Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 240-247 , June 2010

A detailed characterisation of pain, disability, physical and psychological features of a small group of adolescents with non-specific chronic low back pain

Received 26 December 2008 ,Revised 4 December 2009 ,Accepted 17 December 2009.

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Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 240-247 , June 2010

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