Manual Therapy
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 478-483 , December 2008

Lack of uniformity in diagnostic labeling of shoulder pain: Time for a different approach

Received 12 June 2007 ,Revised 18 March 2008 ,Accepted 14 April 2008.

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