Manual Therapy
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 200-208 , August 2007

Iliotibial band friction syndrome—A systematic review

Received 19 October 2004 ,Revised 19 July 2006 ,Accepted 30 August 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2006.08.004

Manual Therapy
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