Manual Therapy
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 98-108 , May 2007

Mulligan's mobilization-with-movement, positional faults and pain relief: Current concepts from a critical review of literature

  • Bill Vicenzino

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Musculoskeletal Pain and Injury Research Unit, Division of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia. Tel.: +61733652781; fax: +61733652775.
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  • Aatit Paungmali
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  • Pamela Teys

Received 30 September 2003 ,Revised 29 May 2006 ,Accepted 3 July 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2006.07.012

Manual Therapy
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 98-108 , May 2007

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