back pain and manual medicine: A look at the literature

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 715-729

  Mein, E A ^a  

^a Virginia Center for Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SPINE;

EID: 0029992646     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1047-9651(18)30361-9     Document Type: Review

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