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International Journal of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Volume 7 (2021), Article ID 7:IJPTR-175, 7 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2021/175
Research Article
Intermittent Versus Continuous Traction in Management of Mechanical Neck Dysfunction

Mohamed Hussein Elgendy*,1, Tamer Thabet Mohammed Ali1, Mohamed Serag Eldein Mahgoub Mostafa1,2, Ghada Ismail Mohamed1

1Basic Science Department, Department of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt
2Faculty of Physical Therapy, Heliopolis University, Egypt
Prof. Mohamed Hussein Elgendy, Head of Basic Science Department, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt; E-mail: Prof.mgendy@hotmail.com
21 July 2021; 28 August 2021; 30 August 2021
Elgendy MH, Ali TTM, Mostafa MSEM, Mohamed GI (2021) Intermittent Versus Continuous Traction in Management of Mechanical Neck Dysfunction. Int J Phys Ther Rehab 7: 175. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2021/175
© 2021 Elgendy et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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