Emerging MRI Technologies for Imaging Musculoskeletal Disorders Under Loading Stress

Research Review Citation: Chung M, Dahabreh IJ, Hadar N, Gaylor J, Raticheck SJ, Trikalinos TA, Lau J. Emerging MRI Technologies for Imaging Musculoskeletal Disorders under Loading Stress. Technical Brief No. 7 (Prepared by the Tufts Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. HHSA 290-2007-100551.) AHRQ Publication No. 11-EHC024EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. November 2011. Available at: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.

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