The effectiveness of manual stretching in the treatment of plantar heel pain: A systematic review

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Sweeting, David ^a,b   Parish, Ben ^a,b   Hooper, Lee ^a   Chester, Rachel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Physiotherapy Department   (United Kingdom)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79961082907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17571146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1146-4-19     Document Type: Review

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