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Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
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Clinical Technical Note

Reliability of muscle function and sensory perception measurements of the wrist extensors

, MSc, PT, , PhD, PE, , PhD, PT & , PhD, PT
Pages 408-415 | Accepted 21 Aug 2009, Published online: 26 Jul 2010

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