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Physical Therapies and Shock Waves

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  1. Shockwave Therapy Unit, Rehabilitation Department at Humanitas Research Hospital, (Rozzano) Milan, Italy

    Maria Cristina d’Agostino

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy

    Maria Cristina d’Agostino

  3. AIFI – CIES ITALY – SITOD Associate, Forli, Italy

    Riccardo Turoni

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  1. Policlinico di Modena, Shoulder and Elbow Unit, D. Cervesi Hospital, Cattolica, Italy

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  2. Rizzoli Institute, Bologna, Italy

    Roberto Rotini

  3. Terme di San Petronio - Antalgik, Bologna, Physiomedica, Faenza, Italy

    Susanna Stignani Kantar

  4. Shoulder Team, ForlìCio - Collegio Italiano Osteopatia, Parma, Italy

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d’Agostino, M.C., Turoni, R. (2018). Physical Therapies and Shock Waves. In: Porcellini, G., Rotini, R., Stignani Kantar, S., Di Giacomo, S. (eds) The Elbow. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27805-6_42

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