Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 334-354 , August 2010

Manual therapy and exercise for neck pain: A systematic review

  • Jordan Miller

      Affiliations

    • School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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  • Anita Gross

      Affiliations

    • School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
    • ,
  • Jonathan D'Sylva

      Affiliations

    • School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    • ,
  • Stephen J. Burnie

      Affiliations

    • Chiropractic Clinician and Lecturer, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Charles H. Goldsmith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    • ,
  • Nadine Graham

      Affiliations

    • School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    • ,
  • Ted Haines

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    • ,
  • Gert Brønfort

      Affiliations

    • Wolfe-Harris Center for Clinical Studies, Northwestern Health Sciences University, Bloomington, MN, USA
    • ,
  • Jan L. Hoving

      Affiliations

    • Coronel Institute of Occupational Health and Research Centre for Insurance Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 24 November 2009 ,Revised 26 January 2010 ,Accepted 8 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2010.02.007

Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 334-354 , August 2010

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