Manual Therapy
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 118-129 , May 2006

Clinical tests of musculoskeletal dysfunction in the diagnosis of cervicogenic headache

  • G. Zito

      Affiliations

    • School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne, Vic. 3010, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61383444171; fax: +61383444188.
    • ,
  • G. Jull

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, Australia
    • ,
  • I. Story

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University, Australia

Received 20 January 2003 ,Revised 22 March 2005 ,Accepted 27 April 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2005.04.007

Manual Therapy
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