Reliability, validity and effectiveness of strain counterstrain techniques

Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-112

  Wong, Christopher Kevin ^a   Schauer, Carrie ^b  

^a TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Exercise; Hip Muscle; Positional Release; Tender Point

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HIP; HUMAN; MUSCLE; PALPATION; PHYSICAL STRESS; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3042715425     PISSN: 10669817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/106698104790825347     Document Type: Article

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