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Review of enigmatic MTrPs as a common cause of enigmatic musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction
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Metadata
- Authors
- Simons, D. G.
- Venue
- Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-02
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 95-107
- ISSN
- 1050-6411 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2159172859
- Cited by
- 565
- References
- 58
- FWCI
- 4.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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