Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 2-6 , February 2010

Defining adverse events in manual therapies: A modified Delphi consensus study

  • Dawn Carnes

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Sciences Education, Centre for Health Sciences, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2 Newark St, London E1 2AT, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 20 7882 2510.
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  • Brenda Mullinger

      Affiliations

    • European School of Osteopathy, Boxley House, Boxley, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3DZ, United Kingdom
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  • Martin Underwood

      Affiliations

    • Warwick Medical School, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom

Received 24 November 2008 ,Revised 9 February 2009 ,Accepted 17 February 2009.

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PII: S1356-689X(09)00039-3

doi: 10.1016/j.math.2009.02.003

Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 2-6 , February 2010

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