Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 400-403 , August 2010

Preliminary study of neck muscle size and strength measurements in females with chronic non-specific neck pain and healthy control subjects

Received 18 July 2008 ,Revised 7 February 2010 ,Accepted 23 February 2010.

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Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 400-403 , August 2010

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