Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in sonography and the Alexander technique

Ultrasound

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 213-219

  Gibbs, Vivien ^a   Young, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alexander technique; Sonographer; WRMSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049096858     PISSN: 1742271X     EISSN: 17431344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313408X361199     Document Type: Article

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