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Commentary

Call to Action: Clinical Algorithms for the Prescription of Ankle-Foot Orthoses Are Needed: A commentary on “Physical Therapists’ Use of Evaluation Measures to Inform the Prescription of Ankle-Foot Orthoses for Children with Cerebral Palsy”

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