Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 419-433 , June 2008

Non-exercise physical therapies for musculoskeletal conditions

  • Michael V. Hurley, PhD, MCSP (Professor of Physiotherapy)

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  • Lindsay M. Bearne, PhD, MSc, MSCP (Lecturer in Physiotherapy)

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doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2008.01.001

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 419-433 , June 2008

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