Activator as a therapeutic instrument: Survey of usage and opinions amongst members of the British Chiropractic Association

Clinical Chiropractic

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 70-75

  Read, Dicken T ^a   Wilson, Francis J H ^b   Gemmell, Hugh A ^b  

^a Chelmsford Chiropractic Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activator adjusting instrument; Activator methods chiropractic technique; Chiropractic, instrumentation; Chiropractors, statistics and numerical data; Chiropractors, United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646159072     PISSN: 14792354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clch.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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