A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS.

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[Mansour Abdullah Alshehri, PT BSc, MSc. (2017); A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jan). 2835-2838] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Mansour Abdullah Alshehri
Physiotherapy Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3078      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3078

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