Pilates Exercise: A Research-Based Review

Journal of Dance Medicine and Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 111-116

  Shedden, Mariana ^a   Kravitz, Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 78751471655     PISSN: 1089313X     EISSN: 23748060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1089313X06010003-406     Document Type: Review

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