Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 151-166 , February 2003

Efficacy of rehabilitative therapy in regional musculoskeletal conditions

  • Edwin Yoshiyuki Hanada, md, frcpc (Staff Physiatrist)

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Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 151-166 , February 2003

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