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Yvonne Swainson

is a Physiotherapist with a specialist interest in eating disorders at the Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen.

Sandra Philip-Rafferty

is a Physiotherapist with a specialist interest in eating disorders at the Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen.

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Swainson, Y., Philip-Rafferty, S. (2018). Management of Over Activity and Compulsive Exercise in the Treatment of People with Eating Disorders. In: Morris, J., McKinlay, A. (eds) Multidisciplinary Management of Eating Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64131-7_8

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