Manual Therapy
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 295-299 , August 2008

Prevalence of pain and dysfunction in the cervical and thoracic spine in persons with and without lateral elbow pain

  • K.M. Berglund

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    • This study was completed in the fulfilment of a Master of Science degree at the Department of Physiotherapy, the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
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  • B.H. Persson
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  • E. Denison

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +4621103138; fax: +4621101633.

Received 4 July 2006 ,Revised 28 December 2006 ,Accepted 15 January 2007.

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PII: S1356-689X(07)00047-1

doi: 10.1016/j.math.2007.01.015

Manual Therapy
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