Timing of initiating manual therapy and therapeutic exercises in the management of patients after hindfoot fractures: a randomized controlled trialFootnote^*

* This study was approved by Intermountain Healthcare’s Institutional Review Board. This trial was initiated prior to 1/1/2013

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