Nerve trunk pain: Physical diagnosis and treatment

Manual Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 63-73

  Hall, Toby M ^a   Elvey, Robert L ^b  

^a Physiotherapy House   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE ROOT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; TRUNK;

EID: 0032860515     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/math.1999.0172     Document Type: Review

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