Improving posture: Comparing Segmental Stretch and Muscular Chains Therapy

Clinical Chiropractic

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 121-128

  Rosário, José Luís Pimentel do ^a   Nakashima, Inês Yoshie ^a   Rizopoulos, Konstantine ^a   Kostopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Marques, Amélia Pasqual ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Muscular chains; Photographic evaluation; Posture; Stretching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874467971     PISSN: 14792354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clch.2012.10.039     Document Type: Article

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