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Somatosensation and motor performance in the less-affected and more-affected hand of unilateral cerebral palsy children: a cross-sectional study

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Pages 3500-3510 | Received 28 Dec 2021, Accepted 18 Sep 2022, Published online: 28 Sep 2022

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