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Muscular torque generation during imposed joint rotation: torque-angle relationships when subjects' only goal is to make a constant effort

P. R. Burgess Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University Medical School, 345 East Superior Street, Room 1406, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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L. F. Jones Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University Medical School, 345 East Superior Street, Room 1406, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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C. F. Buhler Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University Medical School, 345 East Superior Street, Room 1406, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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J. P. A. Dewald Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University Medical School, 345 East Superior Street, Room 1406, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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L.-Q. Zhang Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University Medical School, 345 East Superior Street, Room 1406, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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W. Z. Rymer Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University Medical School, 345 East Superior Street, Room 1406, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Pages 327-340 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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