Neck balance system in the treatment of chronic mechanical neck pain: a prospective randomized controlled study.

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Published in Eur J Phys Rehabil Med on March 13, 2013

Authors

A Giombini1, A Di Cesare, F Quaranta, S Giannini, A Di Cagno, C Mazzola, F Pigozzi, V M Saraceni

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy. agiombini@tiscali.it

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