Anatomical, Biomechanical, And Clinical Perspectives On Sacroiliac Joints: An Integrative Synthesis Of Biodynamic Mechanisms Related To Ankylosing Spondylitis

Movement, Stability and Lumbopelvic Pain: Integration of research and therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 205-227

  Masi, Alfonse T ^a   Benjamin, Michael ^b   Vleeming, Andry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Spine and Joint Center   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-044310178-6.50016-5     Document Type: Chapter

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