Manual Therapy
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 206-212 , June 2008

Urinary incontinence in women with low back pain

Received 15 September 2005 ,Revised 22 June 2006 ,Accepted 7 December 2006.

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Manual Therapy
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