Manual Therapy
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 21-27 , February 2005

Physiotherapy and osteoporosis: practice behaviors and clinicians’ perceptions—a survey

  • Meena M. Sran

      Affiliations

    • Osteoporosis Program, Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    • Bone Health Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. F2-Women's Health Centre, 4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3N1. Tel.: +1-604-875-2341; fax: +1-604-875-3136.
    • ,
  • Karim M. Khan

      Affiliations

    • Osteoporosis Program, Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    • Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    • Bone Health Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Received 12 November 2003 ,Revised 19 April 2004 ,Accepted 28 June 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2004.06.003

Manual Therapy
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 21-27 , February 2005

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