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Manual Therapy

Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2002, Pages 44-49
Manual Therapy

Case Report
Mulligan's mobilization with movement for the thumb: a single case report using magnetic resonance imaging to evaluate the positional fault hypothesis

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Chang-Yu J. Hsieh, MS, PT, DC, CA, Adjunct Research Professor, Research Division, Southern California University of Health Sciences, Whittier, CA 90609, USA, Bill Vicenzino, PhD, MSc, BPhty, Grad Dip Sports Phty, Director, Musculoskeletal Pain and Injury Research Unit, Chich-Haung Yang, MSc (BiomedE), BSC(Phty), PhD student, Musculoskeletal Pain and Injury Research Unit, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Science, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia,Ming-Hsia Hu, PT, PhD, Associate Professor, School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Calvin Yang, MD, Diplomat of American Board of Medical Radiology, Member of Clinical Magnetic Resonance Society,

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