Journal of Chiropractic Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 316-321 , December 2011

Chiropractic management using Cox cervical flexion-distraction technique for a disk herniation with left foraminal narrowing in a 64-year-old man

  • Allen M. Manison, DC, DACBSP, CSCS

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Received 11 January 2011 ,Revised 24 March 2011 ,Accepted 30 April 2011.

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PII: S1556-3707(11)00159-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcm.2011.04.004

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 316-321 , December 2011

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