Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 415-433 , October 2010

Manual therapy with or without physical medicine modalities for neck pain: a systematic review

  • Jonathan D’Sylva

      Affiliations

    • School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 1C7, Canada
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  • Jordan Miller

      Affiliations

    • School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 1C7, Canada
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  • Anita Gross

      Affiliations

    • School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 1C7, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Stephen J. Burnie

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 1C7, Canada
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  • Ted Haines

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, Academic Medical Center, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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  • for the Cervical Overview Group.

Received 21 February 2010 ,Revised 20 April 2010 ,Accepted 27 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2010.04.003

Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 415-433 , October 2010

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