Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 160-166 , April 2010

The Spineangel®: Examining the validity and reliability of a novel clinical device for monitoring trunk motion

Received 31 March 2009 ,Revised 25 September 2009 ,Accepted 7 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2009.10.002

Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 160-166 , April 2010

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