Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 93-99 , February 2010

Defining the construct of masters level clinical practice in manipulative physiotherapy

  • Alison Rushton

      Affiliations

    • School of Health and Population Sciences, College of Medicine and Dentistry, 52 Pritchatts Road, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 121 415 8597.
    • ,
  • Geoff Lindsay

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

Received 23 March 2009 ,Revised 14 July 2009 ,Accepted 6 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2009.08.003

Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 93-99 , February 2010

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