Manual Therapy
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 73-77 , February 2005

Neck pain and headache as a result of internal carotid artery dissection: implications for manual therapists

  • Alan J. Taylor

      Affiliations

    • Nottingham Nuffield Hospital, 748 Mansfield Road, Woodthorpe, Nottingham NG5 3FZ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44-115-920-9209; fax: +44-115-967-3005.
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  • Roger Kerry

      Affiliations

    • University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Received 4 December 2003 ,Revised 20 May 2004 ,Accepted 11 June 2004.

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PII: S1356-689X(04)00061-X

doi: 10.1016/j.math.2004.06.001

Manual Therapy
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 73-77 , February 2005

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