Treating fallopian tube occlusion with a manual pelvic physical therapy

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-23

  Wurn, Belinda F ^a   Wurn, Lawrence J ^b   King, C Richard ^b,c   Heuer, Marvin A ^d,e   Roscow, Amanda S ^b   Hornberger, Kimberley ^b   Scharf, Eugenia S ^b  

^a Clear Passage Therapies   (United States)

^b Clear Passage Therapies ^*

^c North Florida Research Institute   (United States)

^d Iovate Health Sciences Inc   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSCLE CRAMP; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEUM; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; UTERUS;

ADULT; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 39749094407     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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