Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 80-87 , February 2010

Clinical indicators of ‘nociceptive’, ‘peripheral neuropathic’ and ‘central’ mechanisms of musculoskeletal pain. A Delphi survey of expert clinicians

  • Keith M. Smart

      Affiliations

    • UCD School of Physiotherapy and Performance Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 (0) 85 715 2144; fax: +353 (0) 1 716 6501.
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  • Catherine Blake

      Affiliations

    • UCD School of Physiotherapy and Performance Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
    • ,
  • Anthony Staines

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
    • ,
  • Catherine Doody

      Affiliations

    • UCD School of Physiotherapy and Performance Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

Received 29 July 2008 ,Revised 6 July 2009 ,Accepted 11 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2009.07.005

Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 80-87 , February 2010

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