Prevalence of thumb pain in physical therapists practicing spinal manipulative therapy

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-244

  Wajon, Anne ^a,b   Ada, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Hand Therapy at Hornsby   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREVALENCE; SPINE; SYMPTOM; THUMB INJURY;

EID: 0041622761     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-1130(03)00039-5     Document Type: Article

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