Massage Therapy

Evidence-Based Management of Low Back Pain

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 216-228

  Imamura, Marta ^a,b   Furlan, Andrea D ^c   Dryden, Trish ^b   Irvin, Emma L ^d  

^a VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84875478926     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-07293-9.00016-7     Document Type: Chapter

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