Manual Therapy
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 107-117 , May 2006

Effects of a manual therapy technique in experimental lateral epicondylalgia

  • Helen Slater

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Experimental Pain Research, Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
    • School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Western Australia, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61892663099; fax: +61892663699.
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  • Lars Arendt-Nielsen

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Experimental Pain Research, Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
    • ,
  • Anthony Wright

      Affiliations

    • School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Thomas Graven-Nielsen

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Experimental Pain Research, Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Received 9 September 2004 ,Revised 3 March 2005 ,Accepted 7 April 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2005.04.005

Manual Therapy
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 107-117 , May 2006

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