Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 396-403 , June 2009

Is It Reasonable to Use an Individual Patient's Progress After Treatment as a Guide to Ongoing Clinical Reasoning?

  • Neil Tuttle, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationSubmit requests for reprints to: Neil Tuttle, PhD, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, 4222 Australia

Received 16 November 2008 ,Revised 22 March 2009 ,Accepted 6 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2009.04.002

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 396-403 , June 2009

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