Manual Therapy
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 99-106 , May 2006

The relationship of cervical joint position error to balance and eye movement disturbances in persistent whiplash

Received 25 October 2004 ,Revised 7 March 2005 ,Accepted 7 April 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2005.04.003

Manual Therapy
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 99-106 , May 2006