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How to lift a box that is too large to fit between the knees

Idsart Kingma Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gert S. Faber Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Jaap H. van Dieën Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pages 1228-1238 | Received 23 Sep 2009, Accepted 02 May 2010, Published online: 23 Sep 2010

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