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Research Article

Reliability of Pressure Pain Thresholds in Healthy Young Adults

, PhD, PT, , PhD, PT, , Prof, PT, , PhD, PT & , PT, MsC
Pages 225-231 | Received 21 Mar 2013, Accepted 30 Oct 2013, Published online: 09 May 2014

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