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Research Article

Conceptualisation and development of the arm activity measure (ArmA) for assessment of activity in the hemiparetic arm

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Pages 1513-1518 | Received 22 Feb 2012, Accepted 22 Oct 2012, Published online: 07 Jan 2013

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