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Advances in Rehabilitation
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Can a cervical muscle inhibition technique reduce chronic low back pain?

Shabnam Joshi
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Rekha Yadav
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Alka Pawalia
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Department of Physiotherapy, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, India
Advances in Rehabilitation, 2021, 35(4), 38–46
Online publish date: 2021/11/24
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