Reconceptualising pain according to modern pain science

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-178

  Moseley, G Lorimer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

PAIN; PAIN SYNDROME; PERSISTENT PAIN; RE EVALUATION

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049095019     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/108331907X223010     Document Type: Article

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