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A comparison of the pressure exerted on soft tissue by 2 myofascial rollers

Patrick F Curran1, Russell D Fiore, Joseph J Crisco

  • 1Dept of Orthopaedics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA.

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation
|January 24, 2009
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