The mechanisms of manual therapy in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain: A comprehensive model

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 531-538

  Bialosky, Joel E ^a   Bishop, Mark D ^a   Price, Don D ^a   Robinson, Michael E ^a   George, Steven Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Manual therapy; Pain; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILIZATION; KINEMATICS; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 67849132169     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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