Important aspects for efficacy of treatment with specific stabilizing exercises for postpartum pelvic girdle pain

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 547-561

  Stuge, B ^a   Vollestad N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 80054867143     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044310178-6.50038-4     Document Type: Chapter

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