The Effects of Vertebral Axial Decompression On Sensory Nerve Dysfunction
in Patients with Low back Pain and Radiculopathy:
Frank Tilaro, M.D. Dennis Miskovich, M.D.
Canadian Journal of Clinical Medicine Vol 6, No 1, January 1999
(page five of five)

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