Recalcitrant chronic low back and leg pain - A new theory and different approach to management

Manual Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 183-192

  McConnell, J ^a  

^a McConnell and Clements Physiotherapy   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC PAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DERMATOME; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036845097     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/math.2002.0478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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