[RETRACTED] Postural discomfort among right and left-handed University students of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

  • Benish Shahzadi Bashir Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad
  • Sadaf Tareen Combined Military Hospital, Quetta
  • Syeda Hina Zahoor Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon
  • Hamid Hussain Department of Physical Therapy, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad
  • Malik Muhammad Ali Department of Physical Therapy, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad
  • Hina Tariq Department of Physical Therapy, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32593/jstmu/Vol2.Iss1.40
Keywords: Postural discomfort, Comparison, handedness, Musculoskeletal discomfort, University students

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2019-07-21
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Shahzadi B, Tareen S, Zahoor S, Hussain H, Ali M, Tariq H. [RETRACTED] Postural discomfort among right and left-handed University students of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. JSTMU [Internet]. 21Jul.2019 [cited 19Apr.2024];2(1):3-. Available from: https://j.stmu.edu.pk/ojs/index.php/jstmu/article/view/40
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