Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 66-73 , February 2010

Exercise-induced mechanical hypoalgesia in musculotendinous tissues of the lateral elbow

  • Helen Slater

      Affiliations

    • School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 89266 3099; fax: +61 89266 3699.
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  • Eric Thériault

      Affiliations

    • School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Australia
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  • Bent Ove Ronningen

      Affiliations

    • School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Australia
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  • Richard Clark

      Affiliations

    • School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Australia
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  • Kazunori Nosaka

      Affiliations

    • School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia

Received 24 December 2008 ,Revised 25 June 2009 ,Accepted 10 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2009.07.002

Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 66-73 , February 2010

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